Need some help identifying my chickens

[VirulentVulpine]

Hello! I need some help identifying the chickens from an assorted pack of hatching eggs I hatched a few months ago.

I think the rooster is a dark brahma, but I hatched a few of these black chickens as well (one with weird tail feathers, thought she was molting but it’s never grown in more) from copper brown eggs, and they don’t look like French black copper marans to me. I’m stumped.

 

[Gray Farms]

Dark Brahma. The black male and female look to be crossbreds. Could be Marans crosses.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Agree with gray farms.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The cockerel looks like he has some sort of lacing on his breast, which isn't typical of a dark brahma. Wonder if he's got silver laced Wyandotte in there.
Agreed, the pullets look like marans or mixes.

 

[Gray Farms]

The cockerel looks like he has some sort of lacing on his breast, which isn't typical of a dark brahma. Wonder if he's got silver laced Wyandotte in there.
Agreed, the pullets look like marans or mixes.

The white "speckling" is actually very common with Dark Brahma cockerels. They typically loose it with their next molt.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The white "speckling" is actually very common with Dark Brahma cockerels. They typically loose it with their next molt.

Ok... I only have the one dark brahma and she was thankfully a pullet.

 

[Gray Farms]

Ok... I only have the one dark brahma and she was thankfully a pullet.

I've raised them for years. Almost all my cockerels have this white speckling when they are young. Then loose it in later molts. Is so frustrating lol.

 

[VirulentVulpine]

Thank you guys! The black ones must all be maran cross breeds for sure. The rooster has some brown highlights around his neck.