Tractor Supply Mystery Bantam - What am I?

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Fished some bantams out of the bin at the local tsc. There are 4 silver sebrights, 1 golden sebright, 1 oegb (maybe a BB) and this mystery chick.

Mystery Chick Attributes:

Gray face and belly
Brown sides and head
DarkerBrown on Back/Dorsal
Larger than the Sebrights & OEGB but not a full sized chick (it is a bantam)
No feathered feet
Gray Legs
No pouf on the head but might have a muff hard to tell

Partridge wyndotte bantam maybe? Easter Egger? I assume they come from Hoover Hatchery but the employee couldn't confirm.

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Chick in in the front next to a silver sebright and the ogeb for size.
 
That's what I suspected. It does seem to have a puffy little muff. Weird, I didn't see EE bantams on Hoover's website. That'd be neat if it turns out to be a hen. Little colored eggs are fun. Thanks.
It doesn’t look like a bantam to me
 
It doesn’t look like a bantam to me
That was my other concern, although if it is full sized, it is very small. I had full sized EEs last summer and full sized RIR/PRs this year, and it is smaller than they were. If it turns out to be standard sized, that's OK. I bought the birds for the silver sebrights and the oegb - I took the other two because I felt bad leaving them there alone. After I deal with all their pasty butts I can look into finding it a new home if it is a standard; I only keep bantams.
Edit: doesn't help oegb and sebrights are on the smaller end of the bantam spectrum. Not sure how helpful using them as a size reference is, as my oegb/d'anver chicks were half the size of the silkies when I got my hatchery order.
 
Cackle and ideal offer EE bantams.I agree with TheOddOnesOut on breed.
Ideal is who I usually go through; they have a lot of bantams. I had bad luck this year with orders, so I did TSC on a whim when I saw the sebrights. Last year I ended up with 4 roosters and no silver hens, so I wanted to try again. They are a very cheeky, pretty breed. I really don't know who supplies these chicks, so it is possible they are from Ideal or Cackle and not Hoover. I'll give this guy a little time and see if it is a bantam or a standard.
 
Ideal is who I usually go through; they have a lot of bantams. I had bad luck this year with orders, so I did TSC on a whim when I saw the sebrights. Last year I ended up with 4 roosters and no silver hens, so I wanted to try again. They are a very cheeky, pretty breed. I really don't know who supplies these chicks, so it is possible they are from Ideal or Cackle and not Hoover. I'll give this guy a little time and see if it is a bantam or a standard.
I have a little silver sebright hen from TSC and she’s a pretty cute little bugger. I don’t think she lays any eggs, but there’s not really a way to tell unless I separate her.
 
Sooo, I bought a “bantam” chick from tractor supply. It was super cute and it turned out to be a full size Easter Egger of some sort.
Her name is now “tractor supply” and she is an odd one… likes to watch the sky ALL THE TIME and chases my dog around the yard..
photo of the creeper attached 🤣😂🤣 A1CC6D03-FA06-4099-9B15-D9C7F1DBAD3C.jpeg
 
A lot of times when there are only 1-2 chicks left in a bin they will toss them in a different bin of chicks and not change the label. I agree it looks much to large for a bantam.
 

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