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post #1 of 16
4/22/12 at 6:20pm
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It's that time of year again- we get surprise chicks from the hatchery and we ask for  the more  experienced to help us figure out what we have. My daughter got the surprise brown egg layer assortment, and we have  both been looking at a million pictures for 2 days and we are at a loss. Althoug it was enjoyable seeing  so many cute baby chick pictures, we are no closer to figuring out what these are, and need help.

 

Chick1    shades of black/gray. New wing feathers are pure white.Very thin line of featherfuzz down the outside of the legs. I was thinking dark Brahma?

 

Mel5.jpg         Mel3.jpg

 

 

Chick 2-- Interesting. I honestly do not have any idea what this might be-

 

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Chick 3-- quite unique looking

 Mel2.jpg            Mel4.jpg

 

 

Does anyone have any ideas on what they will be when they grow up?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 16
4/22/12 at 6:32pm

Chick #2 looks exactly like my red sex-links when they were that size. The others I have no clue though.

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post #3 of 16
4/22/12 at 7:02pm

Chick 3 looks like it could be a Buttercup.  Check the comb.
 

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post #4 of 16
4/22/12 at 8:12pm
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They came from Meyer hatchery, and Meyer doesn't have buttercups. But you are right, it does look similar

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post #5 of 16
4/22/12 at 8:33pm
The first chick is an Australorpe,
#2 Buff Chantelcer, I think.
#3 Sicilian Buttercup thumbsup.gif

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Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #6 of 16
4/22/12 at 9:43pm

1 - Agree, Australorp most likely

2 - No clue

3 - Dark Cornish

 

Lovely pictures.

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post #7 of 16
4/22/12 at 10:31pm

i think 2 is a red sexlink others i have no clue on

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post #8 of 16
4/23/12 at 2:31am

with featheres down the shanks of #1 I dont think its a australrop, I think its a marans

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post #9 of 16
4/23/12 at 6:18am

Does Meyer have Golden Campines? #3 could be that.

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post #10 of 16
4/23/12 at 12:42pm
This is our mystery chick from Meyer Hatchery (rare and brown layer assortments). She looks like yours as a chick but she is a more dilute color.
LL
At 3.5 weeks of age
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When you figure yours out, maybe ours will be figured out too! Guesses that we got were clean faced easter egger
Mother of 2 boys, wife to a wonderful man who stays at home while I work full time in the veterinary profession.
We have 3 dogs, 30 hens, 2 roosters: Buckeye, Partridge Rocks, Salmon Favs, Gold Comets, Easter Eggers, Austrolorp, hatchery RIR, New Hampshire, Jersey Giant, Dominique, mixed bantams, mixed LF
Sold several of our pullets, could not overwinter 26 additional birds!
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Mother of 2 boys, wife to a wonderful man who stays at home while I work full time in the veterinary profession.
We have 3 dogs, 30 hens, 2 roosters: Buckeye, Partridge Rocks, Salmon Favs, Gold Comets, Easter Eggers, Austrolorp, hatchery RIR, New Hampshire, Jersey Giant, Dominique, mixed bantams, mixed LF
Sold several of our pullets, could not overwinter 26 additional birds!
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