Trying to decide if my mystery hatch is the same kind. Thoughts?

[Tatuana]

First of all, they're only a week old. I know that's way too young to be sure of ANYTHING. But any guesses? They're a mystery mix that I managed to hatch. I don't know enough about chicken coloring to know if the various small changes are normal within a "type" or not.

What do you think, is it possible I have five different types? Or are differences like this normal within a type of chicken? All I know for sure is that the rooster was a barred rock.



Thing One. His beak turns red at the end. His feathers are a uniform color all across his wings.
Thing Two has the same wing pattern BUT has "Egyptian Eyes" (black eyeliner wing at the corner of his eyes) and his beak is all one color.

Thing Three goes to cream at the edges. His beak fades to red at the end.

Thing Four is similar to Three, but his wings are differently shaped. The color is slightly different I think?

Thing Five is pure cream. She was too busy digging a baseball sized hole to pose. (Her hole ended up deeper than she is tall. I was worried she'd get stuck)

Them chilling in the sun with Virtue. You can see the wings well. Thing Five was still busy digging a hole and isn't included.

 

[LikeTurkeys]

I don't know, but they sure are cute! Post some pictures now that they're grown up. Comb type will help a lot. I don't think wing shape matters, unless your thinking about feather sexing (this will help with gender, but not with breed).

 

[featheredplanets]

Too young to know for sure yet. Update when they have more feathers, 8weeks+. It will help to see comb, leg colour and possible mothers.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

need more feathers to figure out breed, need more weeks to figure out gender.

wing sexing isn't an option with these guys, even if they were specifically bred for it. Wing sexing takes a fast feathering parent and a slow feathering parent (and I can never remember which one needs to be mom or dad) and you have to feather sex w/in the first few days of life.