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Yes - I got them because they are different and really beautiful birds. Then again, if I had my way, I would get a Great Dane dog too. I figured for our first foray into chickens, we would try a few breeds. We have straight run Dark Brown Leghorns (5) so, we should have 2-3 excellent egg...

Yes! Here is the link to the wing/comb development discussion. I expect to take more pics of the chicks tomorrow. They are very "flappy" at this stage, so it might be 50/50 on getting wing pics. Bottoms of feet look the same for now and I didn't take pics last week, but might take pics...

Here are pics with same background and lighting on same age chicks - Black Jersey Giant and Black Australorp. You can see that the feet color are different - the BJG have Yellow (slightly orangish) feet, while the BA have more pinkish feet. Of course, they are only 8 days old. You can also...

The BA do have some dark markings up their legs, but the BJG have more dark on their legs. Here are the pics of the two breeds I purchased - you can see at Day 1 and Day 7 what their leg colors look like.

Chicks are 1 week old. I'm a novice. Purchased 2 Black Jersey Giants (straight run) and 4 Black Australorps. Feet Color seem really similar to me. The BJG has yellow bottom feet, but seems like the BA does too. Maybe this is normal for such young chicks. Below are bottom of feet pics...