“The chicken formally known as Jersey giant”. Now I’ve been told otherwise. Anyone know the breed?

[LizzzyJo]

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[ShrekDawg]

They have this cool link,
https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009871752-day-old-chick-identification

Oh wow that is definitely really neat!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

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She sure does look like one!! But then she also kind of looks like the Marans chicks so who knows lol

 

[LateBirdFarms]

I've got an almost identical baby that's from a bunch of BCM based Olive Eggers if it helps! horrid picture but that was her at 5 weeks. (At least I think she's a she!)

 

[AngieDawn]

I've got an almost identical baby that's from a bunch of BCM based Olive Eggers if it helps!View attachment 2138842horrid picture but that was her at 5 weeks. (At least I think she's a she!)

I can’t tell the coloring of yours but mine is definitely black with copper feathering around the neckline mostly but some
Copper shimmer throughout.
In poor lighting mine looks completely black.

 

[AngieDawn]

They have this cool link,
https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009871752-day-old-chick-identification

A closer picture.
She just likes to keep us guessing.

I promise I’ll let everyone know when I figure her out. (I hope she really is a her)

 

[LateBirdFarms]

Like I said, horrid picture, made even worse by the red brooder light! That might have been taken closer to six weeks when a whole pile of copper feathers started to poke through on her head, neck and chest.. which gave me a bit of a roo panic, but that copper sheen turned into pretty copper double lacing by 8 weeks. I'll try to dig out a better pic of her at that age in some actual decent lighting, but I might have neglected to take any other than that one after she hit her ugly dino-nugget teenager stage

 

[Neggative]

just looks like an easter egger to me.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

For what it's worth, the following link has lots of pictures of JG chicks at the bottom of the page.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/BJG/BRKBJGs.html

 

[The Happster]

I had a chick that looked similar....I also called her a Jersey Giant up until she was about three years..... Her feet are yellow underneath, but she's small and she's black with a green/purple sheen. But she also has an odd comb. Not sure what they call it. I also wondered what she was but she's probably a cross.