Help identifying chick

[Sherol]

Trying to figure out who is who in my three week old chicks. Can anyone identify the breed of this bird?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I think it's a silver laced Wyandotte.

 

[Sherol]

That is what I was thinking ... but was expecting more white.. thanks.

Would this be my Barred Rock?




And these be the cuckoo marans..

 

[mymilliefleur]

I agree, it looks like a Hatchery quality Silver Laced Wyandotte. I'm not sure on the others, hatchery quality Barred Rocks and Cuckoo marans can be a bit hard to tell apart when they are this young.

 

[Sherol]

I agree, it looks like a Hatchery quality Silver Laced Wyandotte. I'm not sure on the others, hatchery quality Barred Rocks and Cuckoo marans can be a bit hard to tell apart when they are this young.

Hatchery quality meaning probably not ideal to a color or form standard?

 

[mymilliefleur]

Hatchery quality meaning probably not idea to a color or form standard?

Correct.

Hatcheries ''breed'' for production, so the color can vary considerably.

 

[junebuggena]

With quality barred Rocks and Cuckoo Marans they are fairly easy to tell apart. Barred Rocks are supposed to have crisp even lines of barring. Cuckoos have the same gene, but it's not as crisp or even.
Hatchery quality birds are harder to tell apart. Chicks of both breeds can look more mottled or spotted rather than striped while their first feathers are starting to come in.
The best way to tell them apart would be by the color of their foot bottoms. Marans should have white/pink skin on the bottoms of their feet. Barred Rocks should be yellow.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hatchery birds can be a crap shoot for looks. Here's my SLW. I've changed her breed to Silver Splotched Wyandotte.

 

[retry]

 

[Sherol]

Wow.. They can vary significantly from the pics on the hatchery web sites and catalogs.