Heritage Chickens: What Are The Breeds?

[Mishlerfarm24]

I'm thinking the last hen looks like a Sussex.....?

 

[BantamFan4Life]

I'm thinking the last hen looks like a Sussex.....?

It could be a Light Sussex if the yellowish color near the tail feathers is dirt, rather than the actual coloring of feathers.

 

[HLKgurl]

I've got several that look like the last hen, their tail feathers aren't yellow in color

It's too bad that what breeds crossbred chickens are is so hard! Not at all like goats

 

[HLKgurl]

Not sure if ducks can go here or not, but I have this duck: What's it's breed? Or is it a cross as well?

 

[drumstick diva]

mixed or not, your chickens are beautiful - both sexes. I don't know ducks but, think yours may be Muscovy. You could check on the "Duck thread.:

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Boys
#3 Rhode island red (red bird)
#3 Hmm. Icelandic?
#4 Red Sexlink

Girls
#2 Black Australorp
#3 & #4 Black Sexlink
#5 Easter egger
#6 red sexlink/production red
#7 barred rock
#8 olive egger
#9 red sexlink
#10 amberlink or delaware
#11 delaware

As for the others, most likely moxed.
#1 looks like a partridge rock that succumbed to frostbite

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Not sure if ducks can go here or not, but I have this duck: What's it's breed? Or is it a cross as well?

You have a white muscovy. They are their own species, seperate from other, your normal, duck breeds.

 

[donrae]

I'm thinking whoever you got the birds from started with a flock of various "heritage" breeds, basically a mix of dual purpose birds, then allowed them to interbreed freely. Without knowing the parent stock, it's really hard to say what went into each particular mix.

Rooster two looks to have Easter egger influence.

Your black hens aren't pure black, so they're not pure Australorps. Black tends to be a dominant color, so they may have one Aussie parent.

The orange and black hens look a lot like a black bird crossed with a buff bird. Buff is one of the colors that holds it's own against black. The most common buff bird is an Orpington, but they have white skin that is usually dominant. Does that second bird with the more buff have scaly leg mites? Something looks funky with her legs.

Your dusty reds, the first one looks like she could be an Orpington/ Red mix. The second, ???

What you call speckled is actually called barred. It refers to white bars of color on an otherwise black bird. She could be a pure bred barred Rock.

The next few birds, no breed stands out. Could be some Leghorn influence there for the light bodies and basically white color, but I'm not seeing big combs or a lot of white earlobes.

The very last hen could be a colombian Rock.

some of those smaller birds look to have some game bird influence a ways back.

Overall, it looks like a nice flock to me. You have a lot of roosters, that may require some management decisions as spring hits harder and the hormones start flowing. But otherwise it looks like you have a lot of nice brown egg layers, and if those smaller birds do have game blood you might get some good broody mommas to raise chicks if you're so inclined.

 

[HLKgurl]

Thanks so much, donrae! Not sure, will have to have a look at her legs.

 

[joelducusin]

Hey guys can you tell me what breed is this roo? Its just mixed up when i bought some heritage chicks from a friend