Jubilee orpington chicks?

[Meenew]

Hi there fellow chicken coopers!

I bought 5 chicks that are supposed to be jubilee orpingtons and when i looked at Meyers hatchery catalog, the chick pics did not look anything like what i have.

I didn't order through them. The "hatchery" i got them from i found out later was the puppy mill in Quebec.

I am putting pics of the chicks so you can let me know what you think they are. The black one is a orpington and the white a lakenvelder.

Thank you

Julie

 

[MGG]

Hi there fellow chicken coopers!

I bought 5 chicks that are supposed to be jubilee orpingtons and when i looked at Meyers hatchery catalog, the chick pics did not look anything like what i have.

I didn't order through them. The "hatchery" i got them from i found out later was the puppy mill in Quebec.

I am putting pics of the chicks so you can let me know what you think they are. The black one is a orpington and the white a lakenvelder.

Thank you

Julie

Welcome to BYC, Julie!
Yours look like Speckled Sussexes to me. Have you contacted the "hatchery"?

 

[Meenew]

Thank you!

I haven't reached out to them yet.

I just wanted to be sure.

Julie

 

[Meenew]

She "assures" me they are jubilees....

 

[MGG]

She "assures" me they are jubilees....

I don't know, they don't look like any Jubilee Orps I've ever seen. @Rhodebar Lover what do you think happened here?

 

[Meenew]

Yeppers... she says they come in light and darker colors...

 

[MGG]

Yeppers... she says they come in light and darker colors...

Hm, that would make sense. So yours are dark ones I'd assume?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I don't know, they don't look like any Jubilee Orps I've ever seen. @Rhodebar Lover what do you think happened here?

I'm not entirely sure. Jubilee chick down tends to not have the chipmunk look to my understanding. They look like Speckled Sussex to me, but their patterns are very similar in the two breeds that perhaps the Jubilee Orps can also have a bit darker pattern? I wish I understood more of why chick down can vary so much. Even black chicks of varying breeds can have entirely different chick down which is very interesting and I do not know if it's a breed thing or slightly different genes coming into play. The body type and feather type of the breeds should vary as they mature to answer that question!

 

[MGG]

I'm not entirely sure. Jubilee chick down tends to not have the chipmunk look to my understanding. They look like Speckled Sussex to me, but their patterns are very similar in the two breeds that perhaps the Jubilee Orps can also have a bit darker pattern? I wish I understood more of why chick down can vary so much. Even black chicks of varying breeds can have entirely different chick down which is very interesting and I do not know if it's a breed thing or slightly different genes coming into play. The body type and feather type of the breeds should vary as they mature to answer that question!

Thanks for replying! It definitely is interesting.

 

[Meenew]

Yes they have the stripes going down their backs and the eye liner...

They are cute...