Chick ID

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Chirping
11 Years
Aug 18, 2013
27
17
89
Oklahoma
Trying to ID these chicks I ordered.

Thanks!
 

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Trying to ID these chicks I ordered.

Thanks!
The one with splotchy face markings makes me think of a Buttercup.
If it is a Buttercup, you will know for sure when the comb is big enough to see easily: they have a very distincive comb.
https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/sicilian-buttercup/

For the stripey ones, Brown Leghorn and Welsummer are possibilities, but so are quite a few other breeds.

You can also look through the chick photos on pages like these:
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/id-my-chick.html
https://www.mypetchicken.com/pages/baby-chick-identification-photos
https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009871752-Day-Old-Chick-Identification
Each hatchery will have a slightly different list of breeds, and the individual chicks can look a bit different even when they are the same breed, but it can help narrow down the options a bit. Then look carefully at details like foot color, comb type, feathered feet or not, and so forth. After that, it's a waiting game as they grow their feathers, molting several times before they get the proper adult pattern-- by that time, the breed is usually obvious, but sometimes you have to wait for eggs to help sort out similar-looking breeds, and sometimes you never do know for sure because more than one breed has all the traits you can easily check.
 
I know this isn't the best picture and when I get home I will take a better one, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the 3 darker chicks are Wyandotte or brown longhorn. Tractor Supply said Wyandotte and our relative yesterday said brown longhorn.
 

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