Starting the breed guessing game with my Surprise order babies

[daniel rainey]

the hamburge should have white with black on the feather tips but those are black with white...

 

[flockmomma]

I'll have to take a closer look at the ones I think are Hamburgs. Maybe since they are hatchery stock, they just are a bit off in coloring?

I am thinking #37, aka Tiny, is a Yokohama. It started out very close to the others in size. Not bantam tiny, and they weren't sending me bantams due to hawk problems out here. Its comb is flat, no bumps or anything to it. It is keeping pace with the other chicks in growth, just slightly (not majorly) smaller than the others. The other non-straight combed chick breed that is white is the white Wyandotte, and this chick is not big enough to be a Wyandotte.

 

[daniel rainey]

i thought by the featering at the start that the hamburges may infact have been rose combed anconas but i think they are hamburges now

 

[Serenity30]

I have 2 like your # 37. Definitely smaller than the rest of the gang. We had three, but one didn't make it past a few days after we got them. If they are Yokohama. They will be some unique and beautiful birds. Since they are solid white, they will probably be the same as they get older.
These are my two like your 37.


close up of one to see the comb.

 

[flockmomma]

Yep, I had two or three like that, but lost the others. Tiny does look like those ones. Tiny is also going to have to learn to dodge my BBB turkey. Tiny got out of the chick enclosure today, and got in the way of the turkey at feeding time. Going to have to remedy that escape route.

We also have a full grown guinea visiting our flock from a neighboring one. It was over here late last night, we sent it back over the pasture fence, and today it was out there again. Thing is, the people who have those Guineas have many types of animals, lots of gates, and No Trespassing signs up, so we will have to wait until we catch them outdoors to tell them where their guinea is at. We found it in with ours when we went to shut everyone up for the evening. We don't know these folks at all. Maybe I will do a drive by and leave a note on their gate to let them know that one of their male guineas is roaming with our turkey and four guineas (btw, guineas and turkeys make great buddies for foraging).