three chicks!

[EmilyOfIndiana]

OK. These chicks hatched on November sixteenth. I'm pretty sure I know what 2 of them are but the third is iffy. Crossbreeding chickens is messy business when it comes to genderizin'

First up is Carl, or Carol? Pretty sure its a boy so we will call him Carl!
Boy?
Black star x Rhode island red or maybe jersey giant. Had two roos at the time

As you can tell he is bigger than his sibling!

Here is his back

Hackle feathers

Dat face

His bumbum

Now I'm calling this one Margie so far!
Same breeds as the one above
Girl?

Pretty face

Lovely back

Hackle feathers

Tail!

Now I have one more. This is the hard one more me. I have posted this chick on the lazy chicken coops Facebook wall and was told it was a hen. However, it has a longer tail and bumps chests with the bigger one above. I just don't know.
This one I've been calling Penny. Praying its a hen because I love it and don't want to have to choose between it and Carl!
Bantam Cochin x Rhode Island Red
Hen? Roo?

Hello world!

Pretty face

Back back back

Hackle feathers

Tail feathers

Bye mom!

 

[donrae]

I think male, female, female.

On the first birds, what breed was the mother and what was the father(s)?

 

[EmilyOfIndiana]

Mothers were black stars, my boys were Steve (rir) and Jim (jersey giant). Jim is no longer with us sadly

 

[donrae]

Do you have pictures of the parents? Black star hens aren't barred, those offspring aren't really possible from the combos you have listed, so I'm confused.

 

[EmilyOfIndiana]

I don't have any barred chickens and I read that black stars don't breeds true after the first generation, with them being sex links. So my black stars are rir x barred rock hen. Male black stars are barred however. So the barring skips the first generation and comes back in the second

 

[EmilyOfIndiana]

Rir too Steve

Last pick of the black stars from like April last year lol. The barred one is a roo named Edd I no longer own

 

[Wyandottes7]

You appear to have a cockerel and two pullets.

 

[BantamLover21]

You appear to have a cockerel and two pullets.

x2

 

[EmilyOfIndiana]

Oh I pray so. I'm hoping the little black one will inherit some of her mothers good traits