Mystery chick came with blue cochin order

[brahmamamamak]

This mystery chick arrived instead of a blue cochin (not an add to the shipment kind of thing). 13 days old. Bare legged and looks like a pompom on top. Any and all guesses are welcome .

 

[JedJackson]

That one is a real mystery. It could be a white crested blue Polish, but those usually have much white on the breasts and crests. But it's the only breed besides Silkie that is likely to have that large of a crest plus blue coloring. The only other thing I can think of is a Legbar based olive egger, but again, the crests aren't usually that pronounced as chicks.

 

[3KillerBs]

Polish?

 

[brahmamamamak]

Based on the zip code on the shipping box they were dropped shipped from Texas Austin airport. Guessing from Ideal Poultry and they do sell silver lace polish chicks. The feathers are coming in lighter than her baby fuzz. But my order was for blue cochin pullets.

 

[3KillerBs]

Based on the zip code on the shipping box they were dropped shipped from Texas Austin airport. Guessing from Ideal Poultry and they do sell silver lace polish chicks. The feathers are coming in lighter than her baby fuzz. But my order was for blue cochin pullets.

Where did you order them from?

 

[brahmamamamak]

Where did you order them from?

AV Hatchery in California. Won’t order from there again I ordered 12 blue Cochin pullets. Their site does say that they do dropship when I got them. I am thankful that I have a good relationship with our mail carrier because I had told her that I hadn’t received any shipping information but I was expecting chicks lo and behold the next morning she gave me a call from the post office and said they’re here, luckily I had everything set up already. I just turned on the heat lamp and went directly to the post office. Two chicks were like mystery girl, 10 Cochins, one mystery girl and one cochin and we’re very tiny and I worked for 48 hours up every two hours, doing everything this forum suggest to try and keep them alive and they died anyway , when I called the company to tell them that I had to bare legged chicks, their response was that sometimes Cochins don’t have feathers on their legs . I have only had Cochins or Brahmas for years, so I know that’s not true.

 

[3KillerBs]

AV Hatchery in California. Won’t order from there again I ordered 12 blue Cochin pullets. Their site does say that they do dropship when I got them. I am thankful that I have a good relationship with our mail carrier because I had told her that I hadn’t received any shipping information but I was expecting chicks lo and behold the next morning she gave me a call from the post office and said they’re here, luckily I had everything set up already. I just turned on the heat lamp and went directly to the post office. Two chicks were like mystery girl, 10 Cochins, one mystery girl and one cochin and we’re very tiny and I worked for 48 hours up every two hours, doing everything this forum suggest to try and keep them alive and they died anyway , when I called the company to tell them that I had to bare legged chicks, their response was that sometimes Cochins don’t have feathers on their legs . I have only had Cochins or Brahmas for years, so I know that’s not true.

You should definitely get a refund for that!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I forgot to follow up on your other thread but this is an unusual chick. It has a vaulted skull evident in head and nostril shape. This rules out breeds without profuse cresting. This trait is seen in Polish, Houdans, Crevecoeurs, Sultans, some Silkies, and other much less common breeds. I also looked on AV's site and they don't give a direct list of hatcheries they drop ship from. Meyer Hatchery carried Blue Polish and is practically the only hatchery carrying them and is also quite large. It's the only variety that makes sense for this down as well. Update as it feathers out but I suspect you have a Blue Polish from Meyer https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Blue-BB-Polish-Day-Old-Chicks-p193643188

 

[JedJackson]

Ideal has a bunch of different Polish varieties, so it could be that. As for Cochins sometimes having clean legs, GMAB. That's nonsense. I wouldn't shop at that hatchery again, either.

 

[brahmamamamak]

I forgot to follow up on your other thread but this is an unusual chick. It has a vaulted skull evident in head and nostril shape. This rules out breeds without profuse cresting. This trait is seen in Polish, Houdans, Crevecoeurs, Sultans, some Silkies, and other much less common breeds. I also looked on AV's site and they don't give a direct list of hatcheries they drop ship from. Meyer Hatchery carried Blue Polish and is practically the only hatchery carrying them and is also quite large. It's the only variety that makes sense for this down as well. Update as it feathers out but I suspect you have a Blue Polish from Meyer https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Blue-BB-Polish-Day-Old-Chicks-p193643188

Thanks could be. She definitely was closer to the coloring of the day old chic pic. Time will tell. But I am thinking she is a Polish chick. I’ve named her Maxima…just keeping my fingers crossed she doesn’t turn out to be a Max.