Y'all take your best stab at this bunch....

[Panhandler80]

It is hard to get them all to hold still so here is a assortment of pictures.

I'm new to this. I believe there are two speckled Sussex and two welsummers.

They are all 2 weeks old as of yesterday. Not even looking at sex yet... Although I'm pretty sure I've already identified at least one cockerell.

 

[Panhandler80]

A little bigger.

Any thoughts on what we have on our hands?

 

[chrissynemetz]

Your chicks are so cute! Do you have any updated pictures of them?

 

[Panhandler80]

Sure enough. I'll find some later today. Looks like 7EE, a brown leghorn, two barred rocks, one dominque, two welsummer, a black sexlink, I think a white leghorn, and then.... Seven others I'm not sure about. All different crosses it appears.

 

[Panhandler80]

Here they are. They hatched Monday March 30th, shipped that afternoon and I had them Wednesday April 1st from the post office before they opened.

Ordered 15 from Cackle Hatchery. Needless to say, I was a little bit surprised when 21 showed up. All but one was very healthy, and we fixed that one with some sugar water.

So far, I have not 100% identified any of them as cockerels. Looks like our cost to feed, and egg yield is going to be about 40% higher than expected. Oh well. Thankfully I'd made the run plenty big for 15. They have full time access to it, and while I feel like it's adequate for 21 birds, it's about as tight as I'd want to have them. Granted I'm new to this, but that's my gut.

They are go in the house to roost just fine every evening. Some earlier than others, and some stay in a bit later. They all pretty much run their own show and I've seen virtually zero bullying. Perhaps that will come with age, but for now I'm just thankful.

We try to go see them each morning and evening with some treats, but there are plenty of days when they unfortunately, don't get much interaction with us. The good news is that the set up allows them to be entirely self sufficient for days on end if need be. It was a lot of work, but it will be nice when we go on vacation and all a neighbor has to do is eyeball everything and remove the eggs from the outside of the coop. Speaking of eggs, I've got the boxes barricaded off. All of the roosts (a total of about 30 feet) are well above the boxes and they pretty much only use the very highest 8 feet. Anyway, I can't wait to bust that barricade off soon and these girls start feeding me! I think it's going to work pretty well. Fingers crossed.

 

[Pretty Birds]

Sure enough. I'll find some later today. Looks like 7EE, a brown leghorn, two barred rocks, two welsummer, a black sexlink, I think a white leghorn, and then.... Seven others I'm not sure about. All different crosses it appears.

Here they are. They hatched Monday March 30th, shipped that afternoon and I had them Wednesday April 1st from the post office before they opened.

Ordered 15 from Cackle Hatchery. Needless to say, I was a little bit surprised when 21 showed up. All but one was very healthy, and we fixed that one with some sugar water.

So far, I have not 100% identified any of them as cockerels. Looks like our cost to feed, and egg yield is going to be about 40% higher than expected. Oh well. Thankfully I'd made the run plenty big for 15. They have full time access to it, and while I feel like it's adequate for 21 birds, it's about as tight as I'd want to have them. Granted I'm new to this, but that's my gut.

They are go in the house to roost just fine every evening. Some earlier than others, and some stay in a bit later. They all pretty much run their own show and I've seen virtually zero bullying. Perhaps that will come with age, but for now I'm just thankful.

We try to go see them each morning and evening with some treats, but there are plenty of days when they unfortunately, don't get much interaction with us. The good news is that the set up allows them to be entirely self sufficient for days on end if need be. It was a lot of work, but it will be nice when we go on vacation and all a neighbor has to do is eyeball everything and remove the eggs from the outside of the coop. Speaking of eggs, I've got the boxes barricaded off. All of the roosts (a total of about 30 feet) are well above the boxes and they pretty much only use the very highest 8 feet. Anyway, I can't wait to bust that barricade off soon and these girls start feeding me! I think it's going to work pretty well. Fingers crossed.


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What type of combs do the barred chickens have? If they have single combs, then they are Barred Rocks, but if they have rose combs they are Dominique's.
I also see a Red Sexlink, Speckled Sussex, and Austra White in the pictures.
You have a beautiful flock.

 

[Panhandler80]

What type of combs do the barred chickens have? If they have single combs, then they are Barred Rocks, but if they have rose combs they are Dominique's.
I also see a Red Sexlink, Speckled Sussex, and Austra White in the pictures.
You have a beautiful flock.

Yeah, two barred rocks and one dominque. Austra white was the cross I was thinking on the big white bird with black splotches. Hard to believe it's a pullet, but I think it may be. Thing is a beast of a bird compared to the others!

What are you calling the red sexlink? There's an all brown bird, and two brown / white birds that I think are both some sort of sex link cross, but I'm not sure which. They all came from cackle hatchery, and I'm thinking they are these:

They call them Cinnamon Queen and Golden Comment, not sure what cross they are, though.

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/cinnamon-queentm-chicken.html

and

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/golden-comet.html

None of the three look exactly like the birds found on either of those links, though.

Thanks for confirming the Austra White. That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Pretty Birds]

What are you calling the red sexlink? There's an all brown bird, and two brown / white birds that I think are both some sort of sex link cross, but I'm not sure which. They all came from cackle hatchery, and I'm thinking they are these:

This is the one that looks like a Red Sexlink. I'm not sure if they are Cinnamon Queens or Golden Comets. Maybe someone with more experience than me will answer your question.

 

[Panhandler80]

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This is the one that looks like a Red Sexlink. I'm not sure if they are Cinnamon Queens or Golden Comets. Maybe someone with more experience than me will answer your question.

10-4. There are two just like her. Then there's a mostly solid brown as well running around somewhere.

Also... I guess I have TWO dominques and only ONE barred rock. I had them flip flopped. Two of the three have rose combs.