Please, somebody help?

[Apocaloptimist]

Hi all of you experienced chicken keepers, can you help a newbie out?

All 6 of the chickens are approximately 4 months old. I think the black and white ones are Barred Rocks, and I think they are pullets, but the other 4 are a mystery.

We were told the 2 reddish ones were Buff Orpingtons, but they sure look red to me? One is bigger than the other, ( first 4 pics) and has more pointy hackles...roo? The smaller "Buff" (pics 5,6 & 7) also has some pointy hackles - does that always mean roo? Nobody has any detectable saddle feathers that are pointy as of now.

The small grayish one (pics 8 - 12) has feathered yellow legs, so I am guessing some sort of Cochin, or mix? I also think she (Chupacabra) is a pullet?

The other grayish with reddish breast (pics 13 - 16) (Sasquatch) has blue/green legs/feet, so I am guessing some kind of EE, and I think this one may be a Roo? The pics are through the wire, as I haven't let them out yet...they just arrived Friday evening. Hope somebody out there can help?

Like so many of you here, I cannot keep roosters in my urban neighborhood, and would love to know before anybody crows

Larger Buff Orpington?









Smaller Buff Orpington?








Chupacabra - Cochin?






Chupie on the left..







EE?










Thanks in advance!

Carol in Colorado / Apocaloptimist

 

[Apocaloptimist]

Hi, BYC peeps,

Are my photos too bad (through the cage wire) for anyone to guess on the breeds and genders?

I really need some experienced input! Pleeez?

Thanks!

 

[elliechooks]

I'm quite a newbie myself but I would agree with you on the barred rocks, they look like pullets to me, and the red ones do not look like buff Orpington, more like warren/isa brown/red sexlink type of RIR hybrid.
Sorry I can't be more helpful!

 

[Apocaloptimist]

Thanks for your input, Elliechooks! Yeah, I feel pretty sure now that the red chickens are NOT Orpingtons, and certainly not buff . They are slimmer than the Rocks, and are the same age.

I sure am learning more all the time by searching everywhere to figure out what I have, though, and having fun!