We had some e-mails back and forth and after they said they would replace the entire order I sent one more reply. In it, I thanked them & also included some front & top view pics of the oddballs & asked if they could tell me what breed they might be. They never got back to me though. I don't...
I did some more picture searching and finally found one set of pictures that look VERY similar to these when they were just starting to lose some of their fluff. The pictures were of a cross between speckled sussex and black star. I'm not sure if the hatchery I used carries both of those...
They are different, that's for sure! I looked at a lot of pictures online but couldn't anything that looked quite like these. We ordered them from Estes Hatchery. They really were great about it though and were quick to make it right.
We got them from Estes Hatchery out of Springfield, MO. She apologized and said that sometimes mistakes do happen, & they were on top of making it right.
So far they they do, and they look much more alike than the first batch did. They are just barely over a week old though and are still mostly covered in fluff so I suppose they could still surprise me.
Hi everybody, I'm hoping someone can help me identify these beauties.
We've raised australorps for years and have often hatched our own. This year we decided we wanted to bring in some fresh bloodlines & we ordered 20 black australorp chicks (15 pullets & 5 cockerels) We chose a hatch date...