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post #1 of 15
6/23/12 at 1:05pm
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I am a new chicken owner thanks to my 7 year old.  It was either get chickens or lose my daughter to my neighbors and their flock of around 50 chickens of various breeds.  So we built a coop and she went and picked out 3 chicks from their 27 babies.  My question is... what are they?  I hear people talk about the various breeds that they have and my neighbors' have so many different ones that I'm not sure what my daughter chose.  I've made a guess, but was hoping someone could confirm or give me a better idea.

Also, I'm hoping they are all girls!!  They are just over 3 weeks old.  Any feed back would be appreciated.  

 

Here they are...

 

 

"Pebbles" - Mottled Bantam  (This is the one that I'm worried might be a little boy)Mottled Bantam Hen

 

"Betty" - Barred Bantam

Betty

 

"Wilma" - Mille Fleur

Wilma


Edited by Hall - 6/23/12 at 5:09pm
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post #2 of 15
6/23/12 at 1:20pm
Oh my gosh I love that last chicks colors! But don't know what they are.
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post #3 of 15
6/23/12 at 1:29pm
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Oh my gosh I love that last chicks colors! But don't know what they are.

 

Thanks!  She's my favorite too!  

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post #4 of 15
6/24/12 at 9:14am
Oh I was hoping someone knew what that chick was. I want to write it down and out it on my want list!
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post #5 of 15
6/24/12 at 9:23am

I would say for just being over 3 weeks old the 2 top ones are cockerals and the last one is a pullet. But I'm fairly new to chickens so don't take my opinion to seriously but I have 3 month old barred rocks (all pullets) that bairly have a bigger comb than the top 2.

Chickens: 3 Basque Hens, 4 Olandsk Dwarfs, 5 Swedish Flower Hens, and 2 Seramas.

 

Ducks: 1 Khaki campbell, 1 Black Crested duck, 4 Muscovies, and a Mallard that visits every once in a while .

 

Geese: 2 Old English.

 

Chicks/Juveniles: 10 Basque Hens, 12 Swedish Flower Hens, 5 Rhodebars, and  2 Seramas.

 

Website: http://blackwalnutfarms.webs.com/

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Chickens: 3 Basque Hens, 4 Olandsk Dwarfs, 5 Swedish Flower Hens, and 2 Seramas.

 

Ducks: 1 Khaki campbell, 1 Black Crested duck, 4 Muscovies, and a Mallard that visits every once in a while .

 

Geese: 2 Old English.

 

Chicks/Juveniles: 10 Basque Hens, 12 Swedish Flower Hens, 5 Rhodebars, and  2 Seramas.

 

Website: http://blackwalnutfarms.webs.com/

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post #6 of 15
6/24/12 at 9:30am

The third chick looks like our Millefleurs did when they were little.  Ours were advertised by the feed store as Belgian Bearded d'Uccle, but I've gotten the impression that they're more properly called Millefleurs because the hatchery version of Beardies is not quite the same as show stock.  But if you look up photos of Beardies in the Beardie thread (I know there is one) then you can see photos of how she'll look when she grows up.  I say "she" but I'm not sure of that.  Some of ours were late bloomers. 

 

They're absolutely beautiful birds.  I think you'll be very happy with her feathering when she grows up!  She won't get the millefleur pattern until two molts from now, but when she does, OOO! :)

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post #7 of 15
6/24/12 at 9:31am

Hi,

They are lovely little chicks, i've got a mille fleur aswell!

I would say pebbles is a boy, betty could be either and wilma is a little girl!

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post #8 of 15
6/24/12 at 9:40am

motlled cochin cockerel

barred cochin pullet

possible mille fluer coloring but i doubt it chicks a cochin pullet

 

 

gender is just guesses.. mille fluer is a color not a breed and several breeds come in that color cochins, d'uccle, leghorns, old english game bantams, ect

 

i have 3 mille fluer d'uccles and none of them had that coloring when they started to feather in

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post #9 of 15
6/24/12 at 10:56am
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Okay... so I went over to the neighbor's house to check out the others like the top one, Pebbles.  All of them look exactly the same as she/he does.  So unless they are all little boys (hopefully unlikely) then I am still hopeful that she is a Pebbles and not a Fred. Thanks for the replies.  Keep your fingers crossed that they are all little ladies.  Especially seeing as how they are less than 30 feet from our bedroom window.  Early morning crowing isn't on my list of things I need!  Oh... and they are cochins.  That's what all the babies were apparently.  Although, they do have some Polish hatching soon.  Might need a number four. 

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post #10 of 15
6/24/12 at 3:34pm

what colors does the seller have? (in cochins)

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