Bantam chick ID - Sold as EE pullets

lomine

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Aug 7, 2015
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I picked up these chicks from TS about a week and a half ago. I was told they were bantam EE pullets. I know bantams aren't normally sold as sexed, so I knew there was a chance this was very wrong. They were so interesting looking so I figured even if that's wrong it's not a big deal. They were all exactly the same looking too, which I thought was weird for EEs. Now they've grown a bit and I'm really wondering what is going on with these birds. They have long legs (way longer than the straight run mixed bantams I picked up the same day) and kind of odd-looking faces. Their eyes seem really big to me. I called TS to see what hatchery they used to see if I could look them up, but the guy I talked to didn't know and I didn't want to wait on hold while someone looked through their order paperwork. I'm curious if anyone on BYC has seen these chicks before.

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I picked up these chicks from TS about a week and a half ago. I was told they were bantam EE pullets. I know bantams aren't normally sold as sexed, so I knew there was a chance this was very wrong. They were so interesting looking so I figured even if that's wrong it's not a big deal. They were all exactly the same looking too, which I thought was weird for EEs. Now they've grown a bit and I'm really wondering what is going on with these birds. They have long legs (way longer than the straight run mixed bantams I picked up the same day) and kind of odd-looking faces. Their eyes seem really big to me. I called TS to see what hatchery they used to see if I could look them up, but the guy I talked to didn't know and I didn't want to wait on hold while someone looked through their order paperwork. I'm curious if anyone on BYC has seen these chicks before.

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Uhhh...they look like Ringneck Pheasant chicks. 😆
 
Thought you all would like to know that I decided not to keep the pheasants. After some research, I concluded they weren't for me. Yesterday they went to another home with a woman that got the very last pheasant chick from TS. She apparently suspected right away that it wasn't a chicken and asked for a closer look. Maybe I should have done that. :p Anyway, her little chick should be happy now to have its own kind as company as it was currently hissing at her turkey poults. :lol: TS gave me a full refund, so it all worked out in the end.
 

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