Need help with breed of this blue chick

agkuyk08

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These two blue chicks were ordered by a friend from cackle hatchery. They ordered 50 assorted heavies. This is the only breed I'm stumped on. I thought it to be a lavender Orpington, but they have dark beaks and legs, and these chicks do not. I've went through cackles list of breeds and couldn't find anything these might be. I don't think they sell blue leghorns so I can rule that out as well. Any help?
 
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These two blue chicks were ordered by a friend from cackle hatchery. They ordered 50 assorted heavies. This is the only breed I'm stumped on. I thought it to be a lavender Orpington, but they have dark beaks and legs, and these chicks do not. I've went through cackles list of breeds and couldn't find anything these might be. I don't think they sell blue leghorns so I can rule that out as well. Any help?
Do they have feathered legs?
 
Yeah they are bantams. I missed the part about the assorted heavies. Sorry...lol  I don't see what they could be either. Maybe someone more familiar will come along to help.
She said some have feathered feet and some don't. My guess then would be Marans as the French line has feathered feet while the American line doesn't. But I didn't see Blue Marans listed on Cackle
 
Cackle only carries black, black copper and cuckoo Marans. Even if some of these mixed together, they wouldn't produce anything blue (unless they have blue birds in their breeding pens and don't even know it?). The ones with feathered legs could be blue or splash standard Cochins, they'd qualify as a heavy breed (they're BIG birds). But, I don't have a clue as to what the ones with non-feathered shanks could be. I don't think they carry blue Orpingtons, I didn't see any, anyway. I know they have blue Sumatras, but I don't think they would be a heavy breed?
 

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