Breed?

The chick does not have any of these parents:
Cuckoo Marans (chick would be black)
Blue or Lavendder Orpingtons (chick would be blue or black)
White Leghorn (chick would be yellow/white)
Barred Rock (chick would be black)
Cochins (chick would have feathered feet)

A Wyandotte parent would probably produce a chick with a rose comb, which that chick does not have. So it is probably does not have a Wyandotte parent. (Wyandottes can produce occasional chicks with single combs, so this is a "probably" not a certainty.)

That leaves these possibilities:
Black Copper Marans
Rhode Island Red
Easter Eggers
maybe-Wyandotte
something not listed

Do you know what color egg it hatched from?
That would help tell what breed the mother might be.
Cream colored egg.
 
Cream colored egg.
Then the mother should not be a Marans or an Easter Egger.
So the mother is Rhode Island Red, or Gold Laced Wyandotte, or something not listed.

Do you know which rooster breeds were in the flock?
If they just have to be on that list, the father would be Black Copper Marans, or Easter Egger, or Rhode Isladn Red, or Gold Laced Wyandotte, or something not on the list you posted.

But the chick is not a pure Rhode Island Red, and it is not a pure Gold Laced Wyandotte, and I'm pretty sure it is not a cross of those two breeds either.

I'm strongly suspecting there is some breed in the chick that wasn't on the list, but certain kinds of Easter Eggers could also account for the traits of the chick. Easter Egger could be the father, or else the mother could be an Easter Egger that laid cream eggs instead of the blue/green she was supposed to.
 
Then the mother should not be a Marans or an Easter Egger.
So the mother is Rhode Island Red, or Gold Laced Wyandotte, or something not listed.

Do you know which rooster breeds were in the flock?
If they just have to be on that list, the father would be Black Copper Marans, or Easter Egger, or Rhode Isladn Red, or Gold Laced Wyandotte, or something not on the list you posted.

But the chick is not a pure Rhode Island Red, and it is not a pure Gold Laced Wyandotte, and I'm pretty sure it is not a cross of those two breeds either.

I'm strongly suspecting there is some breed in the chick that wasn't on the list, but certain kinds of Easter Eggers could also account for the traits of the chick. Easter Egger could be the father, or else the mother could be an Easter Egger that laid cream eggs instead of the blue/green she was supposed to.
Thanks for your help. They didn’t specify on the roosters. Guess I’m just going to have to wait n see on this one. I thought maybe Easter egger b/c of the bluish/gray tinted area between the wings. You can’t see it well in the picture.
 
If the chick grows up to be a female, you may be able to tell a bit more by what color egg she lays. Blue or green would mean the father was an Easter Egger, while medium to dark brown would mean the father had the genes for dark brown eggs (probably Marans.)
 

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