Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

[littlekatzz]

I think your feather legged black may* be a French cuckoo Marans...

 

[NestEggs]

Any guesses on this little one?

 

[littlekatzz]

White jersey giant I believe

 

[popsicle]

I'm still trying to ID some of the ones from my box. I've been outside for the last hour-ish trying to take better pictures of my new chicks. Can anyone help on any of these? Color and/or breed would be great as I'm a total newbie on this!

I've got four of these. They seem to be pretty flighty.



As mentioned already, Mottled Houdan


Cochin? If so, what color?
Partridge Cochin

Another cochin? Maybe a blue? Sorry for the blurriness
Probably Blue

Cochin? What color variety?
Black, maybe dark splash

Blue? Splash? What breed?
I can't see the comb, probably Rosecomb (bantam), Hamburg, Spitzhauben or Easter Egger


If I understood correctly, this could be Barred rock or Dominique. Is that correct? I've got probably 2 or 3 of these with clean legs and one similar looking one with feathered legs. See above for a pic of the one with feathered legs.
Look at the comb. If rose, Dominique; if single and yellow feet, Rock; if single and pink feet, Marans (you may not be certain of skin color for a few weeks). For the feather shanked--Barred Cochin or Feather-shanked Cuckoo Marans. The Marans again will have pink feet, Cochin yellow--the Cochin should have more feathering.

Neat yellow/rusty coloration on this one. Only have one of these.
Easter Egger



Any idea on any of these chipmunk-ish ones?
Can't see the comb. Doesn't look sinlge. Maybe Yokohama?
Speckled Sussex--feet look pink
Doesn't look like single comb, right? Yokohama maybe.

YOu can better see the differences in some of the chipmunk like ones in this picture.

For chipmunks, the thing is to look at the comb type and shank color. The browner ones will generally be Black Breasted Red, Golden Duckwing or Spangled (speckled). The grayer ones are probably Silver Duckwing. Of course they can potentially be Easter Eggers.

 

[brightpennies]

@popsicle , have you just raised a zillion chickens, or are you using the catalog? I am impressed with your ability to identify things. Even when I know what's supposed to be in a mixed batch I can't always tell who's who.

 

[popsicle]

@popsicle , have you just raised a zillion chickens, or are you using the catalog? I am impressed with your ability to identify things. Even when I know what's supposed to be in a mixed batch I can't always tell who's who.

I've certainly raised a few hundred chicks (most from assortments). However, the colors and patterns of chicks correlate to adult plumage. Some are easy: penguin chick = black adult, yellow chick = white adult, head spot = barred/cuckoo. They're all fairly predictable, unless you're dealing with Easter Eggers--but they're "easy" because they are the chicks that you look at and they don't match the true-breeding color patterns (but sometimes they do).

Just think about it like identification of anything with a key:
A. Color of chick:
B. Pattern of chick
C. Comb Type
D. Shank color
E. Shank feathering
F. Crest

 

[AminaTefla]

Omg you guys. I think I'm going to have to do this. Do you guys raise your turkey's with your chickens? I here about the diseases that chickens can spread to turkeys. Just wondering what the odds are of that really happening.

 

[Alex1010]

Omg you guys. I think I'm going to have to do this. Do you guys raise your turkey's with your chickens? I here about the diseases that chickens can spread to turkeys. Just wondering what the odds are of that really happening.

It's basically you have it or not. I'm going to be raising my future turkeys with my pheasants and ducks

 

[WPFarmstead]

Omg you guys. I think I'm going to have to do this. Do you guys raise your turkey's with your chickens? I here about the diseases that chickens can spread to turkeys. Just wondering what the odds are of that really happening.

I don't stress about it. I know I don't have blackhead on my property and considering they hatch them together, I'm assuming they don't have blackhead there, either.

 

[WPFarmstead]

My sprites will be here tomorrow. I'm practically quivering with excitement. It's like Christmas lol