* Edited 4.24.11 with what I now believe thanks to friends' help, and a little more research.
1st batch - approximately 4-1/2 weeks old.
This chick is more gray than it shows here. Actually rather dull. Also smaller than the rest of its agemates, and it's a hen. So much smaller, it's with the 2nd batch.
* Black Breasted Red Old English (OE)
These are the biggest ones, there's 3 like this. Distinctive thick legs and big feet. Very little comb showing, so probably hens. Some variation in color. The one behind has more gold spangling on the wings. Very stocky sturdy looking birds.
* Dark Cornish
These 2 are roosters, and smaller than the 2 above. The white is already showing cockiness.
* Spangled OE, White Japanese
This is the brown from above. My favorite in this batch, I think he's going to be very pretty. He's also calmer than the white.
* Spangled OE
2nd batch - approximately 3-1/2 weeks old.
There's 3 like this. Research says Partridge, maybe? That would be cool. That's probably my favorite color - the classic rainbow rooster.
* Partridge Wyandotte
There's 2 this light buffy color. A little faint barring on the wings. Looks like hen & roo.
* Buff Amercauna
4 like this.
* Self Blue OE
Black something. There's 2, and looks like hen & roo. This is the roo.
* Black OE
3rd batch - approximately 2-1/2 weeks old.
This is the only one I've been able to ID for sure. There's 2 and might be hen & roo.
* Black Mottled Cochin
If comb size is an indicator, I think there's more hens than roosters.
This is the transition cage out in the Summer House currently holding the 1st batch. They should be big enough to turn loose in the pen in another week or so. Then the next batch will go in the cage. That's a modified bird feeder serving as chick feeder. I move the cage daily so they have cleaner ground under them. Less feed goes to waste because they can get it off the ground, and they can indulge their need to scratch. There's chickweed and grass growing along the back fence and they found that very interesting.
I used this last year for guinea keets, and have another slightly bigger one that I'll set up for them when the time comes. Guinea eggs are in the incubator. Estimated hatch in about a month.
I'll get new pix of the inside of Summer House soon. Still finishing the remodel in there. There's 12 holes for rabbits, and I'm moving buns out there today. The rest of the space will be for the birds.
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