What are these chicks? Would like to know breed and/or gender if possible

[Chickenwingwing]

What are these? Both about a week old

Both:

Blackish one:

Yellow one:

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Where did they come from? Are they supposed to be purebreds or chance of them being mixed breeds or what?
Pretty hard to positively ID a breed by chick pics honestly.

 

[Chickenwingwing]

Where did they come from? Are they supposed to be purebreds or chance of them being mixed breeds or what?
Pretty hard to positively ID a breed by chick pics honestly.

I honestly don’t know, they are from a friend who doesn’t know either. Sorry.

 

[riss]

The black one looks like it could maybe be a silkie

 

[NatJ]

The reddish one might be a red sexlink pullet. (There are other things it could be, but if it came from a store, that's the most likely.)

The darker one is probably some sort of Cochin, unless it's a mix. No idea on gender for that one.

If you post pictures again in a month or two, we can make better guesses.

If you want to be looking up different breeds and comparing them, some details to pay attention to:
--feathered feet (dark one) or not (red one)
--comb type (I think they're both single, but it can be hard to tell when they are little)
--foot & leg color (I think they have yellow skin, not white or blue or green)
--crest on the head (I don't see any)
--muffs or beard on the face (the red one has none, I'm not positive about the dark one. If it grows up to have muff/beard, it would NOT be a Cochin.)
--feather texture (normal, silkied, frizzled)
--toes (normal is 3 facing forward, 1 backward, on each foot. Some breeds have an extra toe in the back.)
--feather color


The feather color is usually most obvious, but the other details are sometimes very helpful for sorting out similar breeds.

 

[NatJ]

The black one looks like it could maybe be a silkie

I think the wing feathers look normal, not silkied.

And silkies usually have dark skin, a crest on the head, an extra comb toe, and a different style of comb.

So I think it's probably not a silkie.

[Edit because I typed it wrong: silkies have an extra toe, not an extra comb!]

 

[Chickenwingwing]

The reddish one might be a red sexlink pullet. (There are other things it could be, but if it came from a store, that's the most likely.)

The darker one is probably some sort of Cochin, unless it's a mix. No idea on gender for that one.

If you post pictures again in a month or two, we can make better guesses.

If you want to be looking up different breeds and comparing them, some details to pay attention to:
--feathered feet (dark one) or not (red one)
--comb type (I think they're both single, but it can be hard to tell when they are little)
--foot & leg color (I think they have yellow skin, not white or blue or green)
--crest on the head (I don't see any)
--muffs or beard on the face (the red one has none, I'm not positive about the dark one. If it grows up to have muff/beard, it would NOT be a Cochin.)
--feather texture (normal, silkied, frizzled)
--toes (normal is 3 facing forward, 1 backward, on each foot. Some breeds have an extra toe in the back.)
--feather color


The feather color is usually most obvious, but the other details are sometimes very helpful for sorting out similar breeds.

Thank you so much I will post more pictures in a few weeks and give updates

 

[Chickenwingwing]

I think the wing feathers look normal, not silkied.

And silkies usually have dark skin, a crest on the head, an extra comb, and a different style of comb.

So I think it's probably not a silkie.

 

[riss]

I think the wing feathers look normal, not silkied.

And silkies usually have dark skin, a crest on the head, an extra comb, and a different style of comb.

So I think it's probably not a silkie.

Oh my bad. Do silkies have feathers on their legs cause I thought they did and that's what I was going for

 

[WindingRoad]

Where did they come from? Are they supposed to be purebreds or chance of them being mixed breeds or what?
Pretty hard to positively ID a breed by chick pics honestly.

Also too young for gender unless they are ones that someone knows how to sex them and then that's not always accurate.