lucky dip baby chick

elliechooks · Feb 4, 2014

This little guy came as an extra. Any ideas of breed? It is about 5 days old. I am fairly sure it is LF as it is same size as the cream legbar chick, bigger than the polish bantam.

From the breeders website my guesses are silver laced wyandotte, exchequer leghorn, barred rock or black copper marans (note quite light coloured legs though)
Any ideas?

ramirezframing · Feb 4, 2014

It would be a barred rock if it has a white spot on top of its head. A wyandotte would have a flat to the head comb and the marans and leghorn would have a single comb. Being that you are in the UK do all of the black copper marans have feathered shanks? If so this is not a marans.