WTH did I get...

[flcityslicker]

So, we went to a livestock auction yesterday to see what they had. Ended up buying several miscellaneous "pullets", but after opening up the cages, I realized that I think I got some roos too. What do you guys think their breeds (mixes) and genders are?

This lot was supposed to be RIR pullets. I think I see 3 RIR roos, and another roos that is maybe a mix?













some individual pics of the same birds...

Roos? I have 3 that look like this.






and I have this guy...






Pullets?











Then I have this girl....




Oh, and this weird velociraptor bird was crammed in with the reds. It's ugly and mean...to the other birds and to people. It wants nothing to do with being near you and will gladly peck you for coming close. Sorry about the crappy pics, but that thing was in a panic and would not calm down.





On to the cutie patooties...

I got this momma and baby. Momma is tiny, about the size of a dove.




and these two girls?




















Here is the silver one (far right) compared to my 16 week old EEs. You can tell how tiny they are. The silver one is really quite friendly.


The last two girls...
They are both the darker coloring, but the sun washed out the coloring on the second bird. These two were in a lot with a gorgeous little roo. I wish I would have taken a picture of him before I gave him away. He plucked quite a few feathers out of the back of these girls necks They are both very calm and docile with people, bossy with the other birds. They are really heavy for their size (like BRs), but they are only about the size of melons. They were also all banded, not that that means anything.

 

[Frost Homestead]

You have all the sexing correct from what I can tell. I don't know what's up with that off color roo, like you wrote - probably a mix. The bottom velociraptor looks almost like some sort of wheaten game bird

 

[flcityslicker]

You have all the sexing correct from what I can tell. I don't know what's up with that off color roo, like you wrote - probably a mix. The bottom velociraptor looks almost like some sort of wheaten game bird

Thanks. I edited to add the rest of the new birds

BTW, do you think that the first group of birds are actually RIR or a production mix?

 

[Frost Homestead]

ok, the top tiny momma is a serama. The ones beneath her are silver and gold laced wyandottes brahmas. if they're particularly small they might be bantams, the final ones look like silver penciled plymouth rocks. Very pretty!


edited: actually now that i look at them it appears the silver laced and gold laced ones have pea combs and DUH the feathered legs. they are definitely brahmas

 

[flcityslicker]

ok, the top tiny momma is a serama. The ones beneath her are silver and gold laced wyandottes brahmas. if they're particularly small they might be bantams, the final ones look like silver penciled plymouth rocks. Very pretty!


edited: actually now that i look at them it appears the silver laced and gold laced ones have pea combs and DUH the feathered legs. they are definitely brahmas

Do plymouth rocks come in bantam? or are they just young? Because these two are even half the size of my BR hens.

 

[flcityslicker]

Okay, the roo that was in with the last two girls looked just like this guy, and he also had a pink plastic band on his leg. I wish I could have kept him

 

[Frost Homestead]

dang, well you got some beautiful ladies

I just love the way the silver penciled ones look

 

[SweetSilver]

Do plymouth rocks come in bantam? or are they just young? Because these two are even half the size of my BR hens.

Yes, they come in bantam.

 

[hdowden]

3 cockerels in this pic. if legs are yellow then rir if not they all might be mixes


looks like a mixed cockerel



all pullets




crested mix breed (im thinking polish with the little bit of white on the earlobe)


game hen


old english game bantam hen baby to small for gender


both of these are brahma's and cockerels




bantam rocks or wyandottes(with wrong comb) both girls

 

[ve]

I think the2 Brahmas are boys. I love the Partridge Rocks.