Nobody is crowing…yet. Pullet or cockerel?

[NatJ]

Last one is the only one that looks like a cockerel. I’m not the best at breed identification but possibly the first ones are Buckeyes. I have two of them but I can’t tell you what color their legs are

Buckeyes have yellow legs.

It sounds like these chicks are more likely to be mixes than any pure breed. A mix of Rhode Island Red with Easter Egger would be pretty common, and could produce a chick that looks a lot like a Buckeye.

I am seeking thoughts on the breed especially for the second chick. I know they’re all barnyard mixes.

I see a rose comb.
Wyandotte is probably the most common breed with a rose comb, so it could be part Wyandotte.

Dominique would be black with white barring, and also have a rose comb. So the chick could be part Dominique instead of part Wyandotte.

The chick looks blue with white barring. That color, and the rose comb, could come from a cross of Dominique with any chicken that is blue (Andalusian, some Australorps, some Sexlinks, etc). Or from Blue Laced Red Wyandotte with Barred Rock or any other black chicken that has white barring (Dominique, some Olive Eggers, etc.) Or probably quite a few other combinations as well.

If that chick is female, the barring gene must come from the father. If the chick is male, the barring gene could come from either parent. The rose comb gene and the blue gene can come from either parent, both from one parent or one from each parent.

 

[Aglow]

Buckeyes have yellow legs.

It sounds like these chicks are more likely to be mixes than any pure breed. A mix of Rhode Island Red with Easter Egger would be pretty common, and could produce a chick that looks a lot like a Buckeye.


I see a rose comb.
Wyandotte is probably the most common breed with a rose comb, so it could be part Wyandotte.

Dominique would be black with white barring, and also have a rose comb. So the chick could be part Dominique instead of part Wyandotte.

The chick looks blue with white barring. That color, and the rose comb, could come from a cross of Dominique with any chicken that is blue (Andalusian, some Australorps, some Sexlinks, etc). Or from Blue Laced Red Wyandotte with Barred Rock or any other black chicken that has white barring (Dominique, some Olive Eggers, etc.) Or probably quite a few other combinations as well.

If that chick is female, the barring gene must come from the father. If the chick is male, the barring gene could come from either parent. The rose comb gene and the blue gene can come from either parent, both from one parent or one from each parent.

Sincerest thanks for these thoughts. I’m new to exploring chicken breeds and am now seeing the depth and breadth of their breeds/genetics.