Breed Check

Elitefarm

Songster
5 Years
Jan 9, 2019
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Washington
357336D9-7AD3-47B3-88E5-AD9937444D73.jpeg D54BDABA-42EB-4028-B6DB-E89D2E511754.png 963F57FF-F97D-4559-9F1F-A81041831928.jpeg 1052FE0A-752B-4862-B8A2-54A595367EA9.jpeg I recently purchased a coop that came with a few chicks 2 months old, most I know... Or thought I knew but just wanted to get other opinions so I have two that I was told are olive eggers but looking at them I'm thinking Bielefelders they both look very similar pic 1 and 3, then I have I'm thinking an Easter egger pic 4 and finally I was told a white Australorp? I want to say Australorp crossed with a leghorn? Pic 2
 
They do look similar to bielefelders, but that could be coincidental. They could be bielefelder crosses, since I think Bs are supposed to have whitish legs, not yellow.
The second pic; the white bird could very likely be a white austrolorp with those white legs. I wasn't sure they came in white though.
And yes, the last is an EE or an Olive Egger. You'll have to wait on eggs from that one.
 
I would ask the previous owners of the coop where the chickens came from. If it was from a hatchery, ask them which one. TSC chicks also come from a hatchery. The point is that either wouldn't be selling mixed breeds.

If they are chickens from a backyard breeder, then 1. 2, and 3 are probably mixes. 4 is a typical Easter egger pullet.

If not, then 1 and 3 could be hatchery quality Bielefelders, and there's a slight chance they could be olive eggers. 2 could be an Austrawhite, which is a laying variety created by hatcheries by crossing Australorps with white Leghorns.
 
I no longer have a way to contact the owner, She said she got most of them from a hatchery, I don't remember the name but she did say there was some "rare" ones in there. I know she got a few eggs she hatched on her own from good farms that she paid a lot for the eggs, I just don't remember hearing a Bielefelder, I know she hatched two blue ameruacanas and a black but those ones I didn't need help identifying she said she had a Easter egger chick I'm guessing is the fawn colored one and she said white Australorp so I'm guessing that's the Australorp leg horn cross or austrawhite, she doesn't have feathered feet wish she did that would be cute! Is there any way to tell if the Bielefelder looking ones are for sure that? They look like they will have red ears but that's about all I know
 

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