Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

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And this is the young lady who is under the weather…

Do you have an idea of what is troubling her? She is a pretty girl...is she part Dark Cornish?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

And this is why I like hatching from my own hens, and hatching mostly the marans. I know what they look like and can pick a cockerel from a pullet most times by 3 weeks old.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ok going from memory on the listed breeds Rural king had friday. They had 3 bins of Rhode Island Reds, Americauanas, Easter Eggers, and Cinnamon Queens. I can eliminate the other breeds due to being the wrong chick color. It is obvious these are not the Sapphire Gems, Barred Rocks, Jersey Giants, Buff orps or Black Sex links.

 

[bgmathteach]

Last night I was reading more information on Cinnamon Queens in order to prepare myself for their future needs. For instance I learned they have a higher calcium need than my current flock members. While the layer feed I use is fine with them with no additional calcium supplements, I am going to start supplementing Oyster Shell when the new chicks come close to laying. Then I started looking at pictures of chicks and I have spotted a potential problem. Every picture I found while they can have chipmunk markings, they are red. My 3, normal brown chipmunk chicks. Do I even have Cinnamon Queen chicks? We all know Rural King and Tractor Supply can mislabel chick bins. I know when we picked them out the employee was upset because they had been placed in a bin with Americauna pullets who were also chipmunk marked. I really do not think these are americauna's though as the lady pointed out they were distinguishable because they were bearded and leg color was different. Right now I am going to keep my suspicions to myself and not tell mom, but I am going to watch them very closely. Lets be honest, if there was a mess up and they are a different breed I personally will not be upset. As long as they are not boys, then I will be upset.
This is what according to everything I've read and saw Cinnamon Queen chicks should look like.
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Here are mine
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So what do you all think, am I crazy on thinking there was a mix up?

I suspect, YES. But only time will tell.
Do they have puffy cheeks? A lot of 'Americauna' are REALLY EEs, and I have found that the level of bearding & muffs can vary some with EEs. If you look at my recent posted pics, the second photo, my girl has a MUCH smaller beard/muff than the ones in the previous photo. Sorry, I don't know how to link to a specific post. I'll post this, then edit and add the post number.

Edit: My post with the referenced photos is #83,013

 

[bgmathteach]

Ok going from memory on the listed breeds Rural king had friday. They had 3 bins of Rhode Island Reds, Americauanas, Easter Eggers, and Cinnamon Queens. I can eliminate the other breeds due to being the wrong chick color. It is obvious these are not the Sapphire Gems, Barred Rocks, Jersey Giants, Buff orps or Black Sex links.

They don't look like RIR either.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I suspect, YES. But only time will tell.
Do they have puffy cheeks? A lot of 'Americauna' are REALLY EEs, and I have found that the level of bearding & muffs can vary some with EEs. If you look at my recent posted pics, the second photo, my girl has a MUCH smaller beard/muff than the ones in the previous photo. Sorry, I don't know how to link to a specific post. I'll post this, then edit and add the post number.

Edit: My post with the referenced photos is #83,013

No they do not have puffy cheeks. If they are easter eggers that really does not mean much as many do not. They have orange legs. If there was a mix up I secretly hope they are Rhode Island Reds. They were on mom's short list and was what I thought she had decided on.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

They don't look like RIR either.

Well crud, I guess we will know in a few months what they turn out to be.

 

[rural mouse]

Ok going from memory on the listed breeds Rural king had friday. They had 3 bins of Rhode Island Reds, Americauanas, Easter Eggers, and Cinnamon Queens. I can eliminate the other breeds due to being the wrong chick color. It is obvious these are not the Sapphire Gems, Barred Rocks, Jersey Giants, Buff orps or Black Sex links.

The Americaunas and EEs are possible simply because they don't all ways have the muffs and beard...just MOST of the time. The RIR should get in black tail feathers (at least some of them). Not sure on the Queens, but Red Sex links usually have white tail feathers

 

[bgmathteach]

I don't think you're wrong. There's enough brown there to be questionable. The last batch of chicks I had (Cheetah's lot) was an assortment, 5 had chipmunk stripes . The previous batch had 3 types, 2 black and a chipmunk. Of the 6 chipmunk marked breeds, the only RED one was the Rhode island (new Hampshire reds are similarly marked). The other breeds, 1 turned out to be "solid" color, the partridge rock. The remaining 4 breeds all were "hen" color vs "rooster" color: black breasted roos, red (salmon) breasted hens. Breeds turned out to be: brown leghorn, silver Dorking, silver Phoenix, and whiting True Blue (new from mcmurray, with no real visual uniformity). In playing what breed is this?, welsummer and legbar came up also as chipmunk marked. The various designer hybrids I skipped as the assorted names are so varied, but any derived from breeds chipmunk marked could be also.

Yes, Partridge Rocks are definitely chipmunk striped. My sweet Rosie was a PR, and she was a chippy as a chick, There is a difference, though, with some. For examply, PRs tend to be really chipmunk stripped, whereas some others are more 'wavy' or 'broken' striped, ime.

I don't know if this will help you, but it is a chick id. assistant that Meyer Hatchery put together...I am pretty sure it doesn't have Cinnamon Queen chicks, though.

However, if you compare the Dark Brahma versus the Silver Laced Wyandott, you will see what I mean about 'true chipmunk striping' versus 'wavy' striping'

 

[rural mouse]

No they do not have puffy cheeks. If they are easter eggers that really does not mean much as many do not. They have orange legs. If there was a mix up I secretly hope they are Rhode Island Reds. They were on mom's short list and was what I thought she had decided on.

The orange legs is good for the RIR. Those do mellow out ....some...