Anybody wanna take any guesses?

[MissMarple]

I have three of these (only have pictures of one right now as they've been super flighty and this is the first day that one has voluntarily come to me to cuddle and pet time) and they were sold as Barred Rocks. Now... I knew that they weren't from the get-go. They looked like chipmunks as baby chicks but no fuzzy faces so, not EE's. (I do, now, have two EE's with sweet little fuzzy faces!) Although Speckled Sussex wasn't posted anywhere at the notoriously mislabeled bin bearing TSC, I'm wondering now if that's what they might be. They're roughly 5 weeks old so I realize that it might be easier to tell when they're older but guessing is fun!! Take your best guess and I'll keep updating as we go! I'll also try to grab some pictures of the other two this afternoon when we go out for a field trip to the backyard.

 

[Chebird]

This is what my Speckled Sussex looked like about that age:

 

[ColtHandorf]

Speckled Sussex.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

They look like speckled Sussex to me too.

 

[cstephens1987]

Looks like a speckled Sussex

 

[SueT]

X3 Speckled Sussex. My best hen is an SS, great layer, never goes broody.

 

[slordaz]

glad we don't have TSC here is all I can say., but a lot of the farm stores are just as bad about selling ya the wrong bird and one time we bought 10 pullets and got 6 pullets and4 cockerels lol

all I can say for sure is I have not seen that breed before but know dang well it ain't no barred rock lol

 

[MissMarple]

This is what my Speckled Sussex looked like about that age: View attachment 1884706

Absolutely beautiful! I love that head!

 

[MissMarple]

glad we don't have TSC here is all I can say., but a lot of the farm stores are just as bad about selling ya the wrong bird and one time we bought 10 pullets and got 6 pullets and4 cockerels lol

all I can say for sure is I have not seen that breed before but know dang well it ain't no barred rock lol

Oh no! There's no telling how many cockerels we're going to end up with.

Haha!!! Amen!!! Never seen a Barred Rock look like that. They sure were insistent though!

 

[MissMarple]

Speckled Sussex.

So wild because they haven't had a single Speckled Sussex sign in that store the entire time Chick Days have been going on. Not one. Definitely not complaining about ending up with such beautiful birds! I knew they weren't Barred Rocks and TSC is just.... well... TSC....