New chicken owner not sure the breed

kriskmitch

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We are new chick owners. I’m not sure what breed this little one is. We bought two of them with the other chicks we purchased. I thought I would remember the name, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. Thank you!
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Hi. I'm thinking blue Australorp or maybe even blue Orpington (since they are kinda fluffy).
But they're very small, it's very hard to tell a breed at this stage. In a month or so things might get clearer, but event then it will be hard to tell. In a couple of months, when their feet will have a more definitive color, look for the color on their soles. If it's yellow, they're not orpingtons or australorps. The sole should be gray-whitish-purplish. If their eyes remains very dark, almost black but the soles are yellow, you might have a Jersey Giant (especially if they will grow very large). If the eyes will become yellow or red, you probably have something else or a hybrid, event though hybrids rarely are blue in color, and it seems that they are blue-feathered.
 
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Hi. I'm thinking blue Australorp or maybe even blue Orpington (since they are kinda fluffy).
But they're very small, it's very hard to tell a breed at this stage. In a month or so things might get clearer, but event then it will be hard to tell. In a couple of months, when their feet will have a more definitive color, look for the color on their soles. If it's yellow, they're not orpingtons or australorps. The sole should be gray-whitish-purplish. If their eyes remains very dark, almost black but the soles are yellow, you might have a Jersey Giant (especially if they will grow very large). If the eyes will become yellow or red, you probably have something else or a hybrid, event though hybrids rarely are blue in color, and it seems that they are blue-feathered.
Thank you for the response :)
 

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