More chicks

[melinda342]

Anyone care to guess breeds?
Here's #1

#2

#3 (has feathered feet)

#4

#5

#6

1-6 came out of the assorted bantams bin
#7

#8

#9

#10

#11 The bonus question! What kind of guinea is this?

 

[Kelsie2290]

can you tell if any of them have anything besides a single comb? some guesses ...
1, cochin, maybe silver laced?
2, cochin, buff?
3, cochin, white?
4, OEG gold duckwing maybe?
5, it is a bantam?, or one of those leghorn crosses like Austra Whites?
6, Spanish maybe?
7, orpington or buff sex link?
8, Egyptian Fayoumi
9, black sex link / production black?
10, one of those leghorn crosses like Austra Whites?
11, uhhhh, not a chicken?

 

[melinda342]

Thanks! I've been pretty curious about #8. I'm pretty sure they are all single combs. #5 is a batnam, but it does look pretty similar to 9, but 9 does have more prominent black markings on his/her beak than 5. #11 is a guinea, just wondering if anyone might be able to identify what kind. Cochins have feathered feet don't they? #3 is the only one with feathered feet.

 

[Kelsie2290]

the guinea looks like the pearl gray ? video of some http://www.guineafarm.com/guinea-farm-products/guinea-fowl/
ya, cochins have feathered feet, not sure if it is just the picture, but I am seeing fluff going down the outside toes of chicks 1 & 2 also.

 

[Jeff Mayfield]

#8 is cute.

 

[chiklee]

5 is darling Can I have Him LOL

 

[melinda342]

#3 is the only one with feathered feet. Also, I'm working on coop plans. We've got these 11 chicks, 3 three week old RIR pullets, 4 brown Leghorn hens, and some kind of rooster. These are free ranging. How well are the younger ones going to integrate? Would it be better to build 1 coop, or multiple? And yes, the flock is ever expanding. Obviously lol.

 

[Kelsie2290]

It always takes awhile to integrate flocks, having multiples and fairly even numbers of birds usually makes it go smoother, nice BYC article on integrating https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock I've always liked multiple coops, or at least one main coop and a smaller one or two, if you ever plan on breeding it gives you a place to segregate the breeding birds out, if you get new chicks it gives you a place to grow them out, sick pen, broodys etc. Multiple coops does mean you have to duplicate some stuff, waterers, feeders etc.

 

[melinda342]

I am planning on having a quarantine pen/run and another place for chickens I'm not comfortable with free ranging for whatever reason. I think my biggest problem is I don't know when to stop because land is not an issue anymore. We've keep winding up with more chickens and I want ducks, geese, turkeys, and emus at some point.