Spotting which pullets are full breed speckled sussex

KatsHerd

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Hi all, to start with our roo that fathered these guys is the speckled sussex. The hens hatched from at the time were a speckled sussex, a light sussex & a gold laced wyandotte.
This is my grow out cage so there are other breeds in here, but I'm only talking about the speckly chooks.
They are mostly 15 weeks, with one being 19 weeks.
I have a pretty good idea which is which but I'd like someone that knows the breed better to help out. Can supply individual photos of each one if these aren't great.
Also any tips on doing this myself would be great!!
 

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The two identical ones in the first picture in the back left corner look like the speckled to me, although I am not positive.
Thank you!! Those are the 2 I believe are the full also 🤔 there's 1 other im sceptical of, but the speckles seem too sporadic
 
Could you post more individual pics?
Any chicks hatched from the SS and Light sussex wouldn't be speckled, or at least will lose the speckling when older and the males would be more light sussex coloured when hatched I believe, as the silver of the Light Sussex is sex-linked dominant.
The chicks from the Wyandotte I don't believe would have single combs...?
 
Could you post more individual pics?
Any chicks hatched from the SS and Light sussex wouldn't be speckled, or at least will lose the speckling when older and the males would be more light sussex coloured when hatched I believe, as the silver of the Light Sussex is sex-linked dominant.
The chicks from the Wyandotte I don't believe would have single combs...?
Thank tou!
I can definitely work on getting single pics
That's interesting, if that's the case I feel I only got 1x light sussex
Our Gold laced has a single comb, which doesn't help lol.
I'll work on those single pics & reply back to you when I have them!
 
Could you post more individual pics?
Any chicks hatched from the SS and Light sussex wouldn't be speckled, or at least will lose the speckling when older and the males would be more light sussex coloured when hatched I believe, as the silver of the Light Sussex is sex-linked dominant.
The chicks from the Wyandotte I don't believe would have single combs...?
Okay we got there! 🤣 it's hot here today so they didn't want to play ball at first.
I've photographed 5 different chickens. I've left out the obvious boys. Hopefully these are good!! The final photo is the 19 weeker. 2nd last could still be a boy - but I included it as it isn't as blatantly obvious as the others (to me).
 

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Thank tou!
I can definitely work on getting single pics
That's interesting, if that's the case I feel I only got 1x light sussex
Our Gold laced has a single comb, which doesn't help lol.
I'll work on those single pics & reply back to you when I have them!
I find it easier to use my phone to record them, then take stills (screenshots) from the videos.
 
I find it easier to use my phone to record them, then take stills (screenshots) from the videos.
I can definitely try that again if those pics aren't great! I did try that but most came out blurry 😅 despite it being hot these guys are full of beans
 

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