Did some mixes slip in with our partridge chanteclers?

[Strabonis]

There are 13 of them and they don't all look different.
They all have the same type of comb, they all have that barring down their bodies, wings backs and tails. Apart from the two white ones, and one or two with a different colour under the neck, the barring is over light brown, or dark brown (both shown above) with slightly varying amounts of barring up the neck.

I can believe that some of them are mixes (like the ones with black on white neck feathers), but I'd be surprised if none are PCs - they look like the few reference photos I've seen, I'm just not sure about the variants.

Here is another picture showing more of them.
I would really like to hear from someone who has actually raised partridge chanteclers from chicks, who might be able to tell me whether the light and dark browns are both normal, etc

 

[The Moonshiner]

In that pic the two on left, then clockwise two at top, two showing there backsides do look like PCs. Also MAYBE the one looking to the left.
In the other pic I said couldn't see the one very well. It could be PC.
I only judged and commented on what you showed.
I don't have to raise PCs to know a partridge bird when I see one.
I will gladly not reply to your thread again but I too would like to hear an opinion from someone that has raised them or knows them.

 

[Strabonis]

All of them. The dark ones have the same barring - it just didn't show well in the photo.

 

[Hihamburger]

What kind of comb do they have? I can't really tell from the photos, but if they have a cushion comb, I would say it seems to me you might have at least a couple of chanteclers. My two chanteclers have very dark yellow feet, not pale feet like a buff orpington might have. So, this might also help us. I'll try to get a picture of my two girls tomorrow (particularly the partridge one), that way you can have a reference of some on the thread for easy access.

 

[Strabonis]

Cushion combs is what they are supposed to have - they look on track so far, though I've only had birds with pea combs and singles to compare. They are smoother than the pea combs.

I actually found a thread FULL of photos at different ages - which is what I needed. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chantecler-thread.243277
I think (apart from the ones with white, and possibly the crests) mine look right. The partridge colour seems to go slightly off track sometimes from what I can see, and mine fit the variants. I'm not concerned with breeding perfect partridge show feathers, as long as they come from PC stock, I am happy.

 

[Hihamburger]

Yeah, I got cushion and rose mixed up, apparently they're very similar (I'm still kinda new to this whole chicken thing, haha). However, as long as you're happy, that's all that matters! I hope you enjoy your babies! Mine are VERY timid, so I'm curious, are yours that timid?

 

[Strabonis]

Mine are VERY timid, so I'm curious, are yours that timid?

Yes - it doesn't take much to send the scattering or flying in all directions.

 

[Hihamburger]

Maybe it's a characteristic of theirs then, oh well. Either way, I hope you are enjoying your babies, they are such a pleasure to watch!