We recently bought our first flock from Ideal. We started with a mix of 12 pullets (2 light brahmas, 2 gold laced wyandottes, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 australorps, 2 ameraucanas, and 2 barred plymouth rocks) and ended up with 9 packing peanuts!!! I had no idea there would be that many, but now that we have these little extras I'd like to know what the heck they are. I've narrowed it down to RIR, New Hampshire, or Production Reds. To a noob these breeds look a lot alike starting out. They are now 5 weeks old. They started out with very pale yellow down, but started feathering out white and dark brown on their wings. They are now a light red with very little white or brown showing.
