Students need help identifying our chickens

[Beau plus penny]

Greetings, I have an Ag class that hatched and is raising a surprise batch of chickens we purchased from an Etsy hobby farm seller. They are a week from being 6 months old. Can you help us identify breeds and if some of these are roos? The second picture is tan and white speckled (it's somewhat hard to see in the photo). I think the 3rd one is a roo. The 4th white one I'm not sure about. I have no idea about breeds. Also, 3 are laying eggs. I have an olive egg, a light tan egg, and white egg.

i think it would be more fun for your students if we figured out what the breeds are but dont tell them and have them do research to figure out the breeds as a summative

 

[ella2025]

Do White Rocks have a walnut comb? They lay tan eggs if I remember correctly.

They are the same breed as barred Plymouth rocks but just a different coloring. They have singe combs.

 

[redinator]

i think it would be more fun for your students if we figured out what the breeds are but dont tell them and have them do research to figure out the breeds as a summative

Doing a bit of research myself, that first white chicken has me puzzled, lol.

 

[redinator]

The first maybe a White Wyandotte: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/top-15-white-chicken-breeds-with-pictures.77948/

 

[SunriseChickers]

Are you sure about 1? That comb is not what I’m used to seeing on Leghorns

Hmm, 1 doesn't have a single comb, looks like walnut comb, but I can't really tell from the angle of the picture. I thought leghorns only had single combs. Still learning, which is why I opted out of commenting in the other ones.

Good point, not sure about that one then (thought the comb was just flopped over)

This poster, and following comments, suggest that Leghorns CAN have rose combs, which could also be what that bird is sporting.

Post in thread 'Rose combed breeds'

Aug 29, 2009

Here are at least some breeds with rose combs.. These are breeds that I've found listed as rose combers though I'm not familiar with all of them myself. Feel free to correct me if some should happen to have another type of non-straight comb

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Rosecombs (bantam) *well DUH*

Wyandotte (standard)
Wyandotte (bantam)

Rhode Island White (standard)

Some color varieties of Leghorn (light standard)

Hamburg (light standard)
Hamburg (bantam)

Appenzeller Barthuhner (the...

• CelticMoon1

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[SunriseChickers]

The first maybe a White Wyandotte: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/top-15-white-chicken-breeds-with-pictures.77948/

I think that bird looks a bit too lean for a Wyandotte.

 

[Vulpes vulpes]

From what I can tell you have one rooster (which would be lucky! That would be a great ratio for a small group). The first white one is probably a mix, but definitely not a pure WLH

 

[SunriseChickers]

This poster, and following comments, suggest that Leghorns CAN have rose combs, which could also be what that bird is sporting.

Post in thread 'Rose combed breeds'

Aug 29, 2009

Here are at least some breeds with rose combs.. These are breeds that I've found listed as rose combers though I'm not familiar with all of them myself. Feel free to correct me if some should happen to have another type of non-straight comb

:

Rosecombs (bantam) *well DUH*

Wyandotte (standard)
Wyandotte (bantam)

Rhode Island White (standard)

Some color varieties of Leghorn (light standard)

Hamburg (light standard)
Hamburg (bantam)

Appenzeller Barthuhner (the...

• CelticMoon1

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Post in thread 'Rosecomb Leghorns'

Apr 14, 2015

The APA recognizes Rosecomb Leghorns in Light Brown, Dark Brown, White, Black, Buff, Silver, and Golden Duckwing varieties. If you're going to try and raise Leghorns in your harsh winter climate, rose combs would be the better way to go as they are less subject to frostbite than single combs. However, I agree with silkiecuddles; in your harsh winter climate, Leghorns are not the best way to go. Like all Mediterranean breeds, they don't handle extreme cold well, and even if they survive your winters intact, their egg production will drop way down. For your very cold winters, I would suggest...

• Michael OShay

 

[SunriseChickers]

https://breeds.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/leghorn-chickens.html

This page notes that "rosecomb white" is a variety, as well.

 

[redinator]

@Cluckle if you could figure out which of the girls is laying which egg (an olive egg, a light tan egg, and white egg) and which of the 4 isn't laying yet, it might help clear things up.

The white egg is from the White leghorn. If the other white chicken lays the olive or tan egg it'll help narrow down her breed or mix.