"Buff Orpingtons" ...or not. Mystery Chicks

[Flickster5]

Will do. They're feathering so much slower than the Wyandottes, despite being slightly older. Makes me impatient haha

 

[Flickster5]

Ok, new pics! They've feathered out a bit more now though they're still in dinosaur attire the Wyandottes love to pluck at their fluff, as if to say, "why is that still there? We barely have any at all now!" Actually, first glance counting has got a lot harder bc the two darker mystery chicks sort of blend in, nothing like the little yellow fluffballs they used to be. Anyway, pics! Not sure they're old enough to tell much more than last set though.

Mystery chick 1:

Mystery chick 2:

Mystery chick 3:

I have a few other pics but they're refusing to load, hopefully these work well enough

 

[keesmom]

Any idea what hatchery they are from? Based on coloring 1 is a pullet and the other 2 are cockerels.

 

[Flickster5]

I've wondered the same. The coloration on the darker ones is interesting, one even has some green feathers coming in. As far as hatchery goes, Ideal is what I've heard but I haven't confirmed such

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I've wondered the same. The coloration on the darker ones is interesting, one even has some green feathers coming in. As far as hatchery goes, Ideal is what I've heard but I haven't confirmed such

Green sheen on dark or black feathers doesn't mean much. Black pullets, or pullets with black lacing and such will show a green, blue or purple sheen.

 

[Flickster5]

Some updated photos. It's pretty clear we've got a couple roos on our hands now, but I still don't know what breed. Found a few that seemed close but not quite right...ideas? The one with lighter coloring is very camera shy and the few good pics I have of her refuse to load so no pics sadly. Poor signal out here or I'd give a few more pics from different angles of all of them :/

 

[Flickster5]

Just realized I never updated this after I finally figured out their breed. Not sure if anyone is still following or not, but it gives me an excuse to post pictures of my beautiful Cubalayas Not in chronological order

 

[keesmom]

Love that blue male!

 

[Flickster5]

I have some closer photos of the boys but never could get them to load. Tried again now and it finally worked lol These pics are a few months old.

We have neighbors and passerbys tell us how pretty they are all the time. Thankfully, they're good to the girls and alert to any movement in the area, so I'm quite happy with them.

 

[Kseale1986]

Oh wow! They are beautiful!