Help with identifying breed and gender, possibly too young?

Azhtann

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So one of my hens laid this egg. Can anyone identify the breed and gender for me?

Lol, kidding! This egg was laid by one of my girls. All of whom I was under the impression laid brown eggs, with the exception of the pheonix. But her eggs are a lot smaller than this one. And she laid one the same day, so it couldn't just be a freakishly large pheonix egg.

I was told that I have a couple of buff orpingtons, a couple of Rhode Island reds, a Cochin, and a wyandotte. The Cochin and wyandotte I am pretty sure of the breed, but the others, I'm not sure at all. The Rhode Island reds seem smaller than expected, for one. I tried to get some pictures of the chickens in question today, but they weren't all that cooperative. They wanted to know why their cage was cut in half. (Fixing the roofing) I'll post a picture of the chickens next.
 

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Probably the Wyandotte, since none of the others besides the Phoenix looks ready to lay, going by the combs. Your RIRs are actually red sex links, and they can be a bit smaller.

The barred one on the bottom left of the first picture is also a cockerel, and I suspect the white one in the same picture is also a male. So you are probably going to need to thin your flock a bit, because that is a lot of males.
 
Probably the Wyandotte, since none of the others besides the Phoenix looks ready to lay, going by the combs. Your RIRs are actually red sex links, and they can be a bit smaller.

The barred one on the bottom left of the first picture is also a cockerel, and I suspect the white one in the same picture is also a male. So you are probably going to need to thin your flock a bit, because that is a lot of males.
Thanks for the breed identification on the red sex links. I know the two silkies (white and barred) are both males. This has been a masculine year for my new chicken acquisitions apparently. The Cochin is also not pictured here.
 
Some of my parents' wyandottes lay very light brown eggs, almost pink. The bright red of the comb/waddle of the wyandotte in the second picture suggest she's laying age.
 

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