I'm new to chickens.. breed/gender help please!

[hdowden]

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Uhh.. I'm really new to this and google isn't being very helpful... what's a splash hen? Thanks heaps!

its her coloring

if you want i can try and find some pics or maybe even someone her with a splach can post you some pics

 

[rmnancygirl]

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Again, google is failing me! Spur buds are the young red combs on top?
Thanks! That picture is really helpful.

 

[rmnancygirl]

Oh wait.. found the anatomy page- spur buds are on the feet?

 

[hdowden]

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hens lay once a day, the same color, although prodution and color decreases with age.

 

[Imma Okie]

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Thank you, hdowden! See? I'm learning.

 

[vfem]

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Again, google is failing me! Spur buds are the young red combs on top?
Thanks! That picture is really helpful.

Spurs will develop on the back of the roosters leg, looks like an extra claw. Again, hens can get them too so not a good indicator of a roo.

I would need to see clear picture of there necks, back and tail to be sure on any of them. If they are around 3 months old a larger comb doesn't mean anything either. If those combs stay pink until they peak in maturity (maybe around 24 weeks) those breeds with the larger combs you have may be common for the breeds. I've seen large comb birds young, and they never got the red combs until about when they popped me out an egg!

Thankfully none of the ones you are showing us are Silkies or we'd be waiting 8 months to ID a roo or a hen! HAHAHAHA

 

[roxyblue]

spur buds are located about an 1/2 inch to an inch from the toes on the back of the leg.....but ignore what I said earlier about it being an indicater.......rooster just grow spurs, and i have a 2 year old hen with little "spurs" as well.

 

[hdowden]

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not on the feet but the legs. the little bumps on the inside close to the feet though

 

[BlazeJester]

Spur buds won't tell you anything until well after a rooster is fully mature, so that doesn't really factor in here.

I *think* you are right about the two boys. The others *look* like girls to me. The black female looks like an australorp but the male has leakage or lacing, so I don't know what he is.

You likely have one or several leghorns, in which case boy #1 (white) may actually NOT be a male... but someone with experience in leghorns will have to chime in here.

So... what I've got: australorp pullet. This is IF her legs are black and the bottoms of her feet are pink/white, NOT yellow. Congrats!

 

[hdowden]

if you can post indvidule pics from the side and top of the chickens and if at all possable while standing we can better give you an idea on breed and gender and who layed the eggs.