Black copper maran or black australorp?

[Mamatomany123]

Ok, so heres the feet. Only 1 has pink. The other 3 have this grayish look.

 

[Mamatomany123]

So, while doing some research about feet color I saw that EEs will have grey feet and remember one chick has muffs. I wasnt sure if it was just the chick fuzz but now I'm thinking I just got a bunch of mixed chicks. Not the worst thing in the world but definitely annoying.

 

[mamajos]

Here is my Black Australorp at around 4 weeks, which had some white tips.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Here is my Black Australorp at around 4 weeks, which had some white tips.

I'm thinking they're black australorps or black australorp mixes.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Ok, so I talked to the seller of the eggs today. She said she cant say for sure what I have but she told me the breeds she has. She has Dominiques, barred rocks, giant cochins, red sexlinks, and olive eggers. Our best guess is these are olive eggers. She said the breeds are in seperate pens so theyll be full bred and the olive eggers are black. So, we will see when they start laying.


Well, I guess as full bred as olive eggers can get. She said the rooster is a maran which is maybe why the lady who sold me the chicks kept saying they were marans.

 

[Minky]

Yeah. I totally understand getting the wrong gender or even the wrong breed if you arent careful but dont insist these chicks are something that they definitely are not. No way they're Dominiques . That's how I realized they weren't barred rocks, no barring. And I guess no way they're BCM since no frathered legs.

I have heard of BCM with clean legs here in Canada. I think you just need to wait a few months.

 

[Mamatomany123]

I have heard of BCM with clean legs here in Canada. I think you just need to wait a few months.

I think they're olive eggers. One of them who is from the same parents has the muffs and beard that she would have gotten from the americauna. We will see soon. They're 12 weeks old now.

 

[Minky]

I think they're olive eggers. One of them who is from the same parents has the muffs and beard that she would have gotten from the americauna. We will see soon. They're 12 weeks old now.

I agree...She looks identical to my marans roo over blue laying hen Olive egger.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Heres when I got.them. not the greatest picture. Showing the white

I realize this thread is a couple months old, but for the record, all of my BA from Cackle hatchery had white tips on their flight feathers in their early molts. Their adult feathers came in pure black, though.

 

[Mamatomany123]

I realize this thread is a couple months old, but for the record, all of my BA from Cackle hatchery had white tips on their flight feathers in their early molts. Their adult feathers came in pure black, though.

They arent laying yet so I'm still not 100% sure what they are. Right now they're 13 weeks old. 3 look the same as this picture but 2 looks like a black EE.