Any ideas on breed?

[Cinnamon11]

I bought 3 chicks at a local feed store yesterday and they weren’t exactly sure of this little blue chicks breed. One of the people working there said lavender Orpington and another said blue australorp. There were also EEs, olive eggers, RIRs, sex links, and polish if that helps. Just wanted to see if anyone had any guesses! Thanks!

 

[3KillerBs]

Both Lavender Orpingtons and Blue Australorps have white skin so there's no easy tell between a light-colored blue and a lavender at this age.

When the feathers come in a Blue Australorp should have lacing on it's feathers while a Lavender Orpington shouldn't. But I had an LO that fooled the people here until her feathers developed the shredding that is so often characteristic of lavender birds.

This is what the lacing would look like on a lighter-colored blue chick and a darker colored blue chick:

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

My Lavender Orpington was (and always has been) a solid color. 3KillerBs, your comment and images now has me thinking one of my unknown girls is an Australorp.

 

[Tookie]

Here are some more pics of the other two, they were sold as a Rhode Island Red, and olive egger but could have been a mix up!

You are right, the red one is a RIR, the other could be a Olive Egger or a Barred Rock, you will know when its older. Were they selling BRs? As for the other chick I think you'll have to wait until it feathers grow out.
It's harder to ID chicks than when they're adults!

 

[Tookie]

I see a Barred Rock and a Red Sex Link. Not sure on the other one, but I'm thinking Lavender Orpington.

 

[Tookie]

My Lavender Orpington was (and always has been) a solid color. 3KillerBs, your comment and images now has me thinking one of my unknown girls is an Australorp.

You can post a picture if you want.

 

[Cinnamon11]

Thank you for all the answers guess I’ll just have to wait and see with all of them!

 

[3KillerBs]

My Lavender Orpington was (and always has been) a solid color. 3KillerBs, your comment and images now has me thinking one of my unknown girls is an Australorp.

In birds that are close to the Standard of Perfection an Orpington *should* be rounder and fluffier while an Australorp should have a look that I can only describe as "more athletic" and have somewhat closer-fitting feathers. But that's not very helpful with hatchery birds.

I don't want to hijack the thread. I posted about it before and got no answers. I'll try to find that thread and bump it.

Tag me and I can post some Blue Australorp photos for you to compare her to.

 

[Cinnamon11]

In birds that are close to the Standard of Perfection an Orpington *should* be rounder and fluffier while an Australorp should have a look that I can only describe as "more athletic" and have somewhat closer-fitting feathers. But that's not very helpful with hatchery birds.




Tag me and I can post some Blue Australorp photos for you to compare her to.

Thank you! She does seem to be more fluffy than the other two but could just be her

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

It’s totally fine if you post it on this thread!

Thank you!