Just one chick I can't identify; any ideas?

[OnieP]

Hi all! Looking for some help identifying the breed of this little bantam. A new Family Farm and Home store opened in our town a few months ago and we've been going there for supplies all winter and have come to know the staff. When it came time for chicks I found that most of them had very limited or no knowledge of chickens other than the training video they'd watched, but they wanted to learn, so I've been answering questions/providing info where I can. I was asked if they could call me to take on chicks that needed special care and stragglers left unsold when new chicks were due to arrive. I'd only taken two, a now 6 week old Dominique and a now almost 3 week old EE, until three days ago. I went in for feed and was given the last of a bin. I came home with 3 buff laced polish, a golden seabright, and this chick labeled "assorted bantam". The only bantam we have had are black Cochin, silkies, and seabright, so I'm not sure what I've got here. The chipmunk pattern doesn't make it easy either! About the closest match I've found looking through chick pics is possibly a Sicilian Butter cup, but I'm just not sure. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is it a really small bantam or a regular bantam size? It kinda looks like a OEGB to me, but the fave markings are throwing me off

 

[OnieP]

I would say that she is rather small, even for a bantam. She and the seabright are about the same size; she's just a bit fluffier. I looked online at SO many pics trying to figure her out, and the closest pic I found was a Sicilian Buttercup, but the hatchery they came from doesn't list SB's as a breed they offer. I'm definitely puzzled.

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

I was thinking maybe buttercup patterned or campine patterned OEGB from Ideal Poultry (if the place you got them from orders from there) but the legs and comb are throwing me off. Do you know what type of comb she/he has? If not, can you get a close picture of the comb?

 

[OnieP]

I was thinking maybe buttercup patterned or campine patterned OEGB from Ideal Poultry (if the place you got them from orders from there) but the legs and comb are throwing me off. Do you know what type of comb she/he has? If not, can you get a close picture of the comb?

I think those patterns are the closest as well, but the hatchery this store uses is Hoover's and she doesn't match any of the bantam/OEGB that they offer. I'm so stumped. She is the tiniest, sweetest, most calm little chick. She's not timid, just kind of easy going and seems to get along well with everyone. She also poses well for pictures, lol!

 

[xXDestinyXx]

She looks nearly identical to one bantam we got and it looks like ours is a Partridge Cochin bantam (who’s now 9 weeks old). ☺ I’ll post a few pics of ours from early on and now what she looks like. I was like you and searched relentlessly trying to figure her out! Lol! There’s so many chipmunk-looking chicks!

 

[xXDestinyXx]

Oh man I just now noticed...she doesn’t have any feathered feet or legs. Hmmm, probably not what I just said then.

 

[featherhead007]

WOW, no idea,??? I won't even try to guess! Sorry

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

She actually looks like a partridge wyandotte bantam but I don't know of any hatcheries that offer them. Such a mystery.

 

[OnieP]

She looks nearly identical to one bantam we got and it looks like ours is a Partridge Cochin bantam (who’s now 9 weeks old). ☺ I’ll post a few pics of ours from early on and now what she looks like. I was like you and searched relentlessly trying to figure her out! Lol! There’s so many chipmunk-looking chicks!

The wing pattern matches, but their heads are different, and this one is definitely clean legged/footed, so not a Cochin. Ya know, at the end of the day it doesn't make any difference to me at all what breed she is. It's just that part of we chicken fanatics that can't wait the number of weeks it takes for all to be revealed. Patience has never been a strength of mine.