nyw11
In the Brooder
- Feb 1, 2016
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We received 5 chicks, but they're are mostly mutt chickens. We're just trying to figure out what breeds we might have, and if we can tell gender yet. All of these chicks are about 9 days old. We took these pictures last night, and then late last night we looked through lots of pictures of chicks and kind of took guesses. We'll take some more pictures tonight hopefully so we can get clear back shots, and feet shots.
Here's a pic of the chicks when they were a few days old.
And here's a pic of the group laying down (giving you a clearer shot of their backs).
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Chick # 1 - Larger yellow chick with gray spots
We think this one could be a delaware, which would mean we'll have to wait until the back feathers come in for gender.
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Chick # 2 - Larger Chipmunk colored chick.
We think this one could be a Welsummer. My reading seems to indicate that because the dark band at the eyes is so well defined it could be a pullet.
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Chick # 3 - Larger Black and White Chick
This one was tough as there are some many breeds that present at little black and white puff balls.We think it could be a Barred Rock or an Australorp, but we're leaning towards a Australorp roo.
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Chick # 4 - Small Black and White Chick with mottled legs
We think this one and it's near-twin below could be barred rocks or possibly australorps. With more black mottling on this one's legs we think it could be a pullet. The near-twin below has very similar coloring, except in the beak and legs.
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Chick # 5 - Small Black and White Chick with yellow legs
We think this one and it's near-twin above could be barred rocks or possibly australorps. With clean yellow legs we think this one could be a roo.
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I've been mostly lurking on this forum, but since we just got our chicks I'm excited to get more active!
I'm currently working on a low cost, solar charged, microcontroller driven automatic coop door opener!
Here's a pic of the chicks when they were a few days old.
And here's a pic of the group laying down (giving you a clearer shot of their backs).
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Chick # 1 - Larger yellow chick with gray spots
We think this one could be a delaware, which would mean we'll have to wait until the back feathers come in for gender.
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Chick # 2 - Larger Chipmunk colored chick.
We think this one could be a Welsummer. My reading seems to indicate that because the dark band at the eyes is so well defined it could be a pullet.
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Chick # 3 - Larger Black and White Chick
This one was tough as there are some many breeds that present at little black and white puff balls.We think it could be a Barred Rock or an Australorp, but we're leaning towards a Australorp roo.
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Chick # 4 - Small Black and White Chick with mottled legs
We think this one and it's near-twin below could be barred rocks or possibly australorps. With more black mottling on this one's legs we think it could be a pullet. The near-twin below has very similar coloring, except in the beak and legs.
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Chick # 5 - Small Black and White Chick with yellow legs
We think this one and it's near-twin above could be barred rocks or possibly australorps. With clean yellow legs we think this one could be a roo.
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I've been mostly lurking on this forum, but since we just got our chicks I'm excited to get more active!
I'm currently working on a low cost, solar charged, microcontroller driven automatic coop door opener!