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post #1 of 10
4/4/12 at 7:37pm
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Can someone please help me identify the breed and if possible an educated guess on the gender?

They are about 2 weeks now. ( there are only two chicks peanut the yellow one and truffle the black one)

 

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Any information is greatly appreciated. Thank you =)


Edited by CharmingChick - 4/5/12 at 5:31pm
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post #2 of 10
4/4/12 at 7:39pm

Where did you get them from?

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post #3 of 10
4/4/12 at 7:57pm
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from a teacher who was hatching them for his daughters preschool, not sure where he got it tho

 


Edited by CharmingChick - 4/4/12 at 8:00pm
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post #4 of 10
4/5/12 at 12:56am

Not sure about the chipmunk looking one, might either be EEs or Ameruacanas (not sure though)....the other is a GLW...it is too early to say what gender they are...

“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.” "Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”

People in Alaska don't tan, they thaw

 

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.” "Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”

People in Alaska don't tan, they thaw

 

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post #5 of 10
4/5/12 at 9:45am

The first three could be from a number of breeds (the chipmunk pattern is SUPER common accross multiple breeds, not just EE.  The rest of the pictures are of Gold Laced Wyandottes.

"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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post #6 of 10
4/5/12 at 1:15pm

Are these pics of 2 different chicks or 6 chicks?  Do all of them have beards/muffs (really puffy from right in front of the ear/eye under the chin and back up to the other cheek)?

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post #7 of 10
4/5/12 at 1:19pm

maybe the first one is a speckled sussex

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post #8 of 10
4/5/12 at 1:33pm

Def. not Speckled Sussex, are they single combed?  dont think there are any easter egger/americaunas either.......no greyish legs.  There are definatel many breeds that have the chipmunk pattern.  depending on comb they could be anything from a brown leghorn to a dark cornish.......but definately yellow legged.

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post #9 of 10
4/5/12 at 1:47pm

The chick (or chicks) in the first three pics all have beard/muffs.  I can't tell if the chick (or chicks) in the last 3 photos does.  I think so but I'm not sure.  I think they are EE or EE crosses.

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post #10 of 10
4/5/12 at 5:39pm
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Peanut doesn't really have a comb yet all i can see are very tiny bumps going down towards the beak.

and they both hatched at the same time and truffle is developing a tail yet peanut hasn't and i've read online that roosters take longer to develop their tail does it mean that peanut could be a rooster?

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