Telling chicks apart

[SpringChickens]

Those should be fairly easy to tell apart. Your SLW will be a greyish-brown color and look like a chipmunk - have stripes. The Australorps will be black with a white chest and white around their face and your Barred Rocks will be mostly black with a white dot on the top of their head. Besides that, all 3 breeds are very distinctive as adults, so it won't take more than a few days before you can see enough of their adult feathers to determine their breed.

Enjoy your babies!

 

[Lofty Dreams]

You cold use bands once you figured out what breed they are

 

[ARose4Heaven]

AAARRRRRGHHHHH I have 100 assorted brown egg layers from McMurray in my brooder in the garage. I have looked at and looked at all the sites I could find showing chickens and chicks. But alas! I just get more confused. I guess I am just destined to remain breed illiterate.

I see barred chickens...but then there are many breeds that are barred, Buff chickens, but again, many breeds feature the buff. etc, etc, etc.

It's a black copper maran...WRONG! That one is a Black sex-link. oops

Ok, that one is an Ameraucana...BUZZZ!...wrong again. That one is a EE. My Bad..why anybody can SEE that!

Ok, I KNOW this one, that's a Rhode Island Red!....SMACK! Silly girl, that's a Red Sex Link!

About the only breeds I can accurately identify are the NN, the Silkies, and the Wyandottes (But what's this? they come in buff too? Sheeshes!).

HEY! I got it.... That one is a Black Chicken. There I did it. I identified a bird.

I suppose I should just be content to enjoy my nice brown eggs, Watch the color guard parade around my chicken run, and smile.
A chicken by any other name tastes the same.

 

[Michigan Transplant]

Thanks everyone! I have written down everyone's opinions on what each one will look like. BUT, I am like arose4heaven, They all look a like to me. SO when I get them and get good pictures, I think the best thing to do is to post them on here and see if I can identify them and let you tell me if I am right or not. THANK YOU one and all. Can't believe how everyone is willing to help others. Guess chicken people are the best.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

Thank you dsqard for the link to Feathersite.

It will certainly help me identify my chicks when they come