Barnyard mixes, right?

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I had a class hatch a dozen of our eggs and a dozen eggs from somewhere else. All of our eggs hatched, but only two of the other farm's eggs hatched (they gave her eggs out of the cooler. Who would do that to a bunch of kids?

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Anywho, the chicks came back to us. We have two 18 wk old pullets that look like the one below. This one has breakthrough copper along the back, the other one has copper only on the neck. I know they're not from our farm because we don't have the genetics to produce this coloring. These are barnyard mixes, right? I just wanted to be sure that they weren't a "something."

Thanks!

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

They look like black sex links to me. I can't recall for sure what color legs black sex links have, though, so I may be wrong.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

What comb type do they have?

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

What comb type do they have?

Straight.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Straight.

That is consistent with black sex links. Could be what they are.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Are there different types of BSL? These look nothing like my BSLs, which are completely black.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Are there different types of BSL? These look nothing like my BSLs, which are completely black.

Yes, there can be different crosses done to get black sex links. It can vary from hatchery to hatchery. All the BSLs I've seen have red in the neck feathers.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

These aren't hatchery birds, they came from someone's farm.

 

[hdowden]

those are blk sex links. i have taken eggs out of the fridge and incubated them and hatched them it is possible

here's 2 more pics of blk sex link

 

[ChickenExtreme]

Your saying that chick is 4 and a half months old?