My hens - can you confirm they are what i think they are

[ginimad]

Hi im new to chickens, been lurking here for a while and reading up as much as i can.. well i took the plunge last week and went to collect 2 hens.... I was told they are around 19 weeks old and are black rocks... but from looking around i think that one of my hens is something different.... maybe a magpie???... what do you guys think?

Sorry the pictures are not very good

lisa x

 

[sonew123]

2 pretty hens!! congrats!

 

[warmfuzzies]

Do black rocks have red or white on them at all? The one with red looks like a sexlink to me.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

I have Black Rocks.....juveniles (6 weeks) and grown (1 year). Neither of those birds are Black Rocks....sorry. My young girls have a very little bit of white on their wing tips (maybe 1/2" of white), but my adults are totally black with that "beetle green" hackling

I can't say what they are.....but I can say what they're not. Hopefully some of the experts here can help....I'm still too new at this

 

[ginimad]

Thanks for the reply.... Argh well I think the poultry farm must have known I was new to it all and told me a load of old cobblers which i took as the truth as i didn't know any better.... They both have the beetle green sheen to there feathers.... thanks again for helping me out and i look forward to someone being able to tell me what they are
lisa x

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

They are both very pretty!!!Unless you wanted Black Plymouth Rocks for a specific reason, these girls look they should serve you well

 

[warmfuzzies]

Yup, they are very nice looking birds. I am still almost sure that al least one of hem is a sexlink, they may boh be.

If so, you can be very happy, you will have marvelous egg layers!

 

[warmfuzzies]

sorry my T doesn work very well. lol

 

[ginimad]

Il be happy with them if they produce me some good eggs

just playing the waiting game with them now and i check the nest box every day even though i know it will probably be a few weeks until i start getting any eggs from them... thanks again for the help
lisa x

 

[Big Chicken Little]

Looks like a golden laced wyandotte to me