Unknown Baby Chick

[Cyprus]

Lovely! Your JG doesn’t look too “giant”. Bonnie is definitely the smallest in this brood of same aged chicks, so I wonder how big she’ll actually be.

Hatcheries tend to have smaller chickens.

 

[HennyPenny2019]

Thank you for the suggestions so far... Here are more photos from today.View attachment 1712632View attachment 1712634View attachment 1712635View attachment 1712636

She is very pretty!

 

[MysteryChicken]

You sure it ain't a Black Australorp?

 

[Cyprus]

You sure it ain't a Black Australorp?

Positive. Australorps have white bottoms on their feet.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Positive. Australorps have white bottoms on their feet.

So do Jersey Giants.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Black Australorp chick. Image from google.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

It looks like a young barred rock to me, they are black at first....does she have any real feathers yet? If she's not a barred rock she will probably be a black hen when grown.

Barred birds are blacks chicks, yes, but they have distinct "head spots" from hatch ...which is absent in this chick indicating no barring genes present. Chick is a black breed, not barred

 

[Cyprus]

So do Jersey Giants.

No they don't.

You can check their standard if you don't believe me.

 

[Cyprus]

No they don't.

You can check their standard if you don't believe me.

I've had both Australorp and Jersey giant for years.
I also show and Judges make a point on the difference in skin color.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

So do Jersey Giants.

Incorrect, in fact this is one of the key differences to be used in sorting the two breeds early on.