Very new to raising chickens. Need identifying help.

[TexasSam]

After seeing these photos, she is indeed a cochin.
I'm taken a bit back by Shadow. The completely solid black polish. Eyes, legs, beak, everything solid. I'm not sure on gender of either polish. This one just keeps may attention. View attachment 1147824

The black polish is a pullet
From what I can tell the white one might be a cockerel

 

[Greeneyedky]

The black polish is a pullet
From what I can tell the white one might be a cockerel

Do you think the black polish will get the white crest? Or stay black? I've looked up black polish several times and theyou all come up with white crest.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think your black Polish is part silkie. The black legs and face scream silkie.

 

[rebrascora]

I agree, the black juvenile looks like a silkie mix and the other gold laced bird also has feathered shanks and is most likely a silkie/polish mix. The white one appears to have clean legs, so not a brahma ..... again I'm thinking a mixed breed bird and I'm getting a roo vibe about that one too. The other larger youngster is a mixed breed cockerel too so my gut feeling would be that your friend was given a batch of barnyard mixes to hatch. I love mixed breed birds because they make for a beautiful and varied flock but you will almost certainly have problems with 3 (if I am right) cock birds and only 4 females once those boys start getting their hormones, which will happen in the next few weeks by the look of it. I would start planning now for either rehoming, a bachelor pad or chicken dinner.

PS> It is not so much the problem of the males fighting with each other as making the lives of the hen and pullets a total misery with their constant mating. More than one young male in a flock often triggers them to competitively mate, so it sometimes like gang rape.... it is not pretty to witness as they have no mercy for the poor pullets and I can tell you that it makes it a lot easier to cull them once you have witnessed it a few times.

 

[Greeneyedky]

The black "polish" has clean legs whereas the gold black "polish" has a few , what look to be downy feathers on its legs. I wondered about the white one. It and the new other one that I'm almost certain is a roo(Bowser) kinda do a werid standoffish thing to each other every so often.

The other issue I'm seeing is with Amelia (millie) and Bertha (momma, black cochin). Bertha keeps attacking her. Amelia, when I go out to feed or water stays a good distance from the rest until they leave whatever area they were being fed in. Many times, even with Amelia away, Bertha will run at her. I feel so bad for her. She's like an outsider. She still hangs with Red and they buddy all around, and he has been mating her daily, but Bertha is just a butt to her.

 

[Greeneyedky]

I think you may be correct on the white one being a rooster. Adding more pics, but it's comb is starting to look like the other 2.

 

[chickendreams24]

In the photos directly above...

#1 Guessing silkie polish mix or polish ayam cemani mix looks like a pullet

#2 that red roo looks like a Cochin to me but I can't see his feet for sure. Looks like polish mix(pullet) and the juvenile on the right in pic is definitely a cockeral

#3 and #4
gold laced polish mix pretty sure pullet the white one behind is bearded and I'm guessing a light Sussex EE mix. There's a few other options but that lack of feathers made me say Sussex. It could be a brahmas the pattern in called columbian. It has a pretty big comb I'm guessing cockeral.

#5 and #6 polish mixes both looking like girls.

#7 black mother hen can't see much of her.

You are going to have too many boys for your small flock. You need to decide what actions you want to take.

Also @rebrascora
You're sure right it is hard to watch and it does make processing them easier. It also makes them taste better knowing you did it for the good of your flock.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Those are some beautiful chickens you have.... I am totally jealous.

 

[Greeneyedky]

Those are some beautiful chickens you have.... I am totally jealous.

Thank you. I think they are beautiful as well