Cornish Cross or White Leghorn?

[rachki]

Hello,

We hatched several baby chicks last Thursday and one of them was a White Leghorn mix, so it had the typical light yellow fuzz. We also got 50 cornish cross on Friday and we put all the chicks in the same brooder for now, so they're all about a week old.

The problem is the cornish crosses are the same color as the leghorn chick and I'm trying to pick the leghorn out amongst the cornish crosses as someone wants to buy him/her. I found the smallest yellow chick and I think he might be the leghorn as he is not as "beefy" as the other 50.

I've temporarily marked his/her head with a sharpie so I can identify this chick from now on.

Any thoughts or ways to tell for sure?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Do you have any pictures of the confirmed Cornish Cross chicks to compare to the pics you posted?

 

[drumstick diva]

cornish cross will rapidly out grow/out eat any other chick

 

[rachki]

Yes, I can get one real quick. I'll take a pic of both the suspected leghorn and the confirmed cornish side-by-side

 

[rachki]

Pictures of suspected leghorn vs cornish cross
The little one is obviously the guy I think is the leghorn

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

The leghorns legs will be thinner

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The one on the right is the Leghorn mix.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

If you are not quite sure, if you wait another week, it will be quite obvious.