Gender and breed help Plz? They should be old enough to tell right?

Shadow3

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Grey one is 8 weeks Spotted one 8 Weeks Black one is 12 weeks What breed so you think they are? The black one is oddly smaller than these other two and I barely see a comb on it and is a rescue that fell into my yard. The 8 week olds are from a breeder. They supposedly said one is a legbar and another is ameraucana but I am not so sure ahout that. Thanks for your help everyone!
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Unfortunately, both the 8 week olds are males. The spotted one is a mutt and the grey one is a Lavender Orpington. Hope the breeder didn't do that on purpose!
You won't be able to keep both boys with that delicate little hen, they'll beat her up competing to mate with her. She looks like a wild/game bantam mutt. She likely won't be a great egg producer, but they're very self sufficient and smart birds and have great chick-rearing instincts.
 
Unfortunately, both the 8 week olds are males. The spotted one is a mutt and the grey one is a Lavender Orpington. Hope the breeder didn't do that on purpose!
You won't be able to keep both boys with that delicate little hen, they'll beat her up competing to mate with her. She looks like a wild/game bantam mutt. She likely won't be a great egg producer, but they're very self sufficient and smart birds and have great chick-rearing instincts.
Luckily I am able to go back to the person I got them from and exchange them for hens. Thanks for the validation! I love my mutt she loves to be pet and snuggled lol
 
Luckily I am able to go back to the person I got them from and exchange them for hens. Thanks for the validation! I love my mutt she loves to be pet and snuggled lol
Glad it works out to exchange them. And yes, she's adorable! What a lovely thing to find in your yard. Do you think someone dumped her, or do you live in an area with feral chickens?
 
Glad it works out to exchange them. And yes, she's adorable! What a lovely thing to find in your yard. Do you think someone dumped her, or do you live in an area with feral chickens?
I live in Hawaii so there are feral chickens here but I also noticed a neighbor with over 15 chickens in their yard and they get out of their yard and wander all over the place. I saw a hen in my next door neighbors house that wandered into their garden and heard peeping. She was running around with chicks. She got into my yard with her chicks and one dropped off of the wall but the moment I tried to return her the mom ran off and the other chicks and didn't come back for her then I never saw them again.
 

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