What breed?

[Mrs. K]

Yep all of those are rooster. As to keeping them, you can...but it takes a lot of experience, and the more you have the greater the chance of it NOT working.

ALWAYS have a plan B set up and ready to go, cause if there is a wreck you will need it right now. A way to catch them, and a place to put one to separate it until you decide what to do.

Wishing they will all be nice and get along will not work.

Mrs K

 

[Jessicablo]

Awesome, thank you!

I have. Once they figure out their pecking order they do good with each other. They should be able to breed the game hens

 

[Jessicablo]

Thank you Mrs K!

Yep all of those are rooster. As to keeping them, you can...but it takes a lot of experience, and the more you have the greater the chance of it NOT working.

ALWAYS have a plan B set up and ready to go, cause if there is a wreck you will need it right now. A way to catch them, and a place to put one to separate it until you decide what to do.

Wishing they will all be nice and get along will not work.

Mrs K

 

[cherrynberry]

Thank you everyone! I’ve been spending the day looking up different chickens and had no luck. Make sense why. I’ll need to read and learn about game fowl. This is my first set of ladies.

Before them, I got six chicks, straight run and I believe theyre six roosters, pictured below. Please tell me I’m wrong? I was told they are Easter eggers, An olive egger, a black copper maran, and A lavender orpington. Not so sure if this is true. Don’t see the lavender Orpington. I do see Easter eggers. Two are way larger then the rest, with the brighter orange necks, so maybe it was mixed with an Orpington?

Will they be able to breed with the game hen? My hope is to have eggs for eating and for raising chicks.

Last comment, anyone have luck raising six roosters together? I plan to place one With the three hens and the others in another coop of their own. View attachment 2943455

All are boys and all are mutts. I agree with Mrs. K on having a back up plan. It works until it doesn't.

 

[NatJ]

Before them, I got six chicks, straight run and I believe theyre six roosters, pictured below. Please tell me I’m wrong? I was told they are Easter eggers, An olive egger, a black copper maran, and A lavender orpington.

I see Easter Eggers and probably Olive Eggers. Definitely none are Lavender colored.

Will they be able to breed with the game hen?

In general, any male chicken should be able to breed with any female chicken.

A few particular kinds can have trouble (extremely large or small, very exaggerated body shapes, excessive amounts of extra-fluffy feathers that get in they, etc.) I don't see any reason to be concerned about yours.

My hope is to have eggs for eating and for raising chicks.

Once a hen starts setting on eggs, either separate her from the other hens or mark her eggs and check every day to take out new ones.

You want all her eggs to start incubating on the same day, so they chicks will all hatch within a day or so of each other. A hen cannot be walking around taking care of chicks and ALSO sitting on the eggs that are late to hatch because they were added late.

If the hen starts to set and you do not have the right number of eggs: let her sit on fake eggs for a few days, while you collect all the real eggs safely in your house. Then take away the fake eggs and give the real eggs to her all at once.

 

[Jessicablo]

I see Easter Eggers and probably Olive Eggers. Definitely none are Lavender colored.


In general, any male chicken should be able to breed with any female chicken.

A few particular kinds can have trouble (extremely large or small, very exaggerated body shapes, excessive amounts of extra-fluffy feathers that get in they, etc.) I don't see any reason to be concerned about yours.


Once a hen starts setting on eggs, either separate her from the other hens or mark her eggs and check every day to take out new ones.

You want all her eggs to start incubating on the same day, so they chicks will all hatch within a day or so of each other. A hen cannot be walking around taking care of chicks and ALSO sitting on the eggs that are late to hatch because they were added late.

If the hen starts to set and you do not have the right number of eggs: let her sit on fake eggs for a few days, while you collect all the real eggs safely in your house. Then take away the fake eggs and give the real eggs to her all at once.

Got it, thanks so much for your insight and sharing your knowledge Nat

 

[Silkie Princess]

Ur middle white one is a roo I think and ur bottom maybe a pullet. Idk but that’s my guess

No

The 2 brown ones look like Welsummers to me. Pullets. Not sure about the white one.

No

No Welsummers, no males.

All are gamefowl pullets of some sort.

Yes

Hello everyone! Our neighbor just gave us these hens. I hope they’re hens.. what breed do you think they are? And any clue how old they may be? Thanks& Happy Holidays ! View attachment 2943395View attachment 2943394View attachment 2943406View attachment 2943408

Beautifull hens!