Once upon a time to me a chicken was a chicken, what type is this?

[Bock_Bock]

could also be white rocks or rhode island whites

 

[fcoop]

Thank you everyone for your ideas. i suppose i will know more when they grow up, but the majority seem to think Leghorn.

 

[Bock_Bock]

well good luck just keep posting pics as they grow we will figure it out

 

[fcoop]

updated pictures...still no idea of breed or sex...

 

[sherrydeanne]

Looks like a red sexlink (the bottom one). If the top one is as well and you end up with one white and two brown, the white is a cockeral.

 

[PotterWatch]

I was thinking sex link also. Time will tell I guess.

 

[DarkWolf]

I'll concur on the red sex-link (Goes by golden comet, etc etc..)

They're great birds and from my understanding very good layers.

 

[melissastraka]

I love the ugly "teenager" stage!!!

 

[fcoop]

i know!!! they are so ugly at this stage, they are four and a half weeks old.
Starting to take them outdoors, the kids have a ball,

Thank goodness children dont see ugly

 

[fcoop]

Ok, so here are the best pics i could get, as they were being circled by 15 4 year old children and they were starting to move a bit...

I know im annoying, but how many weeks does it usually take before you know if they are roosters or not? I am aware that its still early days i just need to start explaining to the children at work (they are in a children's centre) that one may be a roo and it has to go to a farm.

The children named the chicks...
so here is Orlando...

Soup...

and Cheepee...

Majority of you have said sex links...
some people have said that the lighter one will be a roo, is that because its so light?

Thanks for all your help