Unknown Baby Chick

[MysteryChicken]

Does she still have yellow feet? Yellow pigment fades into white with increased laying. Where did you get your birds from?

I haven't looked at her feet lately, I'll look tomorrow. I got my Aussies from TSC store a few years ago.

 

[Cyprus]

I haven't looked at her feet lately, I'll look tomorrow. I got my Aussies from TSC store a few years ago.

That's probably why. TSC is notorious for mislabelling chicks. You probably got Jersey Giants and not Australorps.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Only one is really big. The other isn't so big.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'll take pictures tomorrow of my Aussies compared to my rooster.

 

[Bound to Sea]

Barred birds are blacks chicks, yes, but they have distinct "head spots" from hatch ...which is absent in this chick indicating no barring genes present. Chick is a black breed, not barred

My barred rock in front. Note the barring.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

That's probably why. TSC is notorious for mislabelling chicks. You probably got Jersey Giants and not Australorps.

Yep, which 8....i s why having the knowledge of the little differences, like skin color, can be so helpful

Only one is really big. The other isn't so big.

Hatchery stock are often very disappointing when compared to the breed standard, nature of being bred for quantity and production over quality and adherence to breed standard. You should see exhibition orpingtons, as an example, compared to hatchery orps......the former are big, beautiful beasts that dwarf the latter.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My first Buff Orpington stood at least 2 foot tall. We ended up using him for food later on.

 

[MysteryChicken]

He looked like this, but had better fuller tail feathers.

Show Quality Buff Orpington image from Google.com

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is my first Orpington's son.

 

[Nature_al]

That's probably why. TSC is notorious for mislabelling chicks. You probably got Jersey Giants and not Australorps.

I feel this is what happened to us, but at Murdoch’s, in Missoula, MT. Last year we thought we were getting a Welsummer and she turned out to be a he and a Road
island red. This year, a jersey giants/austrolop (we shall see...) instead of a barred rock. Annoying.