Chick ID?

[SoggyForks]

The one with the chipmunk stripes is a bantam of some sorts and the other two are from big, full-sized, healthy eggs.
The breeder herself hasn't kept track of the eggs and mixed them all up. She also said they were purebreeds, but I'm not sure. Could anyone help me ID them? They're all very little bitty and I'm willing to be patient and wait for them to get older to find out

 

[GodLovesU]

They’re very young.You’ll probably have to wait till they feather out to get some guesses on breed or gender.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Do you know what breeds and colors that breeder has in full-sized chicks and in bantams? That might help you narrow it down.

I went through Henderson's Breed Chart and counted 14 different breeds that have solid black color variations. There are a lot of breeds not in Henderson's chart. That's not a fair number in that some breeds like Black Australorp may be totally black when they mature but the chicks do not have solid black down, but I'm not familiar with the down on a lot of those breeds as chicks. I don't know how many are going to have solid black down.

If you can get a list from the breeder of what that black chick might be and start cross-checking those with comb type, skin color, eye color, earlobe color, number of toes, and other breed specific criteria you can probably narrow it down quite a bit. Same with the others. The chicks may have to grow a bit before you can do that.

Good luck and have fun.

 

[SoggyForks]

Do you know what breeds and colors that breeder has in full-sized chicks and in bantams? That might help you narrow it down.

I went through Henderson's Breed Chart and counted 14 different breeds that have solid black color variations. There are a lot of breeds not in Henderson's chart. That's not a fair number in that some breeds like Black Australorp may be totally black when they mature but the chicks do not have solid black down, but I'm not familiar with the down on a lot of those breeds as chicks. I don't know how many are going to have solid black down.

If you can get a list from the breeder of what that black chick might be and start cross-checking those with comb type, skin color, eye color, earlobe color, number of toes, and other breed specific criteria you can probably narrow it down quite a bit. Same with the others. The chicks may have to grow a bit before you can do that.

Good luck and have fun.

I know she has at least two roosters (one millie fleur cochin bantam and one black copper maran) but those are the only two she could pinpoint the breed on.

 

[Ridgerunner]

She also said they were purebreeds,

I know she has at least two roosters (one millie fleur cochin bantam and one black copper maran) but those are the only two she could pinpoint the breed on.

I'm confused. A purebreed means both mother and father are the same breed. I can't see those chicks being purebreeds with those roosters.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Agree with @Ridgerunner

It is very odd that a breeder of purebreds will mix up eggs, or not give detailed information on the lineage and chicks. Do you know the color eggs they came from?
The dark chick does not look like a black copper Marans chick. Looks like a little brown above the eye.

Attached is a pic of my black and blue copper Marans chicks. All of my Bk copper Marans had white triangles near the nostrils and outer eye edge, white necks, and the wing edges.

Blues have same white on face.
(the blackish big chick facing left is an Australorp, and yellow chick a Swedish flower hen-rest are Marans)

 

[SoggyForks]

I'm confused. A purebreed means both mother and father are the same breed. I can't see those chicks being purebreeds with those roosters.

Yeah, I thought the ad was pretty sketch. It makes plenty sense. But I guess I can't complain since the eggs were free. Thanks for telling me.