Here we go again! Is this a Silver Laced Wyandotte?!

[Harley's girl]

Alright so my black australorps I think are GLW, and now my other black australorps are turning colors too! Geez I think maybe these are SLW. Let me know what you think. Thanks!!

I got 6 and one died, of those 2 are GLW (I think) and the other 3 look like this. Someone seriously got their breed bins mixed up! LOL I got them from TSC 3 weeks ago.

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

Definitly not a Wyandotte or an Australorp.

Seems to me its going to be a Birchen something, maybe its an Iowa blue, they are Birchen coloured if I remember right.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

*Sigh* sure hope someone can help you...it will help me too. Same problem with the "Australorp" I got from TSC a couple of weeks ago. I REALLY dread telling my husband his big black chicken is getting stripes!!!!

 

[crittergal]

I hope someone can help you - We got some from TSC and one of then looks alot like yours. He is very pretty, but I think we will have 4 boys, and that is too many. Anyway, I would like to know what kind he is.

 

[Harley's girl]

I am thinking that TSC got there bins all mixed up! My friend got 2 black ones out of the same bin, hers are staying solid black!

What in the world?? I guess I will wait until my chicks are older then post a new pic. Maybe someone could identify then.

I looked up Iowa Blues, my chick did not look like that. It was black with white. The Iowa blues are brown, well t least they were in that picture. I wish thats what they were....they are beautiful!!!

 

[MaransGuy]

Last year several people who got BA's from Ideal had lacing on them. If TSC gets them from there it would explain it. Sounds like a serious quality issue.

Richard

 

[sgtmom52]

You might want to check where your TSC gets their chicks from (mine TSC bought from Mt. Healthy) then find out what kind of chicks that hatchery sells - maybe you can narrow it down to a specific breed.

 

[zatsdeb]

these are my barred rocks, the black and white ones..

and this is the head of my silver laced wyandotte

if this helps.

My barred rocks I got from a different hatchery, as assorted, but I did order a barred rock rooster and dominic rooster, I wondered when they would get the barred look, and some look more barred than others.
My silver laced wyandottes had the white markings on their heads from day one.

 

[Portia]

Wow, I have SLW, BA and BR and none of them looked like yours at that age!

Here are each breed's group pics at 2-3 weeks of age

Black Australorps

Silver Laced Wyandottes

Barred Rocks

 

[KrisRose]

The legs do look like an Austrolorp. The chicks I have seen did feather out with some white. Perhaps Maransguy is right about quality issues. Remember with hatchery chickens they are utility grade.