Chick coloring question: chipmunk stripes? *pics*

[ilona73]

I also have a mystery chipmunk

It was in the bantam bin at the feed store. I thought it was a girl because it had a pretty straight tail with wide round feathers, but now it's comb and waddle have come in and they have turned pretty red. Also this is the smallest chicken I have ever seen in my life and she/he has not grown in size for a couple weeks.

Anyone have any idea?

Oh and she/he has dark feet... Grayish/blackish with a tinge of green. I thought maybe it was an EE a few weeks ago but she's so tiny I have no idea. You can still see some of the chipmunk stripe on her head and back under the wings.

 

[junebuggena]

You can't cross two different breeds and still call it a pure bred. Ameraucana and Araucana are two separate breeds, and Easter Eggers are more a 'type' than a breed. Your rooster is probably an Easter Egger, if he passes on a blue eggshell gene, otherwise, he's just a mixed breed.
Now, as long as he isn't barred or white, than the black chick in the picture likely came from a Barred Rock hen and is a black sexlink pullet.
There is no telling what the chipmunk chick will end up looking like at this point in time.

 

[junebuggena]

I also have a mystery chipmunk

It was in the bantam bin at the feed store. I thought it was a girl because it had a pretty straight tail with wide round feathers, but now it's comb and waddle have come in and they have turned pretty red. Also this is the smallest chicken I have ever seen in my life and she/he has not grown in size for a couple weeks.

Anyone have any idea?

Oh and she/he has dark feet... Grayish/blackish with a tinge of green. I thought maybe it was an EE a few weeks ago but she's so tiny I have no idea. You can still see some of the chipmunk stripe on her head and back under the wings.

Most likely either a Dutch or Old English Game bantam. Definitely a cockerel.

 

[drumstick diva]

x 2 junebuggena

 

[jackiedee]

New little mix that hatched during the night. We have red comets, SLW, RIR, JG hens and a BA rooster and a rooster I forget what he is gold, red black with bluish grey on chest...Blue something...

 

[ScottKelly1974]

I got some eggs from a local farm. Four came out like your chipmunks. One of the breeds they have is the speckled Sussex. Mine don't have feathered legs. Another one has blue chipmunk pattern. This could mean it is mixed with one of their blue breeds.

 

[CLou]

My EE's look exactly like that plus we have 2 that are a solid dark brown.