Need Help Identifying Breed and Gender

[Laurel Chicks]

So, I started out by buying a mature German New Hampshire rooster and hen (both were just under 2 years of age).

After trying to hatch out 3 batches of eggs in the incubator, and candling them at the appropriate time, none were fertile ... no chicks! This was crossing my roo with my GNH hen, a black sex link hen, and a red sex link hen.

Was put in touch with Cathy Gleeson who loaned me a German New Hampshire roo to cross with my GNH hen, and THAT did the trick ... I now have 7 chicks.

Now, here's the problem ... to be sure the infertility was the fault of my rooster and not my GNH hen, I crossed the loaner roo to my GNH hen and the red sex link hen (removing my roo and the black sex link hen from the coop), and I've ended up with chicks that I can't identify the difference between those that are GNHs and Roo x Red Sex Links. They all look so similar.

I want to sell those that are not pure GNHs, but I don't want to let the wrong breed go (because I can't tell them apart)!!

I'm also curious as to which are pullets and which are cockerels ... they are just over 8 weeks old (hatched out on May 10th), as I plan to keep one or two GNH cockerels and all the GNH pullets.

There's one out of the entire bunch that has darker wings, and one that is very light (with many white feathers) ... the rest look so similar.

Can someone help me to identify which is which if I can figure out how to post pictures?

 

[GitaBooks]

I'd love to see your chicks!

I've heard that sometimes posting from a cellphone doesn't work. If you are on a computer, go above the reply box and click on the small symbol of the sun above a mountain. Here you can drag a picture and upload it.

 

[Laurel Chicks]

I think because I haven't visited BYC enough, and made enough posts, it doesn't allow me to upload photos. GRRRR!!! So, I guess I'll have to get busy and start visiting her much more. Will be so glad when I retire and have extra time in my life!

 

[GitaBooks]

I uploaded photos the first time I got on, so I don't think that is the cause. I hope you can figure out what it is.

 

[Laurel Chicks]

I've been wanting to upload pictures from my desktop (not my cell phone), and I've gone through all the tutorials and read all I can about picture posting, and yet for whatever reason there is NO link (the mountain with the sun) showing up at all on here. Like right now, from all I've read, I should be able to see that icon (the mountain with sun) at the top of this post, but there's not. All I got from an administrator is the information I've already read (how to post pictures links). UGH!!!! I've been on quite a few other forums (relating to horses, etc.), but this is the first time I'm having such difficulty finding the cause as to why there is no icon link to upload pics from. Even when I click on "change avatar", it does absolutely nothing (can't even post a picture to my avatar ... which would be my GNH hen or rooster).

 

[GitaBooks]

I've been wanting to upload pictures from my desktop (not my cell phone), and I've gone through all the tutorials and read all I can about picture posting, and yet for whatever reason there is NO link (the mountain with the sun) showing up at all on here. Like right now, from all I've read, I should be able to see that icon (the mountain with sun) at the top of this post, but there's not. All I got from an administrator is the information I've already read (how to post pictures links). UGH!!!! I've been on quite a few other forums (relating to horses, etc.), but this is the first time I'm having such difficulty finding the cause as to why there is no icon link to upload pics from. Even when I click on "change avatar", it does absolutely nothing (can't even post a picture to my avatar ... which would be my GNH hen or rooster).

I hear that this is a pretty common problem. Have you tried clicking the more button? I think that's how I found the picture icon.

 

[rides2far]

Weird. I post all the time from my iPhone. The mountain has always been there. I couldn't post pictures until I had a certain # of posts either. I think it was 10 posts or so. Good luck Laurel Chicks.

 

[Laurel Chicks]

Yeahhhhhh ... the system is now letting me post pictures!!! THANK YOU TO WHATEVER MODERATOR FIXED THIS.

So, here's the youngsters (all but one are German New Hampshires ... the other I believe is a GNH x Red Star). Drats ... now I see that the rotated pictures didn't rotate correctly. Argh!!

 

[GitaBooks]

The last three pictures have roosters in them. The last one has two roosters and two pullets.

They are very nice looking.

 

[junebuggena]

The ones with the white feathering are your sexlink mixes. GNH are not supposed to have any white. I think that most of those chicks are mixed. I only see one or two that look like they meet the standard for GNH.