Is this an Isa Brown pullet?

[normanack]

I bought a pair of Isa Brown pullets from a feedstore that orders from a big hatchery. The other pullet is brown and white (last picture), but this one is kinda weird. It's creamy white with green legs. Its neck feathers are still fuzzy, but I think they're a tiny bit brownish.

It takes a complete newbie (that would be me) to screw up on a sex-link, but i'm wondering if this is an Isa Brown cockerel?

I contacted the hatchery and they wrote back right away, suggesting it might be male, or possibly an Araucana (what they call Easter Eggers) because of its green legs.

Would you let me know what you think?
Thanks!


photo by normanack, on Flickr


mystery chick by normanack, on Flickr

Slightly younger in this picture:

Isa Brown chick? by normanack, on Flickr

And the other chick, the one that looks like an Isa Brown pullet to me:

Batman by normanack, on Flickr

 

[chickenmaniac]

looks like a easter egger pullet to me

 

[Fred's Hens]

Not an ISA Brown.

 

[dretd]

I am seeing an EE probably pullet. You should ask the feed store if they got any EE's in (or Amer'i'canas or whatever the hatchery calls them) on with the same order. Can't tell you the number of times I've seen the wrong chick in the wrong bin at the feed store.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Those willow legs definitely make her look like an Easter Egger.

The feed store probably sold them as Araucanas or Ameraucanas.dretd's suggestion to call the store is a good one.

Your "ISA Brown" is a lot lighter than my "ISA Browns." Hmmmm.

 

[normanack]

I am seeing an EE probably pullet. You should ask the feed store if they got any EE's in (or Amer'i'canas or whatever the hatchery calls them) on with the same order. Can't tell you the number of times I've seen the wrong chick in the wrong bin at the feed store.

That particular store mixes several breeds together routinely, although usually the breeds are fairly distinct (RIR, chipmunky Easter Eggers, black sex-links). Not this time, though -- there were quite a few somewhat similar chicks, so the likelihood of mistakes was indeed pretty high. The store was busy, too. What confused me most (besides my normal blundering brain) was that I'd only ever seen the brown chipmunk-style Easter Eggers.

 

[normanack]

Those willow legs definitely make her look like an Easter Egger.

The feed store probably sold them as Araucanas or Ameraucanas.dretd's suggestion to call the store is a good one.

Your "ISA Brown" is a lot lighter than my "ISA Browns." Hmmmm.

 

Part of that is probably my camera or the lighting. Here's another shot, taken the same afternoon. You can see that bird on the far right.


Java and the chicks by normanack, on Flickr

 

[normanack]

looks like a easter egger pullet to me

So an Easter Egger doesn't necessarily have to have puffy cheeks? This chick is pretty thin in the facial hair department.

Cool!

 

[normanack]

Many thanks to all of you! I really appreciate your expertise and willingness to help a novice.

 

[chickenmaniac]

the last pic is probably a golden sex link