Hen / Roo / Breed?

[jme4shop]

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

That’s a cockerel, and looks like a mixed breed. Where did you get him?

 

[nuthatched]

Cockerel

 

[jme4shop]

That’s a cockerel, and looks like a mixed breed. Where did you get him?

3rd grade science project. We took home 4 hatchlings. All hatched around Mother’s Day. These are the other 3. Seem to all be hens. Not sure where the teacher got the eggs.

 

[JedJackson]

All three of the others are females. Only the first is a male. That's pretty good luck!

 

[JedJackson]

As for breeds, usually classroom chicks are mixed breeds. Almost always but I can tell you what breeds/varieties they resemble. It's pure speculation, though.

The cockerel is maybe a Jersey Giant mix.

The black pullet is maybe an Australorp or mix of that breed.

The brown and black pullet very much resembles a black sex link, so could be a mix of that or just a mix of a black breed with maybe Rhode Island red as the other parent.

The white with black speckles looks a lot like an Austrawhite or Smokey Pearl.

 

[jme4shop]

As for breeds, usually classroom chicks are mixed breeds. Almost always but I can tell you what breeds/varieties they resemble. It's pure speculation, though.

The cockerel is maybe a Jersey Giant mix.

The black pullet is maybe an Australorp or mix of that breed.

The brown and black pullet very much resembles a black sex link, so could be a mix of that or just a mix of a black breed with maybe Rhode Island red as the other parent.

The white with black speckles looks a lot like an Austrawhite or Smokey Pearl.

Awesome. Thank you. I had a few similar guesses.