Need help with breed identification

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Songster
6 Years
Mar 12, 2018
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Sunbury, Ohio
Can you help me identify these breeds. Chicks came from Meyer Hatchery.
 

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They're all mixes. The white isn't an ameraucana, since it has yellow/green legs. The barred one isn't a marans; they don't have muffs. The cockerel looks like a standard easter egger. The first one is the only one I'm not sure what its a mix of. It almost looks like a black sex link, but they don't usually have black skin.
 
They all look like mixes to me as well. Snowy Easter Eggers and Olive Eggers are also mixes. Looks like they are most likely some of the new hatchery hybrids that will lay colored eggs. Basically all a kind of Easter Egger.😊
I agree. The first one *might* be a super mossy Black Copper Marans but Olive Egger is more likely
 
I will be waiting to see what color eggs they give me. Also when they start crowing I will know which are cockerails. Thanks for all your help.
Oh, you have at least two cockerels that I can see. With no doubts.

That one I pointed out first is all male; his coloring his feathering... This one has a very large comb and is slightly behind the first in development which commonly happens.
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I appreciate your information about Saddle Feathers. I did not understand what they meant when they talked about saddle feathers. That illustration shows it perfectly. I have determined at least two from my 23 chick batch of "all female". I was hoping to be able to rehome some if I get too many. If I had an idea of the breed, it might help when I give them away.
 

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