Need help Identifying Breeds!

[NatJ]

I found it in my yard actually. The black one that is and the older one was given to me. The last 2 I just got from someone who raises chickens but I think they aren't 100% sure what breeds hatched haha...they told me one is a Ameraucana and the other is a cream leghorn but I'm not sure they are correct. The brown one with the stripes came out of a brown speckled egg.

Probably all of them are mixes, not pure breeds.
Or they may not really be mixes of specific breeds, but might be chickens who never did have purebred ancestors. I don't have a handy term for that.

There are no Ameraucanas in your photos. Ameraucanas have pea combs, blue or black legs, and muff/beard on their faces.
Three of your chicks have single combs.
The other chick has green legs.
I don't see muff/beard on any of them.

Some hatcheries sell "Americana" chicks (changed spelling to confuse people), that are not purebred Ameraucanas but are supposed to lay blue or green eggs and look sort-of like Ameraucanas. They are actually mixes of one sort or another. There is a chance that green-legged chick with the reddest comb might be one of those.

I haven't heard of a Cream Leghorn, but Cream Legbars are pretty common (the difference is in the -bar instead of -horn at the end of the name.) Ameraucanas and Cream Legbars are breeds that lay blue eggs. Any chick that came from a brown egg is something else, not either of those two breeds.

 

[Shadow3]

Probably all of them are mixes, not pure breeds.
Or they may not really be mixes of specific breeds, but might be chickens who never did have purebred ancestors. I don't have a handy term for that.

There are no Ameraucanas in your photos. Ameraucanas have pea combs, blue or black legs, and muff/beard on their faces.
Three of your chicks have single combs.
The other chick has green legs.
I don't see muff/beard on any of them.

Some hatcheries sell "Americana" chicks (changed spelling to confuse people), that are not purebred Ameraucanas but are supposed to lay blue or green eggs and look sort-of like Ameraucanas. They are actually mixes of one sort or another. There is a chance that green-legged chick with the reddest comb might be one of those.

I haven't heard of a Cream Leghorn, but Cream Legbars are pretty common (the difference is in the -bar instead of -horn at the end of the name.) Ameraucanas and Cream Legbars are breeds that lay blue eggs. Any chick that came from a brown egg is something else, not either of those two breeds.

This is exactly why I wanted to ask others! What they said about what they might be made no sense to me when I did the research on what they were. Thank you for this! You have proven my suspicions! My guess is the one with the strip might be a welsummer and as for the others I have 0 clue. It was bulked with Marans though so maybe it's a cross between a Copper Maran and something else...not entirely sure..or it could be a blue copper maran chick.

 

[NatJ]

This is exactly why I wanted to ask others! What they said about what they might be made no sense to me when I did the research on what they were. Thank you for this! You have proven my suspicions! My guess is the one with the strip might be a welsummer and as for the others I have 0 clue. It was bulked with Marans though so maybe it's a cross between a Copper Maran and something else...not entirely sure..or it could be a blue copper maran chick.

Glad I could help!

 

[Shadow3]

Glad I could help!

Thank you!! I haven't had a proper answer for 24 hrs up until yours and one other person today

 

[NatJ]

Thank you!! I haven't had a proper answer for 24 hrs up until yours and one other person today

It's a bit hit-and-miss about who sees what thread, and of course not everyone knows the same things. That's both a good and bad thing about this site, the variety of answers you can get.

 

[Shadow3]

It's a bit hit-and-miss about who sees what thread, and of course not everyone knows the same things. That's both a good and bad thing about this site, the variety of answers you can get.

Yeah agreed. But glad to get some good guesses now!

 

[Aundra101]

Help! What breed are these?? First one is 4 weeks 2nd is 6 weeks and smaller two are 4 days and 5 days

NOTE: These are 4 different chickens

Appreciate the help in identifying them!
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To me the first one looks like a barred rock or Plymouth rock,and the 2nd one looks like an Easter egger. Not an expert here,just guessing by the looks of the cute little birdies. Good luck though. My birds are so mixed now I couldn't tell you what a lot of them are. It's going to happen if you don't stick to certain breeds.

 

[Shadow3]

To me the first one looks like a barred rock or Plymouth rock,and the 2nd one looks like an Easter egger. Not an expert here,just guessing by the looks of the cute little birdies. Good luck though. My birds are so mixed now I couldn't tell you what a lot of them are. It's going to happen if you don't stick to certain breeds.

Thank you for your guess! I will have to look into those. I might just have a bunch of mutts lol

 

[NatJ]

To me the first one looks like a barred rock or Plymouth rock,and the 2nd one looks like an Easter egger. Not an expert here,just guessing by the looks of the cute little birdies. Good luck though.

The first chick is not barred.
Barring is white stripes running across the feathers. The chick in the first photo has the stripes running the long way of the feathers.

Other details: Barred Rocks should have yellow on the bottoms of their feet and up the edges of their toes, but I think that chick has white instead. The colors/markings on the face also look a bit wrong, although it's harder for me to be sure about that because facial markings do vary a bit within any given breed or color.

About names: Plymouth Rock is the name of a breed that comes in many colors. Barred Plymouth Rocks are one color, White Plymouth Rocks another color, and so on. People often skip the "Plymouth" and just call them Barred Rocks, White Rocks, and so forth.

My birds are so mixed now I couldn't tell you what a lot of them are. It's going to happen if you don't stick to certain breeds.

Mixed up flocks can be fun, but I agree it can make them hard to identify or describe!

 

[Shadow3]

The first chick is not barred.
Barring is white stripes running across the feathers. The chick in the first photo has the stripes running the long way of the feathers.

Other details: Barred Rocks should have yellow on the bottoms of their feet and up the edges of their toes, but I think that chick has white instead. The colors/markings on the face also look a bit wrong, although it's harder for me to be sure about that because facial markings do vary a bit within any given breed or color.

About names: Plymouth Rock is the name of a breed that comes in many colors. Barred Plymouth Rocks are one color, White Plymouth Rocks another color, and so on. People often skip the "Plymouth" and just call them Barred Rocks, White Rocks, and so forth.


Mixed up flocks can be fun, but I agree it can make them hard to identify or describe!

I've learned so much from this! Thank you for all the details. Most helpful comment! I have accepted I just have a mutt of a chicken