"Hatchery Choice" Egg Layers - Breed Guesses

[m0ther_g00se]

howdy!! this morning we picked up my order of chicks from the post office, along with my order of ducklings. They were a day late and a bit dehydrated, but otherwise active and healthy. We know the sexes and breeds of the ducklings because the hatchery (Metzer Farms, cannot recommend them enough!!) listed them on a slip even though i just ordered mixed ducklings, but we're not totally sure about the chicks. I'm not gonna lie, I've only ever had waterfowl before, so I don't know much about chicken breeds, but they all look the same to me at this stage...
A friend suggested that the majority might be Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas, but they weren't sure. I'm pretty sure that two of them are Silver Laced Wyandottes, but that's about it. Ordered the "Hatchery Choice" Egg Layers from Hoover's Hatchery, if that gives you any ideas.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I see EEs. They have muffs.

 

[Iluveggers]

I agree! The yellow could be leghorn. I think I see a few grey in there as well (maybe sapphire?)

If you take individual body shots we can probably make some good guesses!

Have fun! They are adorable!

 

[MadamContrary]

Individual shots of chicks will make all the difference in making an ID.

 

[Painted Calls]

We'd need individual shots of chicks to guess. I do see some EE's in there.

May be easier to breed ID some of them once they are feathered out, too.

 

[AOrchard]

The two grays could be sapphire gems.

Easter eggers will have fluffy cheeks, this is probably what your friend noticed, the chick in the bottom right definitely has fluffy cheeks as an example. They can have any color feathers, but fluffy cheeks in a random chick assortment is almost always Easter eggers.

I see at least one chick that's probably a wyandotte agreed.

The one in the far back center looks like something else, it doesn't have the fluffiness of the Easter eggers?

 

[m0ther_g00se]

Thanks everybody!! i was kind of hoping for easter eggers so this is nice.
yeah individual body shots would probably help y’all out more than an aerial view, so i’ll take some close-ups of each of the different colors of chicks once i get home.

 

[m0ther_g00se]

we lost one while i was gone :/ it looked like they got crushed, so i moved the heat lamp down.
but for the others, i’ve got pictures!! sorry for some of them, they didn’t like getting their portraits done…
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[Fluffy Lambs]

we lost one while i was gone :/ it looked like they got crushed, so i moved the heat lamp down.
but for the others, i’ve got pictures!! sorry for some of them, they didn’t like getting their portraits done…
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All of those except #2 look like EEs. Maybe that ones a Buff Orpington?

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

we lost one while i was gone :/ it looked like they got crushed, so i moved the heat lamp down.
but for the others, i’ve got pictures!! sorry for some of them, they didn’t like getting their portraits done…
Color Way #1:View attachment 2903293View attachment 2903313

Color Way #2:
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Wait.. could #3 be like a wyandotte?