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Ideal claims that their birds (nankin) are purebred but that they don't guarantee show quality. I know others say that their birds are mixed but that doesn't make sense to me. Why would a well established hatchery risk everything by faulse advertising about rare breeds. And why would they want...

Here is chick #3 - it's the smallest and mostly buff. She has a flat comb, not a single comb like the others. I do wonder if this one is a Nankin.

Maybe I have a buff old English game (the first one). It does have pink legs. The other two chicks have kinda pink-grayish legs. Here is #2 - this one has lots of black.

Cyprus, you may be right. I have two more that are similar, one with more black speckles and one that is almost completely buff And has a rose comb (I think - don't see any comb really). These were the tiniest chicks of all the bantams.

I would love it if it was a buff Orpington though ❤️❤️❤️

Yeah, I have standard buff orpingtons and this chick looks nothing like them - it is a bantam though, not sure if that makes a difference.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I got this chick from the assorted bantam bin at the feedstore. I think they ordered from ideal. They are super cute and I'm pretty sure the ones I got are girls as the boys had very noticeable large and red combs already.

Hello, does anyone have any idea what this one month old bantam chick is?

Update: The non-bearded Silkie has been laying for a month and the bearded white one just started squatting for me and getting noisy.

Update: the white Silkie just squated for me at 10 months old. Should be getting eggs any day now! The partridge is still keeping me in suspense.

What did it turn out to be?

Congrats!!! Those little ones can be tricky.

Wow, that's a surprise....really looked like a female. When did he start crowing?

Has anyone ever accurately sexed a Silkie via the distance between the pelvic bones? I have read that females will have a wider space than the males. This only works if the bird is closer to laying age though. So is there any truth to this?

Pullet

Update: This little one is 9 months old and still no crowing or laying. Interestingly enough I felt the distance between his/her pelvic bones and the bones are about the same distance apart as my Silkie hen that is already laying (this is all done externally BTW). It has no interest in mating...

Lol Thank you! I am with you...this little one is tricky, especially for a hatchery Silkie. I will for sure let you know. Thanks for your help.

Here is the comb shot. It's about the size of my known female silkies comb.

All the same bird. She/he is so girlie in every way except the streamers. It has short, round feathers on the neck, didn't start growing a comb till about 6 months...this is a hatchery bird too. Haha, this one is tricky. Glad to see that one other person has a hen with streamers. I'll let you...