Bantam breed identification?

TinyTheTinyRooster

In the Brooder
Oct 6, 2019
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Maine
Yesterday I purchased for bantam chicks from the assorted bantam bin at tractor supply.
I picked out a chick that looked different from all the others, and I was assuming it was a Cochin chick. But when I brought it home, it had no feathered legs. So now I’m stuck on what breed it could be.
it has no feathered legs, no crested head, and no fluffy cheeks. The coloring is too dark to be a sebright aswell.
my tractor supply gets their chicks from Hoover’s Hatchery and it doesn’t match any of the bantam breeds they sell.
so, any ideas on what breed it could be? TIA!
 

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Kind of agree with all the others - leaning towards GL Sebright - however the down looks too "chocolatey" (perhaps it's just the lighting for the picture?), is missing the white down patches, and the legs don't look to be the correct colour.

For a good quality GL Sebright I'd expect a predominantly black downed chick with chest and face areas of bronze down. And the legs should be slate/blue - although poorer quality birds can have lighter colour legs.

These are my silver sebright chicks. For a gold sebright their cream down would change to a warm coffee colour.

Sebright Hatchlings.jpg
 

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