need a little help to identify breed

sjrice426

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Apr 16, 2015
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I have 11 chickens who are now 5 months old. I have slowly been identifying their breeds but I have 4 unknowns left. Hoping to get a little help identifying these two hens!I was thinking buff orphington for the one but she has spots on her neck. Help?
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Can you get a better/closer shot of the darker one? I can't tell if she's a black sexlink or a partridge type color. The buff one is a Buff Rock.
 
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That's not a purebred Buff Orpington or Buff Rock. It has yellow legs, which eliminates Orpington of course, but if you get a closer look at her, you'll notice she has Buff Columbian plumage. She looks like some sort of mix, something like Columbian Rock x Buff Orpington. I'm not going to guess at the parent with certainty, but that's what it looks like to me. The black one is a Black Sex-Link.
 
Left one looks a bit heavy for a Black Sexlink. It has more of a Marans body type...I would say Black Copper Marans, but too much coppery color in body...although it may just have too much coloring...that can happen sometimes.

The right one is a mix.

LofMc
 
Left one looks a bit heavy for a Black Sexlink. It has more of a Marans body type...I would say Black Copper Marans, but too much coppery color in body...although it may just have too much coloring...that can happen sometimes.

The right one is a mix.

LofMc
Could be a Black Copper Maran. But it could still be a Black Sex-Link, the specific cross making it heavier than other Sex-Links. But, yeah, it could be a Maran too, close-up pic would help.
 

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