Mystery Chick

[Tricia479]

I got this little mystery chick out of a clutch that was supposed to be all sebrights. I do believe it’s still a bantam breed. Any best guesses on what it looks to be? It has a single comb, orange feet and comb, black beak, 4 toes, yellow belly. Hatched from a white egg. #mysterychick. Came from a breeder I know, she just wasn’t sure which pen the egg could have been pulled from.

 

[NatJ]

Came from a breeder I know, she just wasn’t sure which pen the egg could have been pulled from.

Do you have a list of possible breeds? Sometimes a list will make it really obvious, because there will be only one possibility, or only a few.

I know Old English Game Bantams can come in black, and so can Japanese Bantams, but so can quite a few other kinds of bantams. And any breeding of "blue" chickens can produce some black offspring as well.

 

[Tricia479]

probably a grey japanese bantam, but post updates in a few weeks to be sure!

I asked but she said she does not have those

 

[NatJ]

It's looking cute, but I don't have any better ideas about what it is yet

It has a lot of black to be an oegb.. not sure what it is

OEGB can come in many colors, including solid black.

 

[Tricia479]

hmmm... I guess just post updates in a few weeks so the chick can feather out a little

 

[Tricia479]

It's looking cute, but I don't have any better ideas about what it is yet


OEGB can come in many colors, including solid black.

I’ll keep posting as it grows. It’s still small like the sebrights so still sure it’s a bantam.

 

[Chicalina]

its adorable whatever it is!

 

[Tricia479]

Ok so mystery chick is getting a sizable difference to the bantam sebrights in there. Maybe it’s not a bantam. Breeder said she believes it’s from her pen with d’anvers and bantam Ameraucanas but I’m not convinced. (Single comb, orange feet). Kinda looks like a black australorp chick… who knows!

 

[Chicalina]

It could still be a bantam. Sebrights are micro chickens, other bantams are mini chickens and large fowl breeds are full fat chickens - at least in my mind!

 

[Chicalina]

It could still be a bantam. Sebrights are micro chickens, other bantams are mini chickens and large fowl breeds are full fat chickens - at least in my mind!

I missed out some classes!

Light breeds like the European and Mediterranean ones (Brakel, Fayoumi, Hamburgh, Ancona) are Petite Chickens.

The Asian fighting breeds like Asil etc are quite simply just modern velociraptors!

Heavy and giant breeds like Brahma, Cochin, Jersey Giant, Orpington are the Full Fat Maxi Chickens!

What do you reckon?