3 day old hatchery "mystery chick," what breed?

Sounds silly maybe but could it be a wyandotte? I have a blr wyamdotte that looked NOTHING like it should have as a chick. It had stripes a little like yours but she is for sure a blr wyandotte now that she has feathered out.
In some of the pictures I have come across of the blr look a bit similar to what I have here. The mottled head spot, eye stripes, and chipmunk marks on the back all combined aren't matching up to anything I can find. I can say I won't be upset with a dark cornish or anything else as long as it isn't an ee.
 
Looks like an Americauna OR Easter Egger :) It will be VERY pretty & kids will be able to handle them easily when they grow up. Very GOOD birds :)
The only reason I would not eat this "rare" chick would be if he sized out larger than my two current roosters. I breed my own table birds and having another large male in my gene pool would help me be more selective on size. We don't keep a lot of chickens for pets here, most of them are a means to an end for the next, larger generation.
 



There is a shot of the legs. Like I said, they are yellow, but the toes have a bit of silver shadow. I truly am hoping for a truly large breed rooster to add new blood to the flock. Anything of the smaller breeds of the large fowl is going straight to the table... Again any ideas are welcome.
 

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