What breed is this? Surprise chick!

[Lhynes1478]

Coming on 4wks old. What breed is this? Able to tell sex? Thank you!

 

[rural mouse]

Where did you get them from?

 

[Lhynes1478]

Where did you get them from?

The batch this one came out of was Murray McMurray

 

[rural mouse]

Does it have a pea comb or a straight comb and it has feathered feet, right?

 

[rural mouse]

Closest breeds I'm seeing are:

Buff brahma (but the head is too dark and the body too light...I think)

Partridge cochin (but color isn't quite right there either)

Egyptian Fayoumi (but the don't have feathered feet....the down colors seem closest)

I've seen several surprise chicks that seem to be "a rooster slipped out of his breeding pen and snuck into another" sort of thing. I have a hen that is a dead ringer for Meyer hatchery's Grey Ranger meat bird in coloring, but came from McMurray.

This cochin was a surprise chick...and doesn't match any cochin breed I'm aware of either.

 

[Tookie]

I'm thinking Partridge Cochin.

 

[Lhynes1478]

Does it have a pea comb or a straight comb and it has feathered feet, right?

It has a straight comb. And yes to the feathered feet. It’s throwing me off because it’s feathered like my previous silkies, but it doesn’t look like a silkie. It has way less feathers than all of the others, but is larger.

 

[Lhynes1478]

I'm thinking Partridge Cochin.

Thank you! I’m just thinking it’s so weird it doesn’t have barely any feathers compared to even the bantam Cochins. But I guess time will tell