Just to verify...

[kemclaughlin]

I am fairly certain that both of these are cockerals, and would like to verify breed.

This guy's egg was mis-marked as a barred rock. He is not a barred rock. It could be a golden sex-link, but I am not so sure about that either. Any clues?










We aren't sure which egg this hatched out of, but it's either a black sex-link or a barred rock. I figured that either way, it's a cockeral. Am I correct?

 

[jamie7100]

Looks like the first one is a Buff orpington

Second one does look like a Barred rock cockerel. Look at those toes!

 

[rookiefarmers]

I agree with ^^^^. And those poor toes are crazy!

 

[kemclaughlin]

Yeah, i am going to try splinting them, but at two weeks, it may be too late. I didn't get him home until yesterday, and they didn't get noticed in the brooder at school.

 

[donrae]

I don't see anything roosterish about the first bird. It could be a sex link pullet, I think the orps are supposed to have white skin.
The second bird I think is a pure barred rock cockerel. A black sex link rooster would have the darker coloring of a pure barred rock pullet. He already looks light overall.

 

[kemclaughlin]

This picture has all of the golden sex links in it. The one I have is the chick all the way to the left.

 

[khoe]

I would guess a buff orp for the first chick.

 

[jamie7100]

I think most red sex link pullets are a richer gold and their first feathers are lighter than their body. Yours has the opposite, lighter body with darker first feathers. I'm still guessing buff orp.

 

[CedarAcres]

I'm guessing buff orpington for the first one, barred rock for the second one.

 

[Jeanna Marie]

The first one is a buff orp!