Can you help me identify these chicks?

[we3ernes]

I know that one of these is a Barred Rock and one is a Black Australorp, the third is probably my Meyer Hatchery Meal Maker (aka random chick male or female). Of course I can just wait and see, but I like the idea of trying to figure it out and see if we are right! The one on the right (C) has no head spot, so I was thinking she is the Australorp and the other two are Barred Rocks, but then all three have eye markings.

Here you can see that the spot coloration is different, A is definitely more yellow (and larger) than B.

The one with the whiter spot (B), on the far left in the photo, also has a more distinctive comb than the other two.

For reference these guys were supposed to have been hatched on January 7th.

 

[Mandrogora]

I'm no expert so I can't help but Meyer has a chart to help identify their chicks. Granted, we identified our meal maker as a buckeye and she turned out to be a rhode island red.

https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009871752-Day-Old-Chick-Identification

 

[we3ernes]

I'm no expert so I can't help but Meyer has a chart to help identify their chicks. Granted, we identified our meal maker as a buckeye and she turned out to be a rhode island red.

https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009871752-Day-Old-Chick-Identification

Yeah, I check there first. They are just difficult to distinguish between:

If I went by these I would say I didn’t get any Australorp, just three Rocks.

 

[BuffOrps32]

Maybe the meal maker is a Black Orpington?

 

[Mandrogora]

In think you're right about C being the Australorp

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Lorps/AustralorpChiks.JPEG

 

[Alexandra33]

I'm thinking the Meal Maker is another Barred Rock, which we, too, have received. Generally speaking, they're not going to send rare, expensive breeds for free.

And yes, C is your Australorp. The other two chicks have head spots, which isn't an Aussie trait.

~Alex

 

[Wezdin]

Those look like sex-linked to me, but i'm not sure if australorp chicks have random coloring too.

 

[Alexandra33]

Australorp chicks are black with varying amounts of white on chest and face. But they never have head spots.

Come to think of it, chick A appears to have pink skin, and larger amounts of white than the Barred Rock. It's possible this is a Cuckoo Marans.

~Alex

 

[we3ernes]

I'm thinking the Meal Maker is another Barred Rock, which we, too, have received. Generally speaking, they're not going to send rare, expensive breeds for free.

And yes, C is your Australorp. The other two chicks have head spots, which isn't an Aussie trait.

~Alex

This is exactly what I was thinking. I’d love to have two Rocks, so that would be great.

 

[we3ernes]

...Come to think of it, chick A appears to have pink skin, and larger amounts of white than the Barred Rock. It's possible this is a Cuckoo Marans.

~Alex

I would LOVE a Maran! I didn’t even consider any of the rarer breeds figuring they wouldn’t have extras of those.