TheFrogLady
Songster
Anyone want to help me guess breeds? I ordered the following: Easter Egger, Lakeshore Egger, Speckled Sussex, Buff Brahma, Buff Orpington, and a Meyer Meal Maker (free mystery chick). I have definitely identified the Easter Egger (such a cute little beard!), the Buff Brahma, and the Buff Orpington. But the other three are confusing me.
Here are all the girls together:
The Easter Egger is in the back right corner. The chick directly to the left of her is the Buff Brahma. The Buff Orpington is in the middle, kind of blurry. The other three are the ones that are confusing me, so here are some close-up pictures.
I think unidentified Chick #1 here is probably the Lakeshore Egger. Her legs are darker, and she is feathering out white. But she had a slight buff-colored chipmunk stripe when we first got her, so she's not going to be a completely white chicken.
Is this Chick #2 the Speckled Sussex, then? Pink legs, light brown, and she has some speckling on her wing which you can see in the first picture of all 6 of them (she's the one by the green feeder in that picture).
So who is this Chick #3, then? I was thinking she was another Easter Egger or a Lakeshore Egger. She has pure yellow legs, though, and no beard. She had a definite brown chipmunk pattern as a chick, but now she's getting some black to her coloring. Anybody have any guesses? If she's the Mystery Chick she could be literally anything. The rarer breeds from Meyers come with leg bands, so it's probably not anything too exotic. Meyer also promises that they match their Meal Maker chicks to your geographic location, so it'll be a cold hardy bird (which should rule out Leghorns).
Here are all the girls together:
The Easter Egger is in the back right corner. The chick directly to the left of her is the Buff Brahma. The Buff Orpington is in the middle, kind of blurry. The other three are the ones that are confusing me, so here are some close-up pictures.
I think unidentified Chick #1 here is probably the Lakeshore Egger. Her legs are darker, and she is feathering out white. But she had a slight buff-colored chipmunk stripe when we first got her, so she's not going to be a completely white chicken.
Is this Chick #2 the Speckled Sussex, then? Pink legs, light brown, and she has some speckling on her wing which you can see in the first picture of all 6 of them (she's the one by the green feeder in that picture).
So who is this Chick #3, then? I was thinking she was another Easter Egger or a Lakeshore Egger. She has pure yellow legs, though, and no beard. She had a definite brown chipmunk pattern as a chick, but now she's getting some black to her coloring. Anybody have any guesses? If she's the Mystery Chick she could be literally anything. The rarer breeds from Meyers come with leg bands, so it's probably not anything too exotic. Meyer also promises that they match their Meal Maker chicks to your geographic location, so it'll be a cold hardy bird (which should rule out Leghorns).
