Silver Leghorn or Phoenix?

basicliving

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Mar 20, 2008
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I received a variety of day old chicks from McMurray's about 4 weeks ago. At first, all the Phoenix and Silver Leghorns looked identical. At 4 weeks old, I can see a difference now - but I still don't know which is which. Can anyone help me? Some now have more silver on their chests (maybe the Silver Leghorns?) and some have more of a brown color on their chests. Here are a couple of pictures. Can anyone tell me which is which?

chicksweek5-1.jpg


And the one on the left in this picture:

chicksweek5-4.jpg


Thanks in advance,
Penny
 
I believe I finally found something that will solve this for me. It seems that Phoenix have slate colored legs - that would mean the top picture is a Silver Leghorn and the bottom (although you can't see the legs, they are slate) is the Phoenix.
 

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