Got some new chicks today. Breed help much appreciated!

FLMomRN

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Jan 22, 2013
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I took my little girl to "Chick Days" at our local feed store and we ended up with 4 new little fuzzy friends. We got one RIR, one Golden Comet, and what I *thought* were 2 Silkies. The box just said "Assorted Bantams." I grabbed one black and one yellow with fuzzy legs and feet. It didn't even occur to me to look until we got home, but the yellow one has 5 toes and our little black one only has 4. It doesn't matter to us either way but just out of curiosity we would love to know what kind of chicken he/she is. Just for size contrast, he is even smaller than the 5-toed bantam silkie we got from the same box, and almost half the size of the RIR and GC. Thanks in advance for any help! :)




(Same chick, different lighting).
 
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Well neither one looks like silkies. They don't appear to have crests. I don't know that much about silkies though so feel free to disregard whatever I said about them...They might be cochins, but I just had some Maran's mixes with that exact same coloring and feathered feet, so again I don't really know, but I'm still thinking cochin. I guess they might be silkies, it looks like some chicks don't look like they have crests until later, but some look to have crests at hatch... Sometimes silkies below show quality don't have 5 toes..although they should...they really might be cochins though.
Yep I'm thinking black Cochin bantams...google it. Black Bantam Cochin chicks...they match...still don't know why one would have 4 toes and the other have 5...
Yeah, black silkie chicks are black and gray, whereas black cochins are black and yellow.
 
Sorry, I should have clarified. Both of those pics are of the same chick, I was just trying to get the lighting right. I would love it if he is a cochin. :) I googled them and really like the look of them as adult chickens. Thanks for your help!!
 

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