speckled6
Chirping
We ordered the all pullet rainbow assortment from Meyer and for the life of me I can't figure out what they sent us!
Most of our chicks were light colored, some with a little more reddish or brown chipmunk-y stripes on their backs, but I don't recognize any of the breeds now that they're starting to feather out.
It's kinda fun guessing what they might be. The other chicks we picked up we know what breed they are, so have an idea of what they will look like full grown, but the hatchery chicks we have no clue and their sight is no help with so many chicks that look like ours and no adult birds with feathers like ours are growing. Makes me wonder if they might be mutts!
I have a couple that were just yellow when they were chicks, but now are feathering out with burnished red feathers on their breasts and wings, 2 are white so I'm guessing leghorns and there are 2 that were plain light colored chicks and their feathers are growing in tan with white dots on the ends. They're so pretty. The rest of them (we had 15 in the order) are all over the place with colors from light to dark brown...but not distinguishing characteristics (no green or black legs, no lines by their eyes, at 3 weeks there's very minimal comb development)
So I was curious if anyone else is struggling to figure out what breeds they have, or have you done that in the past...what did you end up with?
Whatever they turn out to be, they have been so much fun and I'm looking forward to when we can move them to the coop and watch them continue to grow and develop their chicken-ness
Most of our chicks were light colored, some with a little more reddish or brown chipmunk-y stripes on their backs, but I don't recognize any of the breeds now that they're starting to feather out.
It's kinda fun guessing what they might be. The other chicks we picked up we know what breed they are, so have an idea of what they will look like full grown, but the hatchery chicks we have no clue and their sight is no help with so many chicks that look like ours and no adult birds with feathers like ours are growing. Makes me wonder if they might be mutts!
I have a couple that were just yellow when they were chicks, but now are feathering out with burnished red feathers on their breasts and wings, 2 are white so I'm guessing leghorns and there are 2 that were plain light colored chicks and their feathers are growing in tan with white dots on the ends. They're so pretty. The rest of them (we had 15 in the order) are all over the place with colors from light to dark brown...but not distinguishing characteristics (no green or black legs, no lines by their eyes, at 3 weeks there's very minimal comb development)
So I was curious if anyone else is struggling to figure out what breeds they have, or have you done that in the past...what did you end up with?
Whatever they turn out to be, they have been so much fun and I'm looking forward to when we can move them to the coop and watch them continue to grow and develop their chicken-ness
