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    What are these?!

    Barring and cuckoo work off the same color genes. The difference is that barred birds have been bred to have even parallel barring with crisp bars of white on a black ground color. In cuckoo, the barring is less even and more muddled, and the bars are often more gray than white on a duller...
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    Are people without pets weird?

    A lot of people live in apartments and choose not to keep pets. That's not weird. It's thoughtful. And some people are allergic to animal dander. I think disliking all animals is weird, but not people who don't keep pets for whatever reason.
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    Another gender challenge.

    The chick does have some comb and wattle development, but I'm leaning pullet because of how even the blue coloring is on this bird. Around 12 weeks, it will get red shoulder feathers if it is male. So it may take a while longer to be sure.
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    Gender and breed help on "BR" please

    It depends on where the eggs came from. If from a hatchery, then maybe a mistake was made. If from a backyard breeder, then the black one is probably a mix of some kind. In the second photo, the chick on the right is male.
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    What breed is she?

    She's an Easter egger.
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    So I had purchased some chicks from Mc Murrays hatchery and they included a few free ones

    They were breeding Easter eggers and still are. The hatcheries didn't use the term Ameraucana until after that breed became standardized, and they played no part in that. Only birds sold by color variety by the hatcheries are likely to be purebred Ameraucanas. Price differences usually tell...
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    So I had purchased some chicks from Mc Murrays hatchery and they included a few free ones

    The orange bird in the background in the first picture is a cockerel, in case you didn't know. The other cockerel is in the fourth photo and has already been pointed out. The black pullets are all probably Whiting True Blues. The white one with single comb and no beard looks to be a Whiting...
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    Rooster Blues?

    Roosters sometimes alert hens to danger and a few might attack a predator, but mostly they are not effective for flock protection. The dominant hen tends to take over those responsibilities anyway when there is no rooster around.
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    What chicken breed?

    They are not great layers at the best of times. More of a pet or fancier breed with lots of personality.
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    Is my baby a rooster?

    It is too early to be sure, but my guess is that it is a boy, based on color pattern.
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    What chicken breed?

    She's a silver duckwing Old English game bantam. The white legs make that breed easy to spot.
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    Sexing chicks

    The dark faces of this variety cover red, so it is more difficult to tell the gender. You're looking at comb size alone. They do look small for 12 weeks old. Age is important when judging comb size. But for now, I think they all look to be pullets.
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    Confused on gender

    To me it looks like a cockerel whose development has been stunted by health issues. I would post photos and descriptions of him in the medical forum.
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    blue plymouth or blue jersey giant?

    Purebred blue Plymouth rocks are very rare, but the name blue rock is often used for the hybrid also known as Sapphire Gems. That's my bet just because the cockerel doesn't seem large enough to be part Jersey Giant. But I agree with the above post. There is no way to be certain.
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    What breed are these beauties?? Pullet or Roo?

    These are both cockerels. The lighter one is a lavender Orpington. The darker one is a blue Orpington or blue Australorp.
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