Hi everyone! I've been visiting the forum as a guest now for a while but only just joined today.
I'm hoping for help identifying my four mystery chicks, so if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. My boyfriend got me them for Xmas as hatching eggs, but he didn't think to ask what breed they were when he bought them. D'oh! I phoned the supplier, who remembered the sale, and he said he "thinks" they were Marans. But I thought Marans laid very dark brown eggs, and my eggs were just pale brown, just like normal shop bought eggs for eating. My boyfriend thinks the eggs came from the coop that had Shavers in it, but he's not sure. The supplier also sells Black Rocks, and pictures of Black Rock chicks I've seen look a little bit like mine. But I'm new to chickens and so I don't really have a clue. As day-olds they were all very dark grey/almost black with yellow breasts and various yellow splodges. The photos are of them today, at 18 days old.
Pic no. 1 is chick no. 1. I think it might be a boy as it's the only one whose comb has grown - very noticeably compared with the other three.
Pic no. 2 is chick no. 2. It's the darkest of the four and the only one with dark coloured legs and a really dark beak.
Pics no. 3 & 4 are chick no. 3. It's the biggest of the four and is feathering up the fastest. It's got a huge tail compared with the others.
Pic no. 5 is chick no. 4. It's got lovely stripy feathering on its wings.
Thanks for looking, everyone.
I'm hoping for help identifying my four mystery chicks, so if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. My boyfriend got me them for Xmas as hatching eggs, but he didn't think to ask what breed they were when he bought them. D'oh! I phoned the supplier, who remembered the sale, and he said he "thinks" they were Marans. But I thought Marans laid very dark brown eggs, and my eggs were just pale brown, just like normal shop bought eggs for eating. My boyfriend thinks the eggs came from the coop that had Shavers in it, but he's not sure. The supplier also sells Black Rocks, and pictures of Black Rock chicks I've seen look a little bit like mine. But I'm new to chickens and so I don't really have a clue. As day-olds they were all very dark grey/almost black with yellow breasts and various yellow splodges. The photos are of them today, at 18 days old.
Pic no. 1 is chick no. 1. I think it might be a boy as it's the only one whose comb has grown - very noticeably compared with the other three.
Pic no. 2 is chick no. 2. It's the darkest of the four and the only one with dark coloured legs and a really dark beak.
Pics no. 3 & 4 are chick no. 3. It's the biggest of the four and is feathering up the fastest. It's got a huge tail compared with the others.
Pic no. 5 is chick no. 4. It's got lovely stripy feathering on its wings.
Thanks for looking, everyone.
