2 day black/white Chick what Breed??

[MysteryChicken]

What is age of that chick?

1 week.

 

[Indio Gigante Lover]

OK, thanks. Outside today with it & I could see slight lightening of the black color on shoulders, kind of like your pic. This is day 3 for this chick, will compare it to your pic at 1 week

 

[Indio Gigante Lover]

This is the feistiest chick I've ever seen! It's not quite 3 weeks old yet, & I'm trying to integrate it in with other mixed age birds, from 4 wk on up to adult. It's really bold for 2 1/2 wks- goes right up to adult hens, makes a bold stance, then jumps up at their faces. I'm afraid it's asking for trouble.

Question now: I've read that Malays are not real friendly amongst each other. Is that true? And, if this chick is Malay instead of Indio Gigante, are there other traits I could be looking for that might help identify what it is? I need to get up to date pics of it & post here. It's getting quite tall, with reddish brown showing on wings & shoulders now

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is the feistiest chick I've ever seen! It's not quite 3 weeks old yet, & I'm trying to integrate it in with other mixed age birds, from 4 wk on up to adult. It's really bold for 2 1/2 wks- goes right up to adult hens, makes a bold stance, then jumps up at their faces. I'm afraid it's asking for trouble.

Question now: I've read that Malays are not real friendly amongst each other. Is that true? And, if this chick is Malay instead of Indio Gigante, are there other traits I could be looking for that might help identify what it is? I need to get up to date pics of it & post here. It's getting quite tall, with reddish brown showing on wings & shoulders now

Malays can be pretty mean, yes. But Indio Gigante have that in their genetics.

 

[Indio Gigante Lover]

Malays can be pretty mean, yes. But Indio Gigante have that in their genetics.

All my Indio Gigantes have been quite mellow amongst themselves. Hens share nesting boxes & broods & roosters are not aggressive at all. This extreme boldness from such a little chick is new to me!

 

[MysteryChicken]

All my Indio Gigantes have been quite mellow amongst themselves. Hens share nesting boxes & broods & roosters are not aggressive at all. This extreme boldness from such a little chick is new to me!

Every batch is gonna be different.

 

[Indio Gigante Lover]

Every batch is gonna be different.

This is the only 1 I have that wasn't hatched/raised by my own Indios. It came from an ebay egg that was supposed to be Indio, but it has me wondering

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is the only 1 I have that wasn't hatched/raised by my own Indios. It came from an ebay egg that was supposed to be Indio, but it has me wondering

Every chicken is an individual.

 

[Indio Gigante Lover]

Every chicken is an individual.

True. So far the other adult hen's haven't been aggressive back. I'm hoping after a week or 2 little chick may mellow out a bit around them.

 

[MichelleNonCompliant]

Hi, I purchased some Indio Gigante eggs on ebay. Out of 7, only 1 hatched. Only thing is, I've NEVER seen an Indio chick that looks like this. My initial stock came as chicks from Greenfire Farms - all varying degrees of brown/golden, varying from almost white to dark chocolate. My hens have hatched dozens of broods, all same color combinations. Now this little 1 pops out. Has anyone seen this color in Indio chicks? Years ago when I had Australorpes, their chicks looked like this. Seller is not responding, but I see they also sell Brama eggs. Maybe it's a Brama? Suggestions appreciated!

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I have several indio chicks that look similar to this