GrinningWolf24
In the Brooder
- Jun 15, 2024
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Hello friends! For anyone who welcomed me in my intro post, thank you for your patience! I really needed to work to get good quality pics of everyone in the flock. ;^^ So, as the title says - I am looking to identify the breeds of everyone in the flock (as close as is reasonable - several are likely mixes), as well as the possible genders of some younger birds I hatched. The adults in my flock were all adopted from other folks who were looking to downsize, I purchased 4 chicks a few months ago, and at that same time also hatched out another 10 that are kiddos from my hens and roosters. While this is rather delayed from first starting my flock (I've had some of the birds upwards of 2 years), I am hoping to get some confirmation now that I have officially joined this lovely site. ^^
I am going to share as much info as I possibly have, as well as my assumptions/suppositions. All the pics are labeled with their names, so please feel free to use them to refer to which birds you are talking about. I am breaking them into groups by when I acquired them. Also, please note: I don't fully know who all lays what eggs/colors. The ones I do know or am fairly confident in have been included. All my hens lay some variety of tan/brown, blue, mint green, or army green eggs. I have never received a white egg.
Edit: I have not clue why some of the images keep showing up broken when they all are hosted on the same place, and were added in the same manner. All of them have links, so if they don't show up, please just follow it to view. Thanks!
The original adoptees; they came from an acquaintance who was given some hens from someone who had bought too many chicks, and so in turn my acquaintance now also had too many and wanted me to take some. This started my chicken journey. She had no clue what all the breeds for sure were 100%, and let me take any I wanted aside from her rooster or banty's. Given as adults; ages uncertain. I picked hens based purely on easy-to-identify colors from one another:
Hen; lays tan eggs; buff orpington?
Hen; lays tan eggs; salmon faverolle (not super visible, but she has extra toes and some light feathering on her feet!)
Hen; lays tan eggs; lavender orpington?
Hen; lays tan eggs; easter egger?
The second round; from the same farm as the first group because she still had too many, and said any extras were going to the butcher along with her meat birds. Same uncertainty of ages and chosen for colors:
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; easter egger?
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; black austrolorp?
Hen; egg color unconfirmed - presumed brown; black laced silver wyandotte
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; easter egger?
Hen; robin egg blue eggs; easter egger?
The third round; these ones were gifted from a different larger flock, and the prior owner told me what she believed each one to be breed-wise, though I don't know that they were all wholly accurate. Adopted as adults; ages uncertain; chosen for colors and diversity:
Hen; lays army green (as best I can tell - could be wrong); was told she was a brown leghorn, but doesn't seem to be the case based on egg color?
Hen; lays brown; another black laced silver wyandotte
Hen; lays brown eggs; blue laced gold wyandotte
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; was told she was a polish mix? She occasionally has a little poof of head feathers, but not usually.
Hen; egg color unconfirmed, was informed she was a white leghorn/light brahma mix. She has some very sporadic feathers on her feet (apologies that the pic couldn't show this - she is highly skittish and this was the best I could do).
My February adoption of a pair of roosters from a coworker! He had bought 'pullet' chicks back in the fall, and when 4/6 turned out to actually be roosters, he offered one to me to rehome it. I saw the both of them and couldn't leave either one. X) So! Both came home. They chase each other sometimes, but generally get along well.
Rooster; roughly 10 months old; was told he was purchased as an 'easter egger pullet' - this lighting doesn't fully do him justice - the dark stripe on his wing is brilliant green! Along with the pretty feathering on his chest.
Rooster; roughly 10 months old; was told he was purchased as an 'easter egger pullet'; the darker striping at the bottom of his hackles are the same metallic green as his sickles!
Purchased Chicks: these 4 are the only chicks I have purchased. They came from Family Farm and Home, and were labeled as pullets, which so far as I can tell seems accurate.
Pullet/Hen; 3 1/2 months old approx.; Pearl Star Leghorn
pullet/hen; approx 3 1/2 month old; mystic onxy (I bought the chicks specifically because I had been wanting some mystic onyx, and saw them show up at the local store in a bin with a hand-written tag, as opposed to the usual big-box ones. Knew it was a limited time option. XD)
pullet/hen; approx 3 1/2 month old; another pearl star leghorn
hen/pullet; approx 3 1/2 month old; was another mystic onyx, and has the extra toes, but it seems she has either mixed genes or less pure line in general, due to the yellow face, partially yellow legs, and red wattles/comb.
The chicks I hatched from my own flock! These ones are truly mixes, and if anyone has suggestions or theories on who is which hens' kiddo, I would love to hear it.
pullet?; hatched from an army-green egg; Bonnie's kid?; approx 13 weeks old; was tan with a dark brown stripe when hatched
...rooster? (are those saddle feathers? Please say I am wrong!); approx 13 weeks old; hatched from a blue egg; was tan with a dark brown stripe when hatched
pullet?; approx 13 weeks; hatched from a blue egg; looked like a little black and white penguin when hatched!
pullet?; approx 13 weeks; hatched from a blue/green egg; tan with a brown stripe when hatched
rooster? (I am pretty sure those are saddle feathers. Darn.); Approx 13 weeks old; hatched from a brown egg (from my barred rock that I did not share because she is one of the hens I have since lost); looked like the same pattern as the tan and brown striped chicks, but down was almost silver in color rather than tan
rooster?; hatched from a brown egg; approx 13 weeks old; looked like a little tan chick with a brown stripe upon hatching; Rose's kid? Or at least Archie is his dad, I would suppose. Colors are certainly bright enough for either....
pullet?; hatched from a blue egg; only chick to hatch out the traditional yellow/white color; approx 13 weeks old
rooster?; hatched from an army green egg; Bonnie's kid?; approx 12 weeks old; was tan with a dark brown stripe when hatched; I included 2 pictures due to bad angles.
pullet?; hatched from a brown egg; looked like a little black and white penguin upon hatching; approx 11 1/2 weeks old; by far my smallest hatch; always seems a decent bit behind all the others
pullet?; hatched from a brown egg; approx 12 weeks old; looked like a little black and white penguin upon hatching! Included two pictures as she is one of the prettiest babies hatched, between the gorgeous iridescent greens and the stripes of copper brown
I am going to share as much info as I possibly have, as well as my assumptions/suppositions. All the pics are labeled with their names, so please feel free to use them to refer to which birds you are talking about. I am breaking them into groups by when I acquired them. Also, please note: I don't fully know who all lays what eggs/colors. The ones I do know or am fairly confident in have been included. All my hens lay some variety of tan/brown, blue, mint green, or army green eggs. I have never received a white egg.
Edit: I have not clue why some of the images keep showing up broken when they all are hosted on the same place, and were added in the same manner. All of them have links, so if they don't show up, please just follow it to view. Thanks!
The original adoptees; they came from an acquaintance who was given some hens from someone who had bought too many chicks, and so in turn my acquaintance now also had too many and wanted me to take some. This started my chicken journey. She had no clue what all the breeds for sure were 100%, and let me take any I wanted aside from her rooster or banty's. Given as adults; ages uncertain. I picked hens based purely on easy-to-identify colors from one another:
Hen; lays tan eggs; buff orpington?
Hen; lays tan eggs; salmon faverolle (not super visible, but she has extra toes and some light feathering on her feet!)
Hen; lays tan eggs; lavender orpington?
Hen; lays tan eggs; easter egger?
The second round; from the same farm as the first group because she still had too many, and said any extras were going to the butcher along with her meat birds. Same uncertainty of ages and chosen for colors:
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; easter egger?
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; black austrolorp?
Hen; egg color unconfirmed - presumed brown; black laced silver wyandotte
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; easter egger?
Hen; robin egg blue eggs; easter egger?
The third round; these ones were gifted from a different larger flock, and the prior owner told me what she believed each one to be breed-wise, though I don't know that they were all wholly accurate. Adopted as adults; ages uncertain; chosen for colors and diversity:
Hen; lays army green (as best I can tell - could be wrong); was told she was a brown leghorn, but doesn't seem to be the case based on egg color?
Hen; lays brown; another black laced silver wyandotte
Hen; lays brown eggs; blue laced gold wyandotte
Hen; egg color unconfirmed; was told she was a polish mix? She occasionally has a little poof of head feathers, but not usually.
Hen; egg color unconfirmed, was informed she was a white leghorn/light brahma mix. She has some very sporadic feathers on her feet (apologies that the pic couldn't show this - she is highly skittish and this was the best I could do).
My February adoption of a pair of roosters from a coworker! He had bought 'pullet' chicks back in the fall, and when 4/6 turned out to actually be roosters, he offered one to me to rehome it. I saw the both of them and couldn't leave either one. X) So! Both came home. They chase each other sometimes, but generally get along well.
Rooster; roughly 10 months old; was told he was purchased as an 'easter egger pullet' - this lighting doesn't fully do him justice - the dark stripe on his wing is brilliant green! Along with the pretty feathering on his chest.
Rooster; roughly 10 months old; was told he was purchased as an 'easter egger pullet'; the darker striping at the bottom of his hackles are the same metallic green as his sickles!
Purchased Chicks: these 4 are the only chicks I have purchased. They came from Family Farm and Home, and were labeled as pullets, which so far as I can tell seems accurate.
Pullet/Hen; 3 1/2 months old approx.; Pearl Star Leghorn
pullet/hen; approx 3 1/2 month old; mystic onxy (I bought the chicks specifically because I had been wanting some mystic onyx, and saw them show up at the local store in a bin with a hand-written tag, as opposed to the usual big-box ones. Knew it was a limited time option. XD)
pullet/hen; approx 3 1/2 month old; another pearl star leghorn
hen/pullet; approx 3 1/2 month old; was another mystic onyx, and has the extra toes, but it seems she has either mixed genes or less pure line in general, due to the yellow face, partially yellow legs, and red wattles/comb.
The chicks I hatched from my own flock! These ones are truly mixes, and if anyone has suggestions or theories on who is which hens' kiddo, I would love to hear it.
pullet?; hatched from an army-green egg; Bonnie's kid?; approx 13 weeks old; was tan with a dark brown stripe when hatched
...rooster? (are those saddle feathers? Please say I am wrong!); approx 13 weeks old; hatched from a blue egg; was tan with a dark brown stripe when hatched
pullet?; approx 13 weeks; hatched from a blue egg; looked like a little black and white penguin when hatched!
pullet?; approx 13 weeks; hatched from a blue/green egg; tan with a brown stripe when hatched
rooster? (I am pretty sure those are saddle feathers. Darn.); Approx 13 weeks old; hatched from a brown egg (from my barred rock that I did not share because she is one of the hens I have since lost); looked like the same pattern as the tan and brown striped chicks, but down was almost silver in color rather than tan
rooster?; hatched from a brown egg; approx 13 weeks old; looked like a little tan chick with a brown stripe upon hatching; Rose's kid? Or at least Archie is his dad, I would suppose. Colors are certainly bright enough for either....
pullet?; hatched from a blue egg; only chick to hatch out the traditional yellow/white color; approx 13 weeks old
rooster?; hatched from an army green egg; Bonnie's kid?; approx 12 weeks old; was tan with a dark brown stripe when hatched; I included 2 pictures due to bad angles.
pullet?; hatched from a brown egg; looked like a little black and white penguin upon hatching; approx 11 1/2 weeks old; by far my smallest hatch; always seems a decent bit behind all the others
pullet?; hatched from a brown egg; approx 12 weeks old; looked like a little black and white penguin upon hatching! Included two pictures as she is one of the prettiest babies hatched, between the gorgeous iridescent greens and the stripes of copper brown
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There is still a lot for me to learn. ;^^
