mystery chicks

[Kmaria187]

Two days ago my son came over with a surprise now he is from out of town and thought he was doing us a good thing... and showed up with 2 baby chicks. when I asked okay what are they he said chicks!!!! when I asked what breed are they he said oh I don't know! He got them from Coastal so I went back there today to see if I could find out what they were and of course they didn't have any more chicks of these colors for me to compare to try and figure out what he purchased. I looked at the chicks that they sell on line and none look like the ones we have. So I'm gonna ask you all for your best guess. have several photo's 1st chick has more reddish and brown down feathers and the 2nd chick has black and brown down feathers. they are only a couple of days old so we might just have to wait and see...

 

[JedJackson]

The first on looks like a black sex link but could be Dominant Copper, another sex link, I believe.

The second could be the same or an Australorp, perhaps.

 

[Kmaria187]

Update chicks are now almost 4 weeks old they have their own coop out side in our chicken run. what do you think they are ?? We have named them Salt and Pepper mainly because of the Bright White and Black spots by their ears. please tell me they are both pullets. took some photos out side and inside to get close ups. what do you think?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Looks initially like a penciled rock but the white ears says otherwise.
The darker one has me stumped. Maybe a hatchery hybrid like olive eggers or such.

 

[Kmaria187]

Salt and Pepper are now approx 6 weeks old so I'm just gonna update this post

 

[Kmaria187]

Salt and Pepper are now approx. 8 weeks old and have started exploring the back yard with the older chickens so far so good.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Salt will lay white or blue eggs and Pepper will lay brown. No idea on breeds, sorry
We were going to adopt a bonded pair of hens, one white and one black. My daughter wanted to name them Salt and Pepper, but of course the black one would be Salt…

 

[21hens-incharge]

It's possible they are Prairie Blue Bell or Starlight Green layers.

Have to wait for those eggs with these it seems.

 

[Kmaria187]

Salt and Pepper are now approx. 12 weeks old. Look at the pretty green feathers that pepper has now. Last night they slept in the big coop with the other girls with out any squabbles and the Big girls have stopped chasing them around the chicken run. They still don't eat with them yet but they do come when I call them all in for the night after they have been running around the back yard.

 

[jaredrah777]

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