What are these chicks?

Darkfeather

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What are these chicks? They came from a store today that horribly mislabeled a lot of the breeds. So I'm not 100% sure what they are. I think the black ones are black copper marans, but the other two striped ones are a bit more of a mystery. Thoughts?
 
What type of comb do they have? Do any have feathered legs, and what is their leg color?
 
The black ones do have fuzzy legs and their legs are black with pink toes. The striped ones have orangeish pink feet and no feathering.
 
I don't see a comb on the striped ones yet. But the black ones have very small yellowish combs. The appear to be single combs.
 
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Then the black ones could very well be Marans, and the striped ones Wyandottes (gold laced probably).
 
I dunno, I don't think they look quite right to be wyandottes. They did supposedly have silvers there but not golds. I was thinking maybe speckled sussex. Those were supposed to be available, along with Araucanas which I thought was possible too, and Partridge Rock.
 
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Do you have closer pictures of the brown ones? Their back coloration is EXTREMELY common among many breeds as chicks. Their other fine details and features are what will distinguish them.
 




Here's some more pictures! One of the mystery chipmunks on top, then one of the chicks I'm pretty sure is a maran. The middle chick definitely has fuzz on its legs even though you can't see it well in the picture. The chick on the bottom is one that I noticed looked a little different from the other two blacks. Its got some yellow on its face and doesn't have leg fuzz.
 
I'm pretty sure your little chipmunk friend is a welsummer pullet! The black ones to me look a little like australorps, but they dont have leg fuzz, so I'm probably wrong! :)
 

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