Need Help With Breeds

[frankhdgs]

I have 22 chicks - 16 of them are seven weeks old, and six I was given last week that are 2 weeks old. This gives me a total of nine breeds - seven of which I (am supposed to) know the breed...the other two are mystery breeds because they were given to me and I haven't found a good place on the internet, yet, that shows photos of all the breeds with chicks. Can anyone share sites that I may have missed? 2 of the chicks look like chipmunks, with a tan body and a broad brown stripe from beak to tail lined by almost black. 2 of the chicks are a beautiful grey blue with butter yellow bellies. 2 chicks look like wet brown bark. The lady who gave them to me sells them...she said they were 'rare breeds'....I and new to all this, and I would appreciate any help I can get. Thank you.
Oh, and the comment in parenthesis about I am supposed to know the breed of them, I was told that six of them I got were Leghorns, but I am not so sure....they are three times larger than the others....they are all white and have the heaviest/thickest legs (looks like they're on steroids) I've ever seen.

 

[redrooster99]

www.feathersite.com go to the poultry page on there click chicken and you should know what you should do next.

 

[redrooster99]

the white ones seem to sound like cx's

 

[ramirezframing]

this is a silkie of yours silkies have black skin and feathered legs and 5 toes

 

[frankhdgs]

I found out the original six white ones are 'composite' chickens bred to grow faster and bigger...they hatched May 3rd, and I bet they all weigh nearly 10 pounds each - but, they are the sweetest/friendliest of the bunch. I am up to 25 in my flock. Next year, I plan to expand to quail, turkeys, and peafowl. I would like ducks and geese, but I am allergic to their down.

 

[Auscal]

I found out the original six white ones are 'composite' chickens bred to grow faster and bigger...they hatched May 3rd, and I bet they all weigh nearly 10 pounds each -

These sound like Cornish Cross (CX's, as redrooster said). They are meat birds, bred to grow quickly, and be butchered at about the age yours currently are. As they are bred for such quick growth, they do not tend to be healthy birds as they age.