Breeds? Help?

[cockadoodlemom]

keljonma,
I had no clue about that. What does non-industrial mean? I got my chicks from McMurray. Sorry I am clueless. I just got to get started raiseing chickens 2 years ago. I grew up around them all my life and love them. They are my stress relief.

 

[Jimagination]

One of the ones that originally looked like one of the chipmunk ameraucanas is looking really different than all the rest, so I think I solved the mystery. I believe she is a silver leghorn. She has shorter wings, is more grey and black with a buff chest and wider head and body. I haven't taken a photo yet, but will and post it as soon as I can.

 

[speckledhen]

The brown one is an Easter Egger chick, I'm almost positive-my friend had one from McMurray as the free rare chick.

 

[waynaria]

i think it could be a Brown Leghorn Chick, but im not sure.

 

[Jimagination]

Ok, here is the chick in question.... I believe it is a silver leghorn. I hope you can see the diferences in th ephotos that I see. First, her wings are much much shorter than the other ameraucana that I have and she is a greyer where as the others are mostly brownish. She is also wider and rounder. The rest are getting longer and thinner. She has blackish skin under her fuzz/feathers.
I tried to get a bunch of photos from different angles and also one with the crowd. What do you think?

Jodi

 

[keljonma]

Quote:
An industrial leghorn is bred for commercial use. Sometimes known as a production class leghorn. They are bred to be a skinny egg laying machine with low feed cost, high profit. Off the top of my head, the Pearl White Leghorn would be an example of this.

Examples of the non-industrial leghorns on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy priority list are: Red, Silver, Rose Comb Brown, Single Comb Brown.

Yeah, aren't chickens great?!

 

[MarkR]

I think half the fun of the free chicks that McMurray sends is watching the little mysteries grow up and seeing what they turn into. I'd definately say they're of the cute variety though.

Mark

 

[ESofVA]

Oops...see below

 

[ESofVA]

Does that yellow one have a brown spot on top of its head?