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[CoachAlangley]

I was given a hen and babies (a lot of babies) and they all look so different from eachother and their sizes are extremely different. A few of them tried the world on the outside of the pen, and didn't get very far, but the rest are very healthy. They are very independent and do not want to be touched, but they are coming around. Here are their photos.....

 

[featherhead007]

Some very diverse breeds you have!

 

[NatJ]

Breeds: probably mixed.

Gender guesses:
photo 1, white female in front, white/red male behind the tree

photo 2, blue female (color is called blue, but looks gray)

photo 3, white female on left, white/red male on right

photo 4, female (black with a bit of red around her neck)

photo 5, front bird male (black and red), back bird female (black and white)

photo 6, white bird on far left I think is male, but could possibly be a mature female--can't see enough of it to be sure; white female to the right, black/white female in front

photo 7, white bird, I think is a mature female. Probably laying eggs, or close to it. Is that the mother hen?

photos 8, 9, 10 all look female (gold/blue, black/white, black/white)

photo 11, male (black/red)

photo 12, female (black with just a bit of red in her neck)

 

[CoachAlangley]

Some very diverse breeds you have!

Here they are the first week that I received them .....

 

[featherhead007]

They all can't be from the same hen, can they?

 

[NatJ]

photo 7, white bird, I think is a mature female. Probably laying eggs, or close to it. Is that the mother hen?

Since I see the mother hen is not white, there is a chance the bird in photo 7 might be a hen-feathered male. If it crows it's male, if it lays eggs it's female. With a comb that large, it should be doing one or the other soon if isn't already.

 

[CoachAlangley]

They all can't be from the same hen, can they?

I thought the same thing when my friend brought them to me. I have to believe that she sat on a mixed bunch of eggs.... My friend said that they were on a farm and the owner needed them to go before his dogs or coyotes would get them. So they caught them with a net. Momma did well with them, protective of all, then once outside again she acted like she was their enemy. It was quite crazy to watch.

 

[featherhead007]

I thought the same thing when my friend brought them to me. I have to believe that she sat on a mixed bunch of eggs.... My friend said that they were on a farm and the owner needed them to go before his dogs or coyotes would get them. So they caught them with a net. Momma did well with them, protective of all, then once outside again she acted like she was their enemy. It was quite crazy to watch.

Hens have a built in motherly instinct, so that's quite possible.