Please help; hatchery fiasco…10 unknown chicks!!

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

Ok major fiasco our first time getting chicks from a hatchery.
Ordered 28 chicks. 18 dead when they arrived this morning.

So far we have 10 left, and not sure what they are.

Of the specific 12 we ordered, Bielefelders breed, looks like we might have one.
Looks like one is a speckled Sussex & one is a Dominique.

 

[NatJ]

Ordered 28 chicks. 18 dead when they arrived this morning.

So far we have 10 left, and not sure what they are.

Can you give the complete list of what you ordered? That may help with sorting out some of them.

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

Can you give the complete list of what you ordered? That may help with sorting out some of them.

12 Bielefelders
15 Surplus
1 Surprise chick

 

[NatJ]

12 Bielefelders
15 Surplus
1 Surprise chick

Which hatchery?

Were the Bielefelders supposed to be males or females or straight run?

You might have a Silver Spangled Hamburg: 2nd photo, gray chick, flat little rose comb. I am very sure about the rose comb, pretty sure it's something silver (not gold or red or black), not very sure about the Spangled or Hamburg parts of that guess.

 

[McChooky]

The name of the hatchery and name of the special helps(on the invoice ) Thanks

 

[Rose Quartz]

View attachment 3754848View attachment 3754849Ok major fiasco our first time getting chicks from a hatchery.
Ordered 28 chicks. 18 dead when they arrived this morning.

So far we have 10 left, and not sure what they are.

Of the specific 12 we ordered, Bielefelders breed, looks like we might have one.
Looks like one is a speckled Sussex & one is a Dominique.

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The black chick with the white head spot might be a dominique. I can't tell from the photo, but it doesnt look like she has a single comb to me. Definitely a barred baby though.

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

The name of the hatchery and name of the special helps(on the invoice ) Thanks

There was no invoice.
The order placed was 12 unsexed Bielefelders (they’re auto-sexing).
15 surplus (the chicks they had too many of & no home- no guarantee of what they were)
The free special - no idea. Or even if it’s alive. lol

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

The black chick with the white head spot might be a dominique. I can't tell from the photo, but it doesnt look like she has a single comb to me. Definitely a barred baby though.

Yes, Dominique is my guess. Not barred rock.

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

Which hatchery?

Were the Bielefelders supposed to be males or females or straight run?

You might have a Silver Spangled Hamburg: 2nd photo, gray chick, flat little rose comb. I am very sure about the rose comb, pretty sure it's something silver (not gold or red or black), not very sure about the Spangled or Hamburg parts of that guess.

Straight run. (Auto sexing)
Ooh that might be it. Thanks.

Debating on posting name of hatchery & details…
this was a fiasco on our end; not what we expected from a top named hatchery.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Straight run. (Auto sexing)
Ooh that might be it. Thanks.

Debating on posting name of hatchery & details…
this was a fiasco on our end; not what we expected from a top named hatchery.

Different hatcheries have different breeds, so for example Meyer Hatchery has a chick ID guide, but if you got them from somewhere else, it might not be that helpful.