New chicks.

[nubiansrus1]

Bought these from tractor supply supposed to be two gold laced Wyandottes and a black sex link. I got 14 chicks total. Thinking there's at least 3 different breeds. What's your guess on what these are? About a week old. There are 3 chicks pictured. 2 pics of each chick.

 

[bantamluv]

it looks like you have some golden laced wyandottes and black sex links, but i'm not sure what the other chicks are. they look very familiar but i cannot think of a specific breed. it almost looks like they have blueish feathers coming in. what color are their wing feathers?

 

[nubiansrus1]

Top one cant be a Wyandotte wrong kind of comb. And the one supposed to be a sex link does indeed have blue feathers coming in. So guessing not a black sex link But thanks for replying

 

[nubiansrus1]

No one?

Top one cant be a Wyandotte wrong kind of comb. And the one supposed to be a sex link does indeed have blue feathers coming in. So guessing not a black sex link But thanks for replying

 

[danceswithronin]

I still think the top chick is a golden laced Wyandotte, I have one that looks just like it and it was bought from a hatchery as a GLW.

Brown-headed chick kind of looks like a Welsummer or Speckled Sussex but hard to tell without seeing the rest of the body.

Bluish chick looks like some kind of Olive Egger maybe? The brown-headed one could be an Olive Egger/Easter Egger as well depending on body color and feet.

 

[nubiansrus1]

Don't think that's possible. It has the wrong kind of comb. Not sure if maybe a cross breed? But even my Wyandotte crosses have the right comb. What kind of comb does yours have?

I still think the top chick is a golden laced Wyandotte, I have one that looks just like it and it was bought from a hatchery as a GLW.

 

[danceswithronin]

Don't think that's possible. It has the wrong kind of comb. Not sure if maybe a cross breed? But even my Wyandotte crosses have the right comb. What kind of comb does yours have?

Hatchery grade birds can throw a straight/single comb even though the standard is rose comb. I looked and mine does have a rose comb though. Otherwise yours looks hands-down like a GLW to me, so I bet it just has a fault comb.

Something I read about it from a show birds forum:

Persistence of straight comb in a rose comb background is interesting because the recessive straight comb gene restores fertility to rose comb sperm. In other words, heterozygous straight comb/rose comb males have a significant reproductive advantage over pure rose comb males.

It could be something else of course, but GLW is still my best guess.

 

[nubiansrus1]

I still think the top chick is a golden laced Wyandotte, I have one that looks just like it and it was bought from a hatchery as a GLW.

Brown-headed chick kind of looks like a Welsummer or Speckled Sussex but hard to tell without seeing the rest of the body.

Bluish chick looks like some kind of Olive Egger maybe? The brown-headed one could be an Olive Egger/Easter Egger as well depending on body color and feet.

3 is the only one with a pea comb.

 

[danceswithronin]

3 is the only one with a pea comb.

I meant pea comb not rose comb, so disregard. Still not real tight on all the different standards.

 

[nubiansrus1]

I'm still learning too. 1 and 2 have straight combs. 3rd is a pea comb. 3rd was also in the Wyandotte bin. I suspect that might be correct.

I meant pea comb not rose comb, so disregard. Still not real tight on all the different standards.