Surprise Chicks!! Please help identify!!

[tinkerjessica]

I got a mystery box from an online order a few weeks ago and was wondering if any one could help me identify the chicks?!! They are now 3 weeks old and there are 20 of them!! Just take your best guess because I'm clueless!!!

 

[GldnValleyHens]

This is a Silver laced Polish, or a white crested black polish.

 

[GldnValleyHens]

The dark ones with the white barring are Plymouth Rocks, egg layers. The polish are ornamental, don't lay much

 

[GldnValleyHens]

Easter Egger

 

[nightowl223]

I got a mystery box from an online order a few weeks ago and was wondering if any one could help me identify the chicks?!! They are now 3 weeks old and there are 20 of them!! Just take your best guess because I'm clueless!!!

I'll give my best guesses for those I have guesses on.

#1 looks like a Barred Rock (if a single comb) or Dominique (if a walnut comb) pullet.
#2 (across from #1) not sure, but I'm betting a roo, as big and robust as those legs and feet are.
#3 looks like one of any number of standard red layer breeds, from Cinnamon Queen to RSL to New Hampshire. I'm not familiar enough with them to tell the difference.
#4
#5 Polish, I believe.
#6 may be a Leghorn, or one of the lighter buff breeds, like Buff Orpington, and looks a bit roo-ish.
#7 - #11
#12 is an Easter Egger (sometimes referred to as an Ameraucana, but they have to be a specific color pattern to be Ameraucanas).
#13 looks like another EE.
#14 is a Barred Rock roo.
#15 Lavender Orpington, maybe? Definitely looks like a Lavender something or another.
#16-18, maybe more of the same Leghorn and/or Buff Orpington breed
#19 that's another Barred Rock or Dominique. Again, if single comb, it's the Barred Rock, and if walnut comb, it's the Dominique.
#20 unless it's got the fluffy cheeks like #12 and #13.

I hope I've helped. Enjoy your featherbabies!

 

[nightowl223]

The dark ones with the white barring are Plymouth Rocks, egg layers. The polish are ornamental, don't lay much

Nope, they're not necessarily just Plymouth Rocks - they could also be Dominiques, if they have a walnut comb. Not all of them have their comb visible, and sometimes hatcheries mix those two breeds up.

 

[nightowl223]

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Easter Egger

Definitely, agreed.

 

[Conan]

The ones that looks like Easter Eggers could also be Speckled Sussex. Mine look just like that, especially with the light tips on the ends of the feathers. My EE chicks had/have kinda green/gray legs. Or who knows!? Maybe even a Welsummer! When they are that little, they all look so much alike! It'll be fun watching them grow up to find out

 

[nightowl223]

The ones that looks like Easter Eggers could also be Speckled Sussex. Mine look just like that, especially with the light tips on the ends of the feathers. My EE chicks had/have kinda green/gray legs. Or who knows!? Maybe even a Welsummer! When they are that little, they all look so much alike! It'll be fun watching them grow up to find out

I would agree except for those extra fluffy cheeks. Those are definitely EE muffs, especially on the first one pictured.

 

[Conan]

Think I was looking at 10 and 20 - whoops! Agree with you all on the fluff cheeks - definitely EE on those bad boys!