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Guess this mystery chick! UPDATE: Boy or Girl? New Pics!

post #1 of 22
2/20/12 at 10:31am
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This was my free rare mystery chick from McMurray. Let me know what you think! I'm excited to figure this out big_smile.png (sorry the pictures are so big!)

 

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Edited by Anna_MN - 3/7/12 at 8:39am

Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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post #2 of 22
2/20/12 at 11:01am

it has puffy cheeks and what looks like it will have a beard...i'm guessing its their Americana also known as EE (as all hatchery Americana's and araconas are ee's)

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post #3 of 22
2/20/12 at 11:25am

Its an Easter Eggers

Most likey a rooster

Chickens I raise are: Standard Mohawk Rhode Island Reds, SQ Dark Brahmas, English BBS Orpington, BBred Phoenix, Bantam Mille Fleur Cochins, Paint Silkies,and Bantam White Laced Red Cornish
Other Birds: Pigeons, Call Ducks, SQ Exhibition Rouens, Fawn and White Runner Ducks, Chocolate Muscovys,  Eqyptian Geese, SQ African Geese, Canadian Geese, and 4 Emus

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Chickens I raise are: Standard Mohawk Rhode Island Reds, SQ Dark Brahmas, English BBS Orpington, BBred Phoenix, Bantam Mille Fleur Cochins, Paint Silkies,and Bantam White Laced Red Cornish
Other Birds: Pigeons, Call Ducks, SQ Exhibition Rouens, Fawn and White Runner Ducks, Chocolate Muscovys,  Eqyptian Geese, SQ African Geese, Canadian Geese, and 4 Emus

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post #4 of 22
2/20/12 at 11:53am
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Yay! I'm hoping that is correct. I ordered 6 easter egger females so more than likely they just threw him in there for giggles. He is much bigger than my other EE babies. Can you guess what color he will be when he is mature? Maybe send me a link to a picture?

Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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post #5 of 22
2/20/12 at 2:16pm

Speckled Sussex.

 

It has the classic stripe and yellow belly.

I have five hens and two pullets- one seven year old red star, Luna, one white leghorn, Sage, one SLW, Pepper, one adorable fluffy EE, Bedazzle, and one black star, Buckbeak. My two pullets are Nutella, my wheaten marans, thirty five weeks, (who is yet to lay an egg!), and her best friend, Sammy, seventeen weeks.

 

 

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I have five hens and two pullets- one seven year old red star, Luna, one white leghorn, Sage, one SLW, Pepper, one adorable fluffy EE, Bedazzle, and one black star, Buckbeak. My two pullets are Nutella, my wheaten marans, thirty five weeks, (who is yet to lay an egg!), and her best friend, Sammy, seventeen weeks.

 

 

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post #6 of 22
2/20/12 at 2:20pm

What ever it is it's adorable! I think americauana

 

 

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post #7 of 22
2/20/12 at 2:27pm

I'm going with Amerucana as well! I have one 4 days old that looks just like it!

Leslie in Oregon

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Leslie in Oregon

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post #8 of 22
2/20/12 at 3:08pm
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The picture is kind of decieving. His belly is a light brown- not yellow. And he has the tufts on his cheeks like an Auracauna. I looked up pictures of Speckled Sussex chicks and they have more defined stripes than this little bugger. We will have to wait a few more weeks to know exactly!

Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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post #9 of 22
2/20/12 at 3:25pm

I also think he's an EE! His coloring is very much like my SS's as babies, but their stripes were much more defined. Plus this guy has puffy cheeks and it looks like he has a pea comb not a straight comb, right? Might be an extra girl EE and one of your others is a boy. All 3 of the EE's I got that looked like this as chicks were girls. 2 ended up being that pretty orange and gray or black partridgey color common in EE's.

Wendy, chemist, mama to 4 human children, a crazy Husky/Australian Shepherd cross dog, a cat, several fish, bunnies, 17 goats,and our ever growing flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

My oldest son is breeding BBS Orps! Looking for breeding stock!

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Wendy, chemist, mama to 4 human children, a crazy Husky/Australian Shepherd cross dog, a cat, several fish, bunnies, 17 goats,and our ever growing flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

My oldest son is breeding BBS Orps! Looking for breeding stock!

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post #10 of 22
3/5/12 at 7:19am

At first I thought it was a Partridge Rock, but the slate legs make it an EE.   The ones I got last year from McMurrary lay beautiful blue eggs!

 

 

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