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Its kind of hard to tell at that teenage stage, but what I do to find out is I go on their website and look for chicks matching the characteristics of my chick and narrow it down. So comb type (single), no feather footing, no apparent crest, and then you can get a pretty good guess. Just...

What a cutie! What kind of comb does it have?

Guessing is always fun! If it's a standard sized baby then since it doesn't have feathered feet or a crest, I would say it looks like a Lakenvelder.

Adorable!

Awesome! Glad they are doing well!

Exciting! : )

It could be a Welsummer, but it reminds me somewhat of my Speckled Sussex hen. She started out with a chipmunk patterning and then sprouted partridge feathers before eventually developing the white tips to them at a month or so of age.

Seems kind of silly, but I think the person who puts the extra chick in there doesn't know the order. They just go to a bin that has a couple extra babies from the hatch and put one into the box with the rest. I haven't heard of that. The little babe could possibly be one of the small...

That's what I got! They are very friendly and fluffy!

Looks like an Easter Egger. Gorgeous girl! So glad she was a hen!!

Figuring out is so much fun! I got so many of them wrong though, as not all chicks of the same breed are exactly the same at birth, particularly if the picture had a bright flash it can affect the color appearance on the internet. My speckled sussex was actually not speckled until it was over...

He's a handsome dude (and yes, certainly a roo). I see that some mottling is starting to show through. He could be a Speckled Sussex but that doesn't look like a single comb he has. I've only ever had a Speckled Sussex hen, so I'm not sure what the roosters look like. He could also possibly be a...

Besides the black dots, I'd say its going to grow up to be buff. Perhaps a Buff Rock?

A Black Giant?

It looks sort of like a Partridge Rock or a Golden Laced Wyandotte maybe? Is that a single comb or rose comb?

If he continues to remain black without any white feathers then I'm going to say maybe he'll be a Black Giant. Black Giants are black and white when young and mine even had a white feather or two before she molted her teen feathers. Hatchery Quality giants don't always have proper leg, comb, or...

Almost makes me think Delaware, since it reminds me of my little guy, Dexter. Dexter grew far faster then any of our other chickens and was mostly white with a little grey-black on his neck, wings, and tail. He was also FULL of personality.

Guessing is always fun. : ) The fact that it is white and black cuts out any birds that will grow up to be red or partridge. I'm guessing it is standard sized because of the proportions of the head and body (sort of like a pony to a horse it seems bantams are to standard chickens). It doesn't...

I don't know, I think its whatever extra birds they have. Some years they may have extra roosters, some years they may not. My have always been roosters though.

Welcome to BYC! And to the wonderful world of chickens! That is so exciting. I got the 15 order for layers (not ornamental layers though) and they were healthy, friendly and after a couple of years many are still laying. My extra was a Maran Rooster, which was cool until he got aggressive...