Students need help identifying our chickens

[HorseGirlAbby]

Are they possibly mixed breeds? The first white one looks too chunky to be a Leghorn, but too slim to be a Wyandotte. She could be a cross. The second may be a Starlight Green Egger, if she’s laying the green eggs. Your third is a buff Orpington cockerel, fourth is a white Leghorn pullet, and fifth looks like a New Hampshire red.

 

[redinator]

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

I'm thinking it might be the age? My RIRs didn't plump up until they'd been laying for a few months.

 

[Cluckle]

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.

Here is another view of the comb.

 

[SunriseChickers]

I'm thinking it might be the age? My RIRs didn't plump up until they'd been laying for a few months.

That's fair, some take a while, though my Wyandottes I've had through the years were wider by laying age. I've never had leghorns, so I don't have personal experience to draw from there.

 

[redinator]

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

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

There's only one white egg being laid so far, one of the girls isn't laying yet . . unless they're not all laying daily.

 

[SunriseChickers]

There's only one white egg being laid so far, one of the girls isn't laying yet . . unless they're not all laying daily.

Quite the mystery!

 

[SunriseChickers]

Here is another view of the comb.

Hmm, looks really smooth for a rose comb, there.

 

[redinator]

Time to put cameras in the nestbox

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Hmm, looks really smooth for a rose comb, there.

I think it is a rose, I have a Wyandotte with a similar looking comb.

 

[redinator]

Hmm, looks really smooth for a rose comb, there.

Strawberry, maybe?