Newbie with rescue chickens, any idea on breeds?

[kaylasmom11]

Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to look at my post! We just adopted 19 chickens from a friend that rescued them from a really bad situation ( they were living in cages in 1 bedroom of a trailer, over 150 of them!) We have always only had Isa Brown hens and now we have a bunch of new friends and we have no idea what age/ breed/ sex they are ( we know one is a silky ) I've given my best shot taking pictures of some of them and any help would be most appreciated! I've numbered some of the pics to try and keep track of who is who. ( getting decent pics of all of them was impossible!)

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Beautiful! I'm so glad they found a good home. Not enough of these stories get happy endings.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

How many different breeds are there in that group?

 

[kaylasmom11]

How many different breeds are there in that group?

Honestly I'm not sure. There are 4 darker brown/ red ones, 4 lighter tan ones, 3 darker gray ones, 3 gray and white speckled. Then one silky and numbers 4, 7 and 8 are kind of different than the others

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

There are 4 darker brown/ red ones,

Rhode island red

4 lighter tan ones,

Buff orpington

3 gray and white speckled

barred rock. Not too sure about the others. Those poor birds I'm sooo glad you could give them a home!!!! And also

 

[kaylasmom11]

Rhode island red

Buff orpington

barred rock. Not too sure about the others. Those poor birds I'm sooo glad you could give them a home!!!! And also

Thanks you! We were at a loss, hopefully we have more hens than roos

 

[venovee]

number 4 looks like a light brahma to me! and number 7 might be an amberlink?

 

[FBMcrazy8]

number 4 looks like a light brahma to me!

I was thinking the same thing. I was just looking at the light brahmas to get some and they look the exact same.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

Some I am confident on but these are just my best guesses, as I'm always learning something new.

1. RIR.

2. Black sex link cockerel or barred rock. (I haven't fully figured out how to differentiate those two) Cuckoo Marans is ruled out by the yellow legs, Dominique ruled out by comb type.

3. Rhode Island Red
4. Light Brahma
5. Non bearded white Silkie
6. Australorp
7. red sex link cockerel??
8. Easter Egger perhaps
9. Buff Orpington

Most appear quite young still.. Male specific pointy saddle and hackle feather start to appear around 12 week and usually quite discernible by 16 weeks old.

With guess the breed/gender being one of the best games there is.. I suspect you will still get plenty more feedback!

FWIW.. despite the seemingly terrible conditions you describe.. these birds all look really good. Most show birds are kept in cages especially when being conditioned for show during show season. People who don't understand or haven't faced specific farming type issues may not get why certain things are done certain ways. Maybe lose a little of the judgement as too their "poor" conditions? Thank you for having compassion both towards the birds and also toward their previous keeper!

Best wishes on your new adventure!

 

[Percheron chick]

2 barred rock.
3. RIR.
4. Light brahma.
5. Silkie.
6. Sapphire gem.
7. Sex link cockerel
8. EE.
9. BO.
1 looks like a random brown egg laying red chicken.

Very nice mix and the best part is that they are all young just getting to point of lay. Not a bunch of spent layers.