What Breed are my chickens???

[griffinchicken]

My daughter's 6th grade science class had a project of egg hatching in our area, we brought home 4. they are on my avatar/profile pic. Light yellow, three have waddles and a comb already, One I am pretty sure is a hen.... just like my children 3 boys 1 girl!!! oh what to do!!! But really trying to figure out the bread! any help would be great!

 

[Penpike]

I don't know for sure what breed of chickens you have, but most likely they are produce chickens because of their classic yellow feathers. It is probably a good idea to look up yellow chicks or different breeds on Google or Bing (whatever you use to search) and just see if any pictures or descriptions match your chicks.

 

[chicken-whisperer]

They are so small its hard to tell but if you know the egg color it can narrow the breed down.

 

[griffinchicken]

thank you... they are 7 weeks and look the same but with the comb and waddles being red. I believe they came from white eggs

 

[griffinchicken]

Will they lay eggs?

 

[chicken-whisperer]

If they are females they will lay eggs and if they are leghorns they will lay more with less food but if they are meaties such as cornish X's they will be laying less.

 

[wordgirl]

Hi, griffinchicken!

Cute chicks! If they were hatched from white eggs, they are probably leghorns. Can you tell if their "earlobes" are white? (Their earlobe is behind their ear) If they're white, they're probably leghorns. If the earlobes are red, they could be something else.

http://sharing.wavy.com/sharewlin//...-Farm-Peacefu_Gree_20100426042133_320_240.JPG (here's a picture of a leghorn's head, where you can the white earlobes).

 

[questions543]

yup they look like leghorns!