Still guessing what breed....any ideas?

[scalaway]

Good Morning

-- Just wondering if you might be able to help me figure out what breeds I have

-They are all about 5-6 wks. We ordered the "rainbow layer assortment" from McMurray--I'm wondering how much of a "rainbow" we'll have-What do you think??- Here's the first:

My kiddos named this one leopard because she had such a striped face/body when she was a chick:

These one's have slate colored legs..wondering if they were hamburgs?? I was hoping they were EE's.....What do you think??

This one has me stumped...

Then there is this one

-- the spots on this one are a lot bigger than the one above...

Thanks so much

! I appreciate your input

!

 

[scalaway]

Pretty Please??

 

[sred98]

The bottom pic looks like a dark cornish. It's hard to tell if it's a pea comb, but looks like it.

The one above it looks like a brown leghorn pullet.

Not sure about the first two pics.

Shelly

 

[scalaway]

Thanks Shelley....I guess I didn't realize that leghorns had multi-colored feathers? I don't know if the picture shows it well or not, but the feathers on the one you think is a leghorn has little "spots" all over it--they're really pretty feathers

-- I just thought leghorns were solid colored? --I'm still pretty new at all this though--we've had Red Stars forever because of the monstrous egg size

-- We inherited a few white leghorns--which are AMAZING layers--they're like clockwork--love it!! I ordered this "assortment" hoping for some different breeds---but man, it's killing me trying to figure out what they heck they are

!! My hubby and I scan the McMurray catalog every night trying to guess

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BTW..the other does have a pea comb---Most of them do -- In the pictures I posted, the black and white one's have pea combs -if anything at all?? They aren't developing like the combs of the other chicks--the top one is taking FOREVER to feather out--still looks all dinosaur-ish

-- Maybe that will help in identifying them

--Thanks for your input

!

 

[sred98]

Yeah, I had a hard time when I was trying to ID my female leghorn. I was convinced she was some type of game bird! LOL! Here's a link to my pics, and you'll see she looks just like mine. She's the 3rd pic down.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=158350

Shelly

 

[scalaway]

Mine looks a lot like yours

-- We've got three of them--they're really pretty---I want to know what we have, but it doesn't really matter

--After raising them from little peeps, there's no way I'd get rid of any of them!

 

[SportTees]

The brown one may be a partridge rock

 

[scalaway]

I don't know if it'll help or not with ID'ing my babies, but the last picture (black w/ brown/red spots) has the longest wing feathers! They're MUCH longer than the other birds--really pretty!!

 

[keljonma]

my opinions....

picture 1 - I'm not sure what your leopard one is. It looks like it has leg feathering. The white and black behind it look like Columbian Wyandottes.

picture 2 looks like Silver Spangled Hamburg

picture 3 looks like Partridge Plymouth Rock

 

[sred98]

The leghorns are supposed to be really great layers, so you should be happy. Mine was a little skittish, but when you caught her, she would settle right down. I think it was just the idea of being caught! LOL!

Here is a link to a pic of my dark cornish when she was about your chick's age.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=59857

She has ended up being the friendliest chicken! She loves to just snuggle down in my arms and fall asleep!

Definitely a lap chicken.

And she layed all through the winter. I consistently get 6 eggs a week from her.

I went and looked, and the black and white could definitely be Hamburgs. They have slate legs like yours do.

I am not sure on the first one with the feathered legs. I thought maybe some kind of Maran, but I am not sure on that one at all. It's a definite possibility.

I think you've got a great selection there, but I didn't see any EE.

Shelly