What is the best book to identify chicks?

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Tsumo

Tsumo

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So I've ordered some eggs the hatchery one dozen said it was a mix of "rarest of the rare" and the other dozen a mix of feather footed each description on the Mcmurray site gave a list of breeds the chicks could be. Some I've never heard of other I have. Most I've never seen as chicks. Is there a book or what's the best book to help identify these chicks? I'm looking for a book that has pictures of the adult bird and their chicks. Help! :)
 
If you ordered from McMurray, go to their site. They have pics or videos of the different breeds of baby chicks, you can match them up easily there.
 
donrae said:
If you ordered from McMurray, go to their site. They have pics or videos of the different breeds of baby chicks, you can match them up easily there.
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X 2 - their site is an excellent resource. Start with egg color, as that will help narrow the breed from which the egg could/could not have come. Once the chicks have hatched you can use things such as skin color, down color, comb type, clean/feathered legs and clean/feathered faces to further narrow the ID of each chick.
 
Ol Grey Mare said:
X 2 - their site is an excellent resource. Start with egg color, as that will help narrow the breed from which the egg could/could not have come. Once the chicks have hatched you can use things such as skin color, down color, comb type, clean/feathered legs and clean/feathered faces to further narrow the ID of each chick.
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Thanks for all the help. Unfortunately only 1 egg out of 24 developed past 7 days the rest were completely clear. :( The one is due to hatch any time now but I'm not gonna get my hopes up since it's the only egg. But I've got a tiny amount of hope for it!
 
I have never ordered from a hatchery before but I would think that if the development rate was that bad, they would possibly compensate you.

You should get your new hatchling some friends.
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Chicken math and all that.

Here is another source I like to look up chicken pictures. They do have quite a few chick pics as well.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html#Chickens

Better luck with the next batch!
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I contacted mcmurray and they sent me a whole new set of eggs and only half of those developed todat is day 7. Gonna give them a couple more days before I toss the clears. (Being optimistic) I did get some silkies from a hatch from about a week ago. As no chicken should be alone! (I think I border on being an addict. Lol)
 
Tsumo said:
I contacted mcmurray and they sent me a whole new set of eggs and only half of those developed todat is day 7. Gonna give them a couple more days before I toss the clears. (Being optimistic) I did get some silkies from a hatch from about a week ago. As no chicken should be alone! (I think I border on being an addict. Lol)
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If your on this site, you've taken the first step to being an enabled addict. There are few here who would discourage you from adding more chicks.

I was so proud of my self today, went to Atwoods for feed and although I looked in the chickie tubs, I did not return home with any. I think I deserve a gold star!
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