What kind of Chickens are these

[minmin1258]

 

[minmin1258]

 

[minmin1258]

they r all laying hens, the first is all black normally very thick and feathered with dark legs and white skin, she lays med brown very large eggs! The second is black with red/brown feathering on neck and head only has black legs with lighter bottoms of feet, pale (?) white earlobes amazingly sweet disposition, lays very pale almost peachy brown eggs. The third is a white little lady with red lacing on her feathers she has yellow feet n legs, red earlobes. Lays nearly white very small eggs but she is a large girl. Almost taller than my RIR roo.

 

[psmith]

yes they hatched together, I do know one for sure is a roo. I will be trying to give him away this weekend. If another one starts to sound like a roo he will be gone to..

 

[minmin1258]

Anyone able to help with mine??? Please.

 

[keesmom]

Anyone able to help with mine??? Please.

First is a black sex link, then the other 2 are some sort of red sex links.

 

[donrae]

Anyone able to help with mine??? Please.

Hon, it's best to start your own thread. There are too many birds being discussed here and it's going to be too confusing telling who is talking about which bird.

 

[donrae]

Okay I have taken some pictures, I'm hoping someone knows what type of chickens these are? They were given to me and I have had them for about 2 months now one of them is acting like a rooster.
mixed breed rooster

4 mixed breed roosters in this picture. The black bird and the two barred birds in the foreground are female, all the others are male.

3 mixed breed roosters. The drab brown bird to the left in the back is a hen, the others are roosters.

Mixed breed rooster.

 

[psmith]

thank you, can you tell me how you can tell so I will know in the future. I have a total of 6 of them given to me and I know for sure that three are rooster and the fourth one you told me.

 

[Peplers chicks]

1) Look at the feathers on the chick's head. Males tend to have feathers that stand upright and curve towards the back, while the female head feathers tend to form in a rounded feather puff.
2)Look at the comb when it develops within two to three weeks of the chick's birth. a male will have a larger comb than a female.
3) Males are significantly larger than females, and this can be obvious a few days after hatching. This isn't considered a certain method of sexing though because you may just have a large female or a small male. It's also a poor method if you are trying to compare chicks from two different genetic lines.
4) Listen for crowing. The chicks will start losing the fluffy baby feathers around four of five months. At that time a male silkie will start attempting to crow.
5) Look at the saddle feathers just before the tail and the hackle feathers on the neck. These feathers will be long and sharp on a male and gently rounded on a female
6) look for streamers coming out of the crest, these 99% of the time indicate a cockerel