4+ week old mottled pullets - what are these?

[heyjami]

I can't figure out what these are (there is a second one just like her not shown! I got them from the feed store and they buy the assorted packs of chicks from McMurray hatchery (I think, it's one of the big hatcheries). Any thoughts?

I'm really enjoying having pet chickens! They are so cute & loving.

 

[tiki244]

I am just guessing maybe an Ancona or a columbian Wyandotte? What was the coloring as a baby like? Maybe the coloring will change before adulthood.

 

[heyjami]

Sorry the pics are so small. Here's another

 

[jossanne]

I'd bet she's an ancona. We had one, and that's just what she looked like. She was about half yellow and half black as a chick, with a little black dot on top of her head. We called her Dot. As she grew up, she looked like that, and eventually developed black polka dots on her legs. They're beautiful birds, and lay a nice white egg.

Check out feathersite...

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Anc/BRKAncona.html

 

[LilPeeps]

Probably anconas.

 

[heyjami]

The color hasn't changed since she was a baby - just turned from the fluff to feathers.

 

[heyjami]

Thank you so much! Appreciate your help everyone! Yes, that Andy picture on the feathersite really looks like my pair.

Can't wait to see them get their adult feathers! Wow.

 

[jossanne]

That picture of Andy on feathersite convinced me my girl was an ancona too. She was a McMurray bird, and looked just like yours and just like Andy! Congrats, I loved my gorgeous ancona girl, though she was shy.

 

[heyjami]

They're the Queens of the flock! They were the biggest, and recently most everyone else caught up.
They are a little shy but once I sit there for a bit they want their time on my arm. They're seemingly smarter than the others, they come right into the coop in the evening whereas the others we have to coax.

Now you have me wondering about my Americauanas. Maybe they're not.

I love my chickens!

 

[jossanne]

I wanna see your ameraucanas. Do you have pics?