Wanted Please - Harrogate / York / Leeds area

[Velociraptor]

Hellooo (:

I've had four chicks brought home from a nursery who hatched them to show the children there for a week now and would like to know the sex and breed. I've done research and had a guess at what I think they are but I've never had chickens before and don't think i'm right... I'd love them all to be girls so I could keep them all but I know that's unlikely... )':

 

The eggs were sold as mixed pure breed eggs and in the photos they are just under a week old.

 

The first two below I believe to be marans with cuckoo markings because of other photos of maran chicks i've seen. In a book I bought, it says the male chicks are usually lighter, and one of the 'maran' chicks has much lighter feathers. These two chicks like to be handled the least, always making a fuss when picked up.

 

Here is Lucario, the chick I believe to be a male maran.

Lucario also has the largest comb of all the chicks.

 

This is Mudkip, the other chick I believe to be a maran, but has lighter markings so i'm guessing a female.

 

This chick has no name yet, I have no clue what breed this chick is either, it's quite a bit smaller than the other three.

Also there are tiny areas of feathers on the chicks feet and there are grey parts on the wings and tail feathers.

 

Finally here is Shinx, this chick is the friendliest and I will be really upset if it's male... );

It's feathers are the darkest of all the chickies.

 

Thank you very much for any help! (: (:

 

(The pictures do not work on the preview, is this because I am a new member?)

[Velociraptor]

Please could a member re-post the code links so the photos appear, thank you! (:

[sjp]

here you go

Hellooo (:

I've had four chicks brought home from a nursery who hatched them to show the children there for a week now and would like to know the sex and breed. I've done research and had a guess at what I think they are but I've never had chickens before and don't think i'm right... I'd love them all to be girls so I could keep them all but I know that's unlikely... )':

 

The eggs were sold as mixed pure breed eggs and in the photos they are just under a week old.

 

The first two below I believe to be marans with cuckoo markings because of other photos of maran chicks i've seen. In a book I bought, it says the male chicks are usually lighter, and one of the 'maran' chicks has much lighter feathers. These two chicks like to be handled the least, always making a fuss when picked up.

 

Here is Lucario, the chick I believe to be a male maran.

Lucario also has the largest comb of all the chicks.

 

This is Mudkip, the other chick I believe to be a maran, but has lighter markings so i'm guessing a female.

 

This chick has no name yet, I have no clue what breed this chick is either, it's quite a bit smaller than the other three.

Also there are tiny areas of feathers on the chicks feet and there are grey parts on the wings and tail feathers.

 

Finally here is Shinx, this chick is the friendliest and I will be really upset if it's male... );

It's feathers are the darkest of all the chickies.

 

Thank you very much for any help! (: (:

 

(The pictures do not work on the preview, is this because I am a new member?)

[craftyhunnypie]

Hmmm - I'd guess the first 2 are boys & the other 2 girls. I wondered if the golden coloured one was an Amber star, but I don't know what the teeny feathers on the feet are all about. That final chick is a stunner!

 

Emma.x