Help! What the heck are these chickens!?!?

[mamabear6810]

I bought these because they claimed theyre sapphire gems, but i have a lot of gems and theyve NEVER turned white!!!! These were all blue with white head spots. All new feathers coming in are coming in white!
What the heck do i have here!?!?!

 

[NatJ]

Maybe White Jersey Giants?

Here are two hatcheries with photos of the chicks and the adults:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/white_giants.html
https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/white-jersey-giants/

 

[nicalandia]

Any idea what breed?

White Orpingtons.

 

[mamabear6810]

What do you think about white australorp??? Never knew they were a thing until now.
I tried to call and find what hatchery they use but theyre closed now.

 

[mamabear6810]

First of all do we know if these are pure bred chickens? 2nd, white Jersey Giant is a great guess, Jersey Giants have black legs and feet tops, with flesh colored feet on the middle and bottom of the foot.

With that said, I just hatched 15 chickens that are a unknown mix of all my chickens outside, 5 of which are Jersey Giants, 2 white, 2 black hens and 1 black Rooster.

So, to repeat myself I suppose, that was a great guess but I'd like to know where these came from and if we know they're pure-breeds or mixes or unknown.

EDIT: Re-read the OP. I'm assuming unknown.

It came from family farm and home and they claimed they were sapphire gems.
Having gems myself, i knew this was not correct. Lol.
I looked up jersey giant and it said they have yellow feet. Australorps have white and these chicks have white

 

[nicalandia]

Those chicks are clearly recessive white.

 

[mamabear6810]

Maybe White Jersey Giants?

Here are two hatcheries with photos of the chicks and the adults:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/white_giants.html
https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/white-jersey-giants/

White foot bottoms.

 

[mamabear6810]

I'll be waiting to see what hatchery they use.
I don't remember seeing white australorps on any of the major US hatchery websites, but that may say more about my memory than about the hatcheries



Good point about the color on the bottom of the feet.
Most breeds with white feathers have white or yellow down as chicks, so White Jersey Giants have stood out in my mind as the weird ones-- dark chicks that grow white feathers.
They may not be the only breed with that trait, but until now I had not noticed any others.

(Of course, a hatchery could be raising chickens with the wrong skin color, but hopefully there is a better explanation than that.)

Ok they said they use Hoovers(should have known)

 

[NatJ]

Ok they said they use Hoovers(should have known)

On Hoover's website I can find:
White Jersey Giant (wrong skin color, otherwise might be right)
https://hoovershatchery.com/whitejerseygiant.html

"English Orpington Variety Pack" (includes white ones, and the foot color would be right, but getting a whole batch of just the one color seems unlikely)
https://hoovershatchery.com/englishorpingtonvarietypack.html

Lavender Orpington (but if your chicks have actual white feathers, not lavender, then it's not them. Foot color is right, and chick color might be right.)
https://hoovershatchery.com/lavenderorpington.html

I don't see anything else on their site that could have dark chicks who grow white feathers, with any foot color. And since you have a whole batch that are alike, I don't think any of the "egger" types is very likely, because they usualy have a variable appearance.

 

[NatJ]

Those chicks are clearly recessive white.

Any idea what breed?