My First Chick!! Now what is it...? PICTURES!

[Threecritters]

My first chick ever hatched!!!! Now....can someone tell me what he/she is??

It has feathered legs/feet. Legs are black but toes are yellow. Body is a dark mousy color with some areas of white. The egg was 2/3 the size of my standard eggs (if that) and white. Hard to believe all that chick came out of that little egg!!

ETA: The chick has 4 toes. Upon closer inspection/comparison to another white egg I have...the egg is actually more of a light tan (very light)...it kind of looks...pink? Are there pink eggs? LOL

I bought the eggs so.....here is what the lady I got them from said:

Possible Dads (both bantam): Blue Cochin or White Silkie

Possible Mamas: EEs, several cochins (blue, partridge) Ancona, Andalusian, Buckeye, Columbian Wyandotte, Buff Orpington, Speckled Sussex, Lakenvelder, Salmon Favorelle, Silkies, Polish

What do all you experts think??

PICTURES!

 

[greeneacre]

Looks just like my Cochin chicks.
Congrats on your new fuzzy butt.

 

[ccoomber]

I'm voting Ancona (white egg), and cochin mix! Cutie!

 

[Threecritters]

Anybody else want to make an educated guess? Maybe at least on dad...since that field is narrow?

 

[spish]

well to me it looks blue, and some sort of cochin bantam (or a cochin bantam cross?). dont think theres any silkie in there so that only leaves the blue cochin bantam as the dad

if the egg was on the smaller side, it must be from one of the smaller chicken breeds...do you know if the ladies cochin hens were bantam or standard size?

 

[pdsavage]

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Yeah what spish said....

 

[Threecritters]

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hmm good question! I will send her an email and find out! The egg was definitely smaller. Much smaller.

Also- the second, larger, light brown egg pipped internally this morning! These were set at the same time (today is day 22)- could the fact that this chick was a day ahead of the other indicate bantam?

 

[akcountrygrrl]

What kind of comb does it have? Is it a regular looking single comb?

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

With as well feathered as that middle toe looks, I am going to say that chick is all cochin.

 

[Threecritters]

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Yep, just a single comb. It's yellow and has a couple larger bumps in front and then smooths out.