Mystery hatch - Breed and Gender of 2nd Grade Classroom hatches

[TamiTrojan]

I hatched chicks in my 2nd grade classroom. Got the eggs from a pet store in Orange County, and the parent picking them up didn't think to ask the breed!!! All the yellow chicks (some with a few black bits of feathers or specs of black down) were from large brown eggs. The different one was from a light beige egg that was a bit smaller. They are marked on their heads with bright colors to help us identify them when weighing them to track their growth. My students would LOVE to know what we have, and if you have any gender guesses!!! They are just over 2 weeks old, and did feathered out pretty quickly - they had wing feathers starting within just days of hatching. Before this I've only hatched bantams, so I'm at a loss!! There are seven chicks (pink, green, blue, purple, black and an unmarked yellow and unmarked odd-ball!). THANK YOU!

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

They look like Cornish x’s and Cornish Wich are meat birds

 

[TamiTrojan]

They look like Cornish x’s and Cornish Wich are meat birds

That's what I was afraid of. Do Cornish come from brown eggs?

 

[TamiTrojan]

They look like Cornish x’s and Cornish Wich are meat birds

They are supposed to go to live out their lives as free-range birds on a family's farm, but from what I've learned, this is not a possibility for Cornish, as they would require a great deal of care. How can I know the breed for sure? Is there an age where it is clearly a Cornish? I don't want them to suffer!!

 

[MagpieDucks]

Pretty positive they aren’t CX, those grow really fast.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

I’m not too familiar on meat birds, but at 2 weeks only Cornish would be that big

 

[MagpieDucks]

I’m not too familiar on meat birds, but at 2 weeks only Cornish would be that big

This is my white rock at 2 and 3 weeks.

 

[cstephens1987]

They Could be white rocks

 

[debid]

Mixes. Something white for the rooster, at least one hen had a rose comb. They aren't purebred anything, the appearance is too varied.

 

[CaramelKittey]

Not sure about the breed. I’m pretty sure at least Gray is a pullet. Hard to tell as they are so young. Compared the gray, the others have larger combs however, they are not pink.
Hope this helped!