The suspense is already killing me!

[mle022]

Haha thanks! It is a very cute little chick. I am very much looking forward to seeing what it grows into. Maybe I will have to post update pictures of it in a week or two to see if that gives any better ideas as what kind of breed or mix it is.

I agree that it's exciting to see them grow in the first few weeks. Always curious as to what their feathers will turn out to look like.


I think I will have to give it an x-men character name, my cute little mutant.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Haha thanks! It is a very cute little chick. I am very much looking forward to seeing what it grows into. Maybe I will have to post update pictures of it in a week or two to see if that gives any better ideas as what kind of breed or mix it is.

I agree that it's exciting to see them grow in the first few weeks. Always curious as to what their feathers will turn out to look like.


I think I will have to give it an x-men character name, my cute little mutant.

I would wait longer than a week or two...maybe repost at 6 weeks or so.

Your chick will go through a very awkward molt that is neither chick nor adult that is especially hard to tell breeds...it's just usually odd colors and fluff falling off until 6 to 8 weeks.

LofMc

 

[Spangled]

I think I will have to give it an x-men character name, my cute little mutant.

 

[steph0601]

I think we have the same chick. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/955111/one-week-old-ts-pullets#post_14912986

And here she is @ 3 weeks...

This is the first time I have seen anyone with practical the same chick as me, interested to find out if it is a specific breed. Let me know what you find out.

 

[mle022]

I think we have the same chick. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/955111/one-week-old-ts-pullets#post_14912986

And here she is @ 3 weeks...

This is the first time I have seen anyone with practical the same chick as me, interested to find out if it is a specific breed. Let me know what you find out.

That is too cool! They do look a lot alike. I'd be curious to see how yours grows up as well!

Mine is starting to show some really beautiful feathers, so now I really want to know what they might be:

 

[steph0601]

New pictures of our little one... approximately 4 weeks

 

[IamMina]

Okay I checked the whole special order list I'm almost certain your chick is a welsummer chick

The welsummer chick's look like this


Welsummer adults look like this

 

[steph0601]

No mine isn't a welsummer, I have 3 of these chicks, the welsummer is more chipmunk like as a chick where as this one is black/very dark brown with golden head

 

[Spangled]

New pictures of our little one... approximately 4 weeks

No mine isn't a welsummer, I have 3 of these chicks, the welsummer is more chipmunk like as a chick where as this one is black/very dark brown with golden head

I still think it's a Golden Campine that is heterozygous for pattern gene, so it will be blurry laced instead of autosomally barred.

I am glad to hear you have 3 of these chicks because the one shown above is reminding me of a male. However, Golden Campines display comb and wattle development early. As long as all 3 of your chicks show similar comb and wattle development, then hopefully you have all females. Often Campine males will be "henny" feathered, which you may already know, means that they won't have male pattern adult feathers; they will look like hens with large combs and large wattles. The hens and roosters match, the same way Sebrights do. Disclaimer: Some lines of Campines don't carry henny-feathering.

You may already know this, but the hatchery knows that the little sable-colored chicks (like yours) are poorly-marked Golden Campines because homozygous Golden Campine chicks have a completely different chick down pattern. The hatchery will remove these poorly-marked chicks (the kind you have) from the incubators/warmers and put them in their shipments of "Pullet Surprise" to TSC because they can't send them to the people who ordered Golden Campines. The people who ordered the Golden Campines would complain immediately if they received those little brown chicks mixed in with the properly-marked marbled Golden Campine chicks. They can sell the heterozygous for pattern gene dark brown-colored Golden Campine chicks to unsuspecting backyard chicken owners at TSC because people who want backyard chickens for eggs usually don't care what kind of chickens they get or really have no choice because TSC is sometimes the only game in town. The hatchery, nor TSC, make no special claims about the chicks at TSC, so it's all good.

They are so cute as chicks, but they just look like blurry-laced brown hens. They sort of look like the Welsummer above, but the brown part on the shoulders, back, tail, etc., are all brownish with an obvious lacing-style pattern on all the feathers. They are supposed to have autosomal barring (many gold/brown stripes on each feather) like Golden Campines do. So these chicks don't grow up into an especially striking hen, but, depending on the line, can be great layers of medium-sized white eggs, close to large. They can be a little flighty or stand-offish. But if you handle the females a lot, they should be calm-ish. Also, they are an egg-laying type of chicken, so they won't be meaty. If you want to get more next year, you just need to order Golden Campines. They'll have a little different feather pattern, but they'll be the same size and lay the same colored egg. Or order a Golden Campine rooster and breed him with your hens and approximately 50% of all the little chicks will be just like their mommies! The other 50% should look like regular Golden Campines.

NOTE: I kind of used the terms sable, brown, and dark brown interchangeably. I was not using dark brown in reference to Db, however, Golden Campines do carry Db.

 

[mle022]

What a pretty chick, Steph0601.

Mine now has a very red chest, but the same kind of black with orange/gold center feathers that yours has.

Spangled, thank you so much for the information! Such great information!