No clue on the breed...help!!

[Cartop Rob]

Hi all...new to BYC as a poster..but have been using these forms for a while. Can someone tell me what breed these are?
Thanks in advance! Love the site.

 

[Blackberry18]

Welcome to BYC!

I can't really see the comb very well, could you post another pic? My guess is Easter Egger, maybe Black Sex-Link. How old are they?

 

[Cartop Rob]

Thanks for the welcome and response!
Here is a few more pics...I believe they are around 17 - 18 weeks
Thanks again!!

These photos were just taken. They don't like to pose much unfortunately lol.

 

[Blackberry18]

Thanks a lot! Unfortunately, I'm still a little unsure. You see, Easter Eggers usually have pea combs, which is connected to the blue egg gene. But yours have single combs, which is not impossible for an Easter Egger to have, as well as one has slightly yellow legs. Both those traits are rare in Easter Eggers, so I'm going to go with Black Sex-Link. You'll just have to see if it lays brown or blue eggs! Where'd you get them? And what did they look like as chicks?

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Both are black sexlinks. It's very rare for Easter eggers to have certain identifying traits and not others.
Both girls either way.

 

[Cartop Rob]

A nice farmer lady up the road. I can't recall if she told me what they were. I have had them since little chickies. The rest...I'm pretty sure of the breeds. It's these two that have question marks above my head.

 

[Blackberry18]

A nice farmer lady up the road. I can't recall if she told me what they were. I have had them since little chickies. The rest...I'm pretty sure of the breeds. It's these two that have question marks above my head.

Were they black as chicks?

 

[Cartop Rob]

Pure black...yes

 

[Blackberry18]

Pure black...yes

Then that's a Black Sex-Link. They're a hybrid cross between a non-barred, non-white male and a barred female to create sex-linked chicks that can be separated by appearance at birth; males are black with a white spot on their head, while females are black without a spot on their head. Females grow up to be black with gold neck feathers, males are barred. Excellent layer of brown eggs.

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Adding to that, sex links are not an actual breed. So you may have difficulty researching them.