any ideas what we might have here?

[Yontz710]

He was my free rare chick from McMurray. I have to tell you I have gotten chicks from Ideal, Whelp and McMurray and they were all super nice chicks, this batch probably was the healthiest looking over all, nice fat and sassy little chicks. But I have no complaints with the other places.
thanks for the ID help

 

[KsTornado11]

Kind of a dark pic,but I'll say gold laced Polish

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

He does look like a golden laced Polish chick. He already has his little "poof" on his head. Our white crested black polish chicks look like they have little Marshmallows on their heads.

It does look like one of these guys:
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/golden_polish.html

Better pix of them near bottom of this page:
http://www.cacklehatchery.com/polishpage.html

 

[LadyShred]

Yep that's a Golden Polish!

 

[Yontz710]

It is really cute, but it is smaller then the rest of the chicks, should we isolate it or keep it with the others? They all came today, not sure if it just looks weaker because it is smaller or it really is weaker. I have the gel in with them all and it has had several drinks and has eaten some of the gel.
Any ideas? It is REALLY a beautiful bird, want to keep it going.

 

[purelypoultry]

That is definitely a golden laced polish. I wouldnt reccomend raising one chick on its own. It wouldnt last long on its own either.

 

[froggie71]

Definitely a golden laced polish, we've got 2 beautiful 1 week girls from Mcmurrays

 

[gabrielle1976]

he should be ok with the others unless there realy realy picking on him , I have a tiny little chick in with two cochins there the same age but he is like half there size and he does fine with them .

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

He would be lonely all by himself. I would keep him with the others so they could all sleep huddled together. This keeps them warmer and they feel safer this way. I have several different-colored Polish chicks in with some Bantams that are much smaller than them. They all seem to get along well with each other, despite the fact that the Polish chicks are a bit larger.

I also have an EE that is about a week older in with the tiny chicks. He was getting picked on badly by chicks his own age and seems to fit in better with the small guys.

 

[songbird]

I'm new to this, but I kept all of our chicks (7 standard breeds and 5 bantam breeds, with a total of 24 chicks) in together. I have watched them carefully, and I have not noticed the little guys getting picked on by the big guys - I mean, girls - at all. They eat and drink alongside the others and do not seem to be fearful.