What breeds these, please?

[aart]

These are some friends birds (some of which may soon be mine) and I wonder what type the black ones are....some of them have the brownish feathers just around their head. I'm wondering if they might be Marans as there are some pretty dark brown/speckled eggs, one very dark one(but still not very far up the Marans brown scale) in the basket.

A couple of them may be moulting and where they have feathers missing at the base of their tails the skins looks the same color as their wattles/combs...do these chicken have red skin? I don't think it's bloody from pecking.

Most the hens in this flock are the reddish colored ones, I am assuming red sexlinks and most the eggs are a rather large light brown.

Thanks for helping out this newbie!!

 

[EEBLACKCOPPERMARAN]

I see a few black sex links.

 

[Kev]

yeah black ones with brown on necks are black sex links.

red ones with white details are red sex links. red with black details, production reds, all white ones are leghorns.

also this flock seems very heavy on egg producers, would doubt any are marans. some black sex links can lay rather darkish egg.

 

[ramirezframing]

yeah black ones with brown on necks are black sex links.

red ones with white details are red sex links. red with black details, production reds, all white ones are leghorns.

also this flock seems very heavy on egg producers, would doubt any are marans. some black sex links can lay rather darkish egg.

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[aart]

Thanks!