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[snacks_on_snacks]

This one looks a lot like my Buckeyes.

I would be SO pumped if it is!! Originally I thought maybe RIR or one of the hybrid ones like ISA. But it’s so dark red I hope it’s a buckeye!

 

[GuineaMania]

They are so cute! The brown/tan one with the red ankle band looks like my Welsummer baby chick.

 

[NatJ]

I would be SO pumped if it is!! Originally I thought maybe RIR or one of the hybrid ones like ISA. But it’s so dark red I hope it’s a buckeye!

Buckeyes have pea combs. I can't see the comb clearly in those photos, but if it grows up to have a single comb it is not a Buckeye.

Rhode Island Red is a good possibility if the chick has a single comb. Some Rhode Island Reds do have very dark red on them. Rhode Island Reds and Buckeyes often have some black in the tail and in the big feathers of the wings, and I think your chick probably will too.

ISA Browns and many of the other hybrids have white in the tail & wings. You usually can't see the white in the wings of an adult chicken because it disappears when the wing is folded, but you usually can see the white in the tail when you look the adults in photos or in real life. I am pretty sure your chick is going to have black in those areas, not white.

 

[JedJackson]

These are still very young, and it is difficult to tell leg color in the pictures.

1. It could be an off colored cuckoo Marans, but I think olive egger or Lakeside egger is more likely.

2. I can't tell leg color just yet. If they are white, then probably a speckled Sussex. If they're yellow, then a Welsumer or brown Leghorn.

3. Probably a New Hampshire, which they list, or a Rhode Island red.

4. Same thoughts as for the first one.

5. I agree with buff Orpington.

So there's going to be some uncertainty for a while longer. With 1 and 4 you may not know until you see the color of their eggs. Best to start determining gender at 6 weeks or later unless you see a big raised comb before that time.

 

[snacks_on_snacks]

These are still very young, and it is difficult to tell leg color in the pictures.

1. It could be an off colored cuckoo Marans, but I think olive egger or Lakeside egger is more likely.

2. I can't tell leg color just yet. If they are white, then probably a speckled Sussex. If they're yellow, then a Welsumer or brown Leghorn.

3. Probably a New Hampshire, which they list, or a Rhode Island red.

4. Same thoughts as for the first one.

5. I agree with buff Orpington.

So there's going to be some uncertainty for a while longer. With 1 and 4 you may not know until you see the color of their eggs. Best to start determining gender at 6 weeks or later unless you see a big raised comb before that time.

Thank you so much for looking thru and the info, seriously tyty

If those are olive eggers / lakeside, is that usually a Marans crossed with an ameraucana?

 

[Golden Comet Mama]

I think number 2 is a pullet but I PROBABLY wrong

 

[snacks_on_snacks]

Buckeyes have pea combs. I can't see the comb clearly in those photos, but if it grows up to have a single comb it is not a Buckeye.

Rhode Island Red is a good possibility if the chick has a single comb. Some Rhode Island Reds do have very dark red on them. Rhode Island Reds and Buckeyes often have some black in the tail and in the big feathers of the wings, and I think your chick probably will too.

ISA Browns and many of the other hybrids have white in the tail & wings. You usually can't see the white in the wings of an adult chicken because it disappears when the wing is folded, but you usually can see the white in the tail when you look the adults in photos or in real life. I am pretty sure your chick is going to have black in those areas, not white.

Thank you so so much for this info, SUPER appreciate this!!

I went and looked more closely and you’re right it’s mostly just black accents on the wings. And I thiiiink it’s a single comb (not rose) but it’s still so small it’s hard to tell.

Do you think once it’s full grown I’ll be able to know what it is more definitively? I feel like right now I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference myself between buckeye, RIR, NH, ISAs, etc

 

[snacks_on_snacks]

I think number 2 is a pullet but I PROBABLY wrong

Oh YAY!! You think welsummer? I have had folks think either that or maybe brown leghorn or Sussex or EE

 

[snacks_on_snacks]

Adding a picture of #2 legs, are these more white or yellow? To me they look pink ish . @JedJackson

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you so much for looking thru and the info, seriously tyty

If those are olive eggers / lakeside, is that usually a Marans crossed with an ameraucana?

I would guess these have at least one cuckoo Marans parent, because of the coloring, but the other parent could be Ameraucana, Easter egger or Cream Legbar. Anything that lays blue/green eggs. I wouldn't rule out them being off colored cuckoo Marans entirely. Hatchery chicks can show a lot of variability.