Need the expert BYC'rs to help me out

[chickenstricken]

We're new to the whole chicken thing. We currently have 23 chickens, several of which we don't know the breed of. We're pretty sure on a few, such as

Barred Plymouth Rock

Buff Orpington

All of those pics were taken when they were 6 weeks old. We don't know the sex of ANY of the 23 we have yet.


Now for the ones we're less sure on.

Buff Chantecler

Delaware

And the ones we have no idea on

Tilda ( we really hope she's a pullet

)

Pico

Cheeks

That's him on the right

And some others
This one has "cheeks" also

These were taken when they were almost 7 weeks old.

Any help on what we have would be greatly appreciated. We already have found good homes for all the ones we can't keep, including ALL cockerels.

 

[jeremy]

Honestly, every bird but Pico, the presumed Chantecler and the second bearded one look like cockerels.

 

[Illia]

The assumed Barred Rock is actually a mutt, and a boy.

The assumed Buff Orpington might or might not be so. I see some black feathers, but, hatchery quality = not always solid buff. He's a boy though.

The assumed Buff Chantecler is actually either a Sex-link pullet or some sort of mutt. Still a girl though.

The assumed Delaware is indeed a Delaware, but a boy.

Tilda likely is a boy but don't put my word for it, and a mutt.

Pico is a mutt, and a girl.

Cheeks is a Sex-Linked Rooster. He's a mutt though, cross of an EE and something else.

The next one is a girl and an Easter Egger.

The white one is either a White Rock rooster or a Leghorn pullet.

The last one is some sort of blue chicken. . . likely a boy.

 

[jeremy]

You think Tilda and the White one are pullets Illia? Look at those combs!

 

[Illia]

I edited it.

And yes, if the white is a Leghorn, it is a girl.

 

[jeremy]

Just read your edits. My money is still on the White one being a cockerel.

 

[chickenstricken]

Man, you guys are the bearers of bad news. All of our favs are boys.

We actually have three of the white ones that look identical. (comb, etc)

 

[Illia]

Normally the friendly and colorful ones are boys, sorry.



That's why I love roosters!

 

[chickenstricken]

Thanks Illia. When you say mutt, do you mean cross breed,( dad true breed, mom, different true breed), or each parent was already a cross breed. Wouldn't sex linked also be a mutt?

 

[Illia]

Sex Links are mutts, yes, but a certain cross. Sex-Link means mommy was a certain gene, daddy wasn't, that allows the offspring to be sexed by color.


When I say mutts I mean either mom and dad were different breeds or mom and dad were both mutts. Could be either.