Fun indentifying breeds (Rainbow Layer Assortment)

[Loving My Peeps]

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Neither the JG or the BA have the white feathers though.

That was my first though too 'til I saw the white feathers.

Well, crap. Now, I need to catch them and look at the bottom of their feet.

Here is the other one. You think they might be different breeds?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1771.jpg

Looks just like my Blue Andalusian (which is all black) from the same hatchery...

 

[JustAChickenLittle&More]

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[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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#1 - EE roo
#2 -- since Welsummers are not carried by McMurray - it is probably the light brown leghorn (check her earlobes and see if they are white, versus red)
#3 - Delaware
#4 - Your chick will lose those white feathers and end up all black. She could be a black australorp or black Jersey Giant, but she kind of looks like a black EE to me -- the face looks fluffy - take a close look at her face, versus the other chicks and see if it looks like she has a beard/muff. It's less likely, but she could possibly be a black Andalusian (sent as a Blue Andalusian)if she is a bit smaller than the others - but..... her neck looks a bit short in both pics to be an Andalusian.
# 5 Ancona
#6 Buff Orpington - the legs are the right color too

My Black EE:

6 week old Andalusians:

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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Cool, Buff Orpingtons!

I think I figured out the browns. I think I got the two different brown chickens in this picture below, which should make it easy to tell the difference. At the top is what I suspect is one of the brown leghorn. Left middle is also a brown leghorn, but you can see the back. Bottom is an EE. The tan coloring on the back of the neck is the brown leghorn and the brown on the back of the neck is the EE?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1788.jpg

Compare and contrast.

EEs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1787.jpg

Brown Leghorns
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1789.jpg

But, then there are these which seem somewhere in between, but I would put in the Brown Leghorn category for now.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1790.jpg

The chicks you are calling EEs don't look like EEs to me - they are too uniform in color, have yellow legs, and no muffs/beard. I think they look like Partridge Plymouth Rocks.

This is one of my 10 week old PPRs:

There are 2 colors of brown leghorns - dark brown leghorn and light brown leghorn. Since Murray McMurray has brown leghorns in 2 different colors, is it possible that their Rose Combed leghorns are 1 color, while the straight comb versions are the other? Check and compare the combs on those chicks in the bottom 2 pics. Also, check their earlobes - leghorns lay white eggs and will have white earlobes. If the bottom pair has red earlobes, I'd call McMurray and verify that they didn't start carrying Welsummers and have not listed them yet. Also, leghorns are typically more flighty and skittish than other chickens - what is the temperament of the last 2 pairs of chicks?

 

[dsqard]

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Given you sig I thought you might appreciate this pic, collies thought, not shelties.

[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1765.jpg[/URL]

Love the pic of the collies! Yes I am a sucker for those faces! There is another member on here, Heather88, who has a gorgeous blue merle collie as her avatar. Of course I am a big sucker for the blues and black and white in any animal!
ETA - One of my shelties is blue merle and one is a bi-blue!

OK now back to guessing about your chickens!

 

[Donner]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

It looks like there is no consensus on the browns. Could be brown leghorns, plymouth rocks, EEs, ???? It will probably be easier to tell when they are older. I will probably have to pay attention to what color eggs they lay/I collect. I really want them to be EEs because when I get Rainbow Layers I want more than 1 or 2 blue/green egg layers. And, certainly not just one EE rooster. I guess I will just have to wait and see what eggs I get. Since, the only white layer fully identified is the Ancona more than one white egg a day would suggest several leghorns. Few white eggs and no green or blue would suggest mix of plymouth and brown leghorn.

Although now I was flipping through the Breeds index and noticed there was an entry for Plymouth Rock with a Barred Color that says blue green eggs. I then searched for pictures of Easter Eggers on Google, since they are supposed to have a wide variety of colors and found this BYC forum thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=94095&p=2

So, now I am wondering whether there are barred Easter Eggers, which with brown leghorns would be about equal numbers of white, brown and blue/green eggs. As I said I may just have to wait and see what color eggs I get and make some deductions from there.

 

[Donner]

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[Donner]

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Well, can't help much on temperament. About the only gauge I have is that they are more hesitant to eat out of my wife's hand than the others. Although the presumed Buff Orpingtons don't come to eat out of her hand much either.

They look just like your picture though.

Thanks.

 

[lemurchaser]

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Cool, Buff Orpingtons!

I think I figured out the browns. I think I got the two different brown chickens in this picture below, which should make it easy to tell the difference. At the top is what I suspect is one of the brown leghorn. Left middle is also a brown leghorn, but you can see the back. Bottom is an EE. The tan coloring on the back of the neck is the brown leghorn and the brown on the back of the neck is the EE?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1788.jpg

Compare and contrast.

EEs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1787.jpg

Brown Leghorns
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1789.jpg

But, then there are these which seem somewhere in between, but I would put in the Brown Leghorn category for now.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/68084_100_1790.jpg

In that first picture, the bird up front is a partridge rock. Yellow legs, no muff makes it pretty unlikely to be an EE.
The 2nd picture is 2 partridge rocks
The 3rd is 2 brown leghorns
The 4th.... you're right they're not as clear....but I would put them in the partridge rock category.

The black one could be an EE, or one of the other black breeds.

 

[Donner]

One more picture. There are two of the brown ones like this that have some dark color on the top of their feet. Could they be EEs?

No muffs or beards though.