What Did I End Up Buying?

[RevRon]

I bought four chickens this morning. They are my first chickens and I have no idea what breed or sex they are. Any help determining this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Happy Chooks]

The 2nd one looks like an Australorp. Hard to tell on the 1st one, so many breeds have chipmunk markings. Do you have a picture of it's face and side view showing the feathering on the wings?

 

[Dutchgirl]

Chipmunk possibilities: Dutch, Old English, etc.

 

[tinychicky]

1 and 2 are either dutch or partridge old english and 3 and 4 could be austrolorps or cochins if they have feathered feet....

 

[RevRon]

The first two pics are of just one of the chicks and ditto for the second two. I bought a two of each type. Sorry for any confusion. Also, does anyone know how I can sex my chicks? I'm finishing my coop tomorrow and I can accommodate a total of eight chicks. The local feed store also has some plain old yellow chicks. Of these, can anyone suggest what type I should buy when I go to get the other four? I am looking for a good egg layer that is peaceful. Thanks for all of your help thus far.

Edit: I will upload better pics as soon as my wife gets home with our camera. The pics above were taken with my phone but the new pics will be taken from a 10 mp cam.

 

[RevRon]

Here is chick #1..............................

Here is chick #2...............................

And chicks 3 and 4 look exactly the same. Here are pics of one of them.....................................

Please excuse the mess, we just moved from the city to the country and still havent finished unpacking. I took these pics in our spare bedroom/temporary storage room where I'm keeping the chicks until the weather warms up.

 

[Minniechickmama]

#2 is an EE, and probably #1 too
The black ones could be Australorp or Black Sex Link. You won't know for a little while.

 

[Happy Chooks]

#2 is an Easter Egger, #3 is an Australorp. #1 is probably an Easter Egger as well, the legs look like they have a greenish tint.

 

[RevRon]

Thank you for all of your help. Now I have to get started on a nice coop. I will have to make it extra secure as we have foxes in the area. Also, on an unrelated note, I bought four coturnix quail. One male and three female.

 

[Ariel301]

The brown ones are Easter Eggers and the black are Australorps.