Help me ID this chick, Cochin is what I'm guessing now

Erinnlyn

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This chick was completely mislabeled in the store, I think. She was in a bin labeled Sapphire Olive Egger which should be a Cream Crested Legbar mix. After looking up numerous images and comparing to what the hatchery offers, I think maybe she's a Cochin?? She's black with white around her mouth, a little at the eyes, white neck, and butt. Sorry, one pic is pretty blurry, but it shows she has feathered legs/feet. She's two weeks old now and her black wing feathers show a little brown tinge to them. She came from Hoover's Hatchery in IA. They just show a Cochin variety pack (basically) on their site, that are not bantam so I wouldn't know which one she would be out of that. I don't believe she's bantam, she seems the right size for a standard chicken at this age. What do you think? Cochin, something else?
Update: the hatchery just told me this should be a french black copper marans. Doesn't 100% look like chicks of that breed, so still confused. LOL
Thank you!
 

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@Erinnlyn do you have updated photos of the birds? Would love to see how they are turning out
I have one recent picture, but it's pretty bad quality. They are playing on my husband's back, lol. I will try to get better pictures of them tonight. So in addition to the update of the above little one being a black copper marans, I found out the other mystery one is a type of olive egger the hatchery had. I'll post more pictures of how they are feathering out!
 

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This chick was completely mislabeled in the store, I think. She was in a bin labeled Sapphire Olive Egger which should be a Cream Crested Legbar mix. After looking up numerous images and comparing to what the hatchery offers, I think maybe she's a Cochin?? She's black with white around her mouth, a little at the eyes, white neck, and butt. Sorry, one pic is pretty blurry, but it shows she has feathered legs/feet. She's two weeks old now and her black wing feathers show a little brown tinge to them. She came from Hoover's Hatchery in IA. They just show a Cochin variety pack (basically) on their site, that are not bantam so I wouldn't know which one she would be out of that. I don't believe she's bantam, she seems the right size for a standard chicken at this age. What do you think? Cochin, something else?
Update: the hatchery just told me this should be a french black copper marans. Doesn't 100% look like chicks of that breed, so still confused. LOL
Thank you!
Update: She's definitely a black copper Marans. She laid her first egg last week at about 20 1/2 weeks old. Not very dark at all, but it's beautifully varigated and speckled. Not terrible for a hatchery Marans, I guess? She was from Hoover's Hatchery, fall of 2022. Pic of her and her egg below.:) Her name is Bootsie, for her little feather boots.
 

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