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We got this little one from the bantam bin at TSC with a bunch of silkies. Looks like a D'Uccle to me, but I've only owned Mille Fleurs. Also, I'm on the edge about his/her sex, so any ideas there would be appreciated as well.

This is a courtesy post for a friend. She got a whole bunch of sebrights, and these two just don't look like the others. Are they just off-colored golden sebrights, or are they something else? Chick 1: Chick 2:

She's an Ayam Cemani, I'm pretty darn sure of that. Lucky you! However, you're right about the body type. She HAS to be part Ayam Cemani, but going by her stance, tail posture, she may be mixed with Serama (with non-drop of the wing coming from the Ayam) or Leghorn.

There are. There are bantams of most breeds, with a few exceptions I'm too tired to go look up just now. xD

Jersey Giants are slow to do EVERYTHING. They take a very long time (6+ months) to reach full height and weight. It's hard to even guess at gender at this age, but no serious roo signs thus far. I'd wait a few more weeks, then post again if you're still not sure.

Is it possible that they hatched and something did reach a claw into the bars? Rats are pretty good at getting into dog kennels, or raccoons can get a paw in, too.

Clearly it has been working, and it looks like more space than some people would give 3 hens. Great idea!

I keep a fairly small flock, and I've been basically been buying Dumor or 'whatever's there' from TSC and Rural King. However, I'd really like to give my chickens something healthier. Not because I'm dissatisfied with their health as it is, or with the quality of my feed (I wouldn't know any...

I can't wait to see how this little mystery chick grows up!

Okay! So I have spent entirely too much time trying to come up with a solution to this mystery, and my answer is vague at best, but I've been able to find a certain variety of Barnevelder that has chicks that look exactly like this. Perhaps a bantam GLD (DLG? GDL?) Barnevelder? Sorry, that's...

This is a Quail Antwerp chick. So...

I've honestly never seen anything like it.

At this young age, I can't tell you with the cochin but I'm going to assume pullet thus far. That andalusian looks like a pretty definite cockerel, however, IMO.

Not a golden sebright. I've had several of those (5) and seen more. This looks nothing like a sebright chick, in color or body type. Sebrights tend to be more slim and upright, even from hatching.