What breed?!

[KMoKoop]

I picked up a couple chicks from a local person that claims they are 10 days old and from the "rare breed" mix at Hoover's Hatchery.
They are definitely older than 10 days as they are larger than and more feathered than my almost 3-week olds. And i'm thinking that they don't fit any of the listed breeds from the rare breed options.
So... what breed do you think and would you day they are both cockerels??

 

[sybonbon]

I picked up a couple chicks from a local person that claims they are 10 days old and from the "rare breed" mix at Hoover's Hatchery.
They are definitely older than 10 days as they are larger than and more feathered than my almost 3-week olds. And i'm thinking that they don't fit any of the listed breeds from the rare breed options.
So... what breed do you think and would you day they are both cockerels??

They look like Silver Laced Wyandottes. Too young to know their sex.

 

[KMoKoop]

They look like Silver Laced Wyandottes. Too young to know their sex.

That's what I was thinking, too. She was getting rid of them because she suspected they were cockerels so I figured maybe I'd get lucky!

 

[sybonbon]

Fin

That's what I was thinking, too. She was getting rid of them because she suspected they were cockerels so I figured maybe I'd get lucky!

Fingers crossed

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

They could be 10 days. I just brooded a pair, I was suspecting I might have a cockerel, but now at 6 weeks I think they probably are pullets. Wyandottes just tend to redden up sooner, and their combs look different, so people don't know what to think.

 

[BastyPutt]

Yep silver laced Wyandotte and too early.

It is safe to say they are either both a cockerel or both a pullet, which will make the gender ID ultimately more difficult.

 

[sybonbon]

Yep silver laced Wyandotte and too early.

It is safe to say they are either both a cockerel or both a pullet, which will make the gender ID ultimately more difficult.

I've seen so many differences in the lightness or darkness of the feathering depending on where they were bred. Mine grew up being very white where I've seen on here dark ones that were also female. It wasn't until 11 weeks old when everyone changed their guesses to female from a definitely male status. Lol

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

I've seen so many differences in the lightness or darkness of the feathering depending on where they were bred. Mine grew up being very white where I've seen on here dark ones that were also female. It wasn't until 11 weeks old when everyone changed their guesses to female from a definitely male status. Lol

Oh boy. Here I am, at six weeks, I figured I was in the clear lol