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Meyers assortment 1 week old pictures are of several that look alike only ones i dont have any idea

I have llked at every chick i d age from hatcheries, chick i d from basicay every internet source and i am failing
 

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Meyer has a chick ID tool on their website.

Otherwise, leg color matters, skin color matters, comb type matters when trying to ID chickens.
 
Meyer has a chick ID tool on their website.

Otherwise, leg color matters, skin color matters, comb type matters when trying to ID chickens.
I have it memorized just about.i just couldnt find anything on their id site hoovers or any of the others showing the red body white wings

Isa browns and buckeye were the closest i came up with. I have a good idea on most of them just the 5 red and white have been driving me bonkers
 
I have it memorized just about.i just couldnt find anything on their id site hoovers or any of the others showing the red body white wings

Isa browns and buckeye were the closest i came up with. I have a good idea on most of them just the 5 red and white have been driving me bonkers
Yes, the ID tools help, but variations in the fluff coloring can confuse matters.

That’s why leg, and skin color help as they are breed specific. As is comb type. But, sounds like you know what you have now
 
Thanks i think you are right i was leaning towards isa browns or buckeyes for the red and white chicks
I can see a single comb on one of them. Buckeyes have a pea comb, so any with single combs are not Buckeyes.

I see white, black, and brown in the wing feathers.
ISA browns typically have white and brown but not black (they have a gene that turns black into white. It occasionally misses a small spot, but does not leave as much black as your chicks show.) The same goes for any other chicken type where the adults show a white tail and lots of brown body feathers. I do not think I see any of those types of chicks in your close-up photos.

I think you probably have Rhode Island Reds, or Production Reds, or New Hampshires, or something that else* that grows up to have red feathers with a black tail. It's fairly common for that kind of chick to have variable down color, and to grow baby feathers with markings of various colors, but end up with a solid color when they are adults. (Rather like baby deer having white spots but the adults not.)

*Buckeyes also have that color pattern, so any chicks with pea combs might be Buckeyes.

There is a chance that you have something like Speckled Sussex (which do grow up to have a pattern of white, black, and brown.) But Speckled Sussex chicks usually have chipmunk stripes on their back, and the chicks in your closeup photos do not.
 
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