Need help in IDing my Central Tractor rescues

woodmort

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Briefly: When I lost 15 of my 18 chickens to a weasel last March I was a bit dismayed. Given that most of the chickens were 5 - 6 years old it wasn't that tragic from a management stand point since I had already ordered replacements to be delivered in May, it just meant we'd be buying eggs all summer. A couple of days after I had caught and disposed of the varmint I was in Central Tractor to pick up some cat litter and notice they had 8 Assorted Pullets left from their annual chicken sale. Feeling sorry for the chicks huddled in the corner of this big watering trough I offered the girl $10 for the lot although a couple of the yellow ones didn't look like they were doing well. To my amazement, she agreed so I took the chicks which were obviously 3 different breeds home--she had no idea what they were. There were 3 yellow chicks, 2 blackish ones and 3 that were mottled (the gal said they looked like chipmunks). While I usually am pretty good with chicks within 2 days 2 of the yellow ones went belly up--I expect from being over handled and traumatized in the store. The rest are fine and have now joined my 3 remaining adult hens in the chicken yard.

Now the problem: I've had experience with a number of breeds of chickens in my checkered career but I'm not sure exactly sure what these are, especially the "chipmunk" ones. I know, eventually, I will be able to figure it out but I'd appreciate some help now if someone has an idea from the photos below.

Oh, BTW when I came home with these my wife gave me heck for doing it with 30+ chicks on the way but when I pointed out that these would be laying a month or more earlier than the shipment she asked why I didn't get more. (My wife eats at least 3 eggs a day and avoids store bought eggs as much as possible.) Since in for a penny, in for a pound, I went to another feed store and bought the last 4 golden sex link chicks they had.
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I'm fairly sure, having raised a few of them as a kid that this is a RIR. While, I suppose it could also be a NH (which I'd prefer) they are less common and apt to show up in CT.
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This is the remaining yellow chick. I'd guess a leghorn but she looks blockier than what I remember from the leghorns on my buddy's chicken farm. The other RIR or one of the golden crosses in the rear.
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Now this one is one of the "chipmunks" and I'm at a loss. Since I've no experience with wynadotts I'm guess there. They all have the white mottling on their faces. What say you?
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Here are all three breeds with one of my 2 remaining EE's in the background.
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Thanks for any help you can give me.
 
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You posted one picture twice.... but I'm gonna hazard a guess at Speckled Sussex for the "chipmonk" you referenced. And I think you're right about the NHR.

I guessed more to see if I'm right than to display any great knowledge.
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Couldn't get the program to let go of that one picture, finally got it right. Sussex would be a new breed for me. My only guess would be that in these places like CT they'd sell fairly common breeds that hatcheries would have in quantity.
 
I see a RIR in the first picture.

I don't think the white chicken is a leghorn but I don't know what it is... white rock maybe? Red sex link in back.

The third picture is a speckled sussex in front and a red sex link in back.
 

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