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post #21 of 24
6/14/12 at 3:26pm

The plot thickens!  LOL

Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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post #22 of 24
6/14/12 at 3:42pm

The last post here is relevant (and recent):

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/642761/bantam-jersey-giant

 

Isn't it more likely that the chick came from a small Jersey Giant or Minorca egg or some other breed that isn't coming to anybodies mind, than somebody handing out a little existent breed's egg?  

 

How big is it compared to a silkie chick of the same age?

 

What color was the egg?

30ish chickens, 1 turkey

 

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30ish chickens, 1 turkey

 

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post #23 of 24
6/14/12 at 5:33pm

Just a thought, but the australorp/extended black chicks I've seen all have much more white on them and lose it as they mature. This looks more like a black sex link chick, which ends up with less black/other colors like red/gold around the neck, etc.

 

If the person just *gave* your child an egg, it's very possible it was a mixed breed, possibly black sex-linked. There's really NO way to know without knowing the donor's flock.

~Meg~
The remaining 6 of my original 7 barred rocks are 3yrs old and happily divided between a friend and my mom.
Laying: 2 Partridge Rocks, 1 Columbian Wyandotte and 2 Black Australorps. 14 weeks: 3 bantam Araucana.
Cowed to chicken math and sharing my bedroom with 8 BBS Ameraucana mixes.

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~Meg~
The remaining 6 of my original 7 barred rocks are 3yrs old and happily divided between a friend and my mom.
Laying: 2 Partridge Rocks, 1 Columbian Wyandotte and 2 Black Australorps. 14 weeks: 3 bantam Araucana.
Cowed to chicken math and sharing my bedroom with 8 BBS Ameraucana mixes.

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post #24 of 24
6/14/12 at 7:01pm

I'm thinking that it could have been a pullet egg...it would have been sizeably smaller than a mature hen egg...

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