New babies but no idea of the breed or sex

[Donjeff]

Ok here’s a few pics of the Bin Bag chickens at seven weeks this is Nugget and Omelette (original names I know lol ) and Florentine . Nugget is the first two pics and Omelette is next set of four and the last four are Flo any guesses at male or females?

 

[WingItRanch]

Look at those cheeks! They look nice and healthy.

I'm leaning pullet for Nugget and Omelette. Possibly cockerel for Flo.

 

[Pigeony]

Leaning pullet for all 3

 

[NatJ]

Ok update on the black bag girls/boys, it turns out they are White Sussex , but still no idea on sex yet seems wattles and scrottles or what ever they are called will be the tell tail sign

What makes you say they are White Sussex?

Sussex of any color are supposed to have clean legs (no feathered feet).

And Sussex are not supposed to have muffs & beard (the extra feathers on the sides of Nugget's face).

Regarding color, I would expect White Sussex to be completely white, without the black dots, but they are certainly not a common variety.

Light Sussex are much more common, and they have small amounts of black in a particular pattern. The black bits on your chickens are not in the right pattern for Light Sussex.

 

[Donjeff]

What makes you say they are White Sussex?

Sussex of any color are supposed to have clean legs (no feathered feet).

And Sussex are not supposed to have muffs & beard (the extra feathers on the sides of Nugget's face).

Regarding color, I would expect White Sussex to be completely white, without the black dots, but they are certainly not a common variety.

Light Sussex are much more common, and they have small amounts of black in a particular pattern. The black bits on your chickens are not in the right pattern for Light Sussex.

Was the vets when we had them checked out that said Light Sussex so figured they were right but who knows , what’s your guess and did wonder about the fluffy cheeks and legs .

 

[Donjeff]

Look at those cheeks! They look nice and healthy.

I'm leaning pullet for Nugget and Omelette. Possibly cockerel for Flo.

Yeh that was my guess to

 

[Donjeff]

Leaning pullet for all 3

I do hope your right

 

[Donjeff]

Was the vets when we had them checked out that said Light Sussex so figured they were right but who knows , what’s your guess and did wonder about the fluffy cheeks and legs .

I wondered if they were Brahmas they have fluffy feet and similar colour?

 

[NatJ]

Was the vets when we had them checked out that said Light Sussex so figured they were right but who knows , what’s your guess and did wonder about the fluffy cheeks and legs .

Some vets know more than others about chicken breeds. I'm thinking this one didn't pay careful attention to some of the details.

I think they are probably a mix, maybe a multi-generation multi-breed mix.

The color is wrong for Light Sussex or for Light Brahma. Either of those breeds would have the Columbian color pattern (mostly white but with black in the tail, black bits around the base of the neck, generally also some black in the big feathers of the wings.)

Yours are white with randomly distributed bits of black. I think their color is probably Paint, which is white with randomly scattered bits of black (yours only have a small amount of the black.) The most common way to make that color is to crosses a black chicken with certain kinds of white ones.

Your chicks are not Brahmas, because the comb is wrong. Brahmas have a pea comb, yours have single combs.

Cochins do have feathered feet and single combs, but do not have muff & beard on the face, so Nugget is definitely not a Cochin. Since they otherwise look alike, the other two are probably not Cochins either.

I wonder if someone was breeding Easter Eggers in a backyard flock with some feather-legged breed (maybe a Cochin). Purebred Ameraucanas and many Easter Eggers have the muffs & beard on their faces. If an Ameraucana-mix was crossed back to a clean-faced breed, some chicks would have the muff & beard and some would not. There would also be some chicks with the pea comb of the Ameraucana and some with single combs like yours do. Depending on what else is in the mix, it would be easy to get chicks with feathers the color of yours.

Or the chicks could come from a mix of d'Uccles with other breeds. D'Uccles have the muff/beard, feathered feet, and single combs: but not usually the color we see in your chicks. Also, D'Uccles usually have more feathering on their feet. Crossing them with breed that is clean-faced and clean-footed could give chicks like yours in about two generations (less foot feathering than pure d'Uccles, some with muff/beard and some without), and there are some common breeds that would give the genes to make the color your chicks are showing.

There are plenty of other ways to mix breeds to get chicks like yours, so I just gave two possible examples. I really do not know what mix yours might be.

When they grow up, if any females lay blue or green eggs, you can definitely call them Easter Eggers (based on egg color and not belonging to any recognized pure breed of chicken). If they lay white or brown eggs, there is no special name for that kind of mixed chicken. BYM (backyard mix or barnyard mix) could be appropriate no matter what color egg they lay.

 

[Donjeff]

Some vets know more than others about chicken breeds. I'm thinking this one didn't pay careful attention to some of the details.

I think they are probably a mix, maybe a multi-generation multi-breed mix.

The color is wrong for Light Sussex or for Light Brahma. Either of those breeds would have the Columbian color pattern (mostly white but with black in the tail, black bits around the base of the neck, generally also some black in the big feathers of the wings.)

Yours are white with randomly distributed bits of black. I think their color is probably Paint, which is white with randomly scattered bits of black (yours only have a small amount of the black.) The most common way to make that color is to crosses a black chicken with certain kinds of white ones.

Your chicks are not Brahmas, because the comb is wrong. Brahmas have a pea comb, yours have single combs.

Cochins do have feathered feet and single combs, but do not have muff & beard on the face, so Nugget is definitely not a Cochin. Since they otherwise look alike, the other two are probably not Cochins either.

I wonder if someone was breeding Easter Eggers in a backyard flock with some feather-legged breed (maybe a Cochin). Purebred Ameraucanas and many Easter Eggers have the muffs & beard on their faces. If an Ameraucana-mix was crossed back to a clean-faced breed, some chicks would have the muff & beard and some would not. There would also be some chicks with the pea comb of the Ameraucana and some with single combs like yours do. Depending on what else is in the mix, it would be easy to get chicks with feathers the color of yours.

Or the chicks could come from a mix of d'Uccles with other breeds. D'Uccles have the muff/beard, feathered feet, and single combs: but not usually the color we see in your chicks. Also, D'Uccles usually have more feathering on their feet. Crossing them with breed that is clean-faced and clean-footed could give chicks like yours in about two generations (less foot feathering than pure d'Uccles, some with muff/beard and some without), and there are some common breeds that would give the genes to make the color your chicks are showing.

There are plenty of other ways to mix breeds to get chicks like yours, so I just gave two possible examples. I really do not know what mix yours might be.

When they grow up, if any females lay blue or green eggs, you can definitely call them Easter Eggers (based on egg color and not belonging to any recognized pure breed of chicken). If they lay white or brown eggs, there is no special name for that kind of mixed chicken. BYM (backyard mix or barnyard mix) could be appropriate no matter what color egg they lay.

That’s a great help thanks so much for the info and the time taken to do it , I guess we will have to wait and see , I will keep updating every few weeks when there’s any change thanks again