What breed are these chicks?

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We ordered Silkie eggs from ebay, 4 of them hatched out looking like a totally different breed. When I questioned the seller, they said "some of the Silkies may have escaped the pen". Anyone want to guess what they are? The breeds he sells according to ebay are:
NAKED NECKS (TURKINS)
RHODE ISLAND REDS
WYANDOTTES
WHITE LEGHORN
BUFFS
BLACK AUSTRALORPS

I suspect the eggs were just grabbed from any pen, but they were all Brown and Medium sized (like if you got medium eggs at the store)
(the silkies were in the small whiteish eggs in the pic)










 
Well, the big brown eggs weren't silkies, that's for certain. Naked necks would already have naked necks (even as chicks they have no fluff on their necks) so I don't think it's those. Leghorns lay white eggs so we can rule those out, too. Buff orps and Rhode Island reds usually feather in a honey color and a reddish-brown color respectively, and those look to be feathering it white...

Black australorps should be black with yellow bellies...what color wyandottes does he sell? I'm wondering if you got something he didn't list or mixes. Whatever the case, you should start a claim with eBay and give him a review warning others away because even if the silkies 'got out of their pen' there's no way he mistook those other eggs for silkie eggs.
 
Well, the big brown eggs weren't silkies, that's for certain. Naked necks would already have naked necks (even as chicks they have no fluff on their necks) so I don't think it's those. Leghorns lay white eggs so we can rule those out, too. Buff orps and Rhode Island reds usually feather in a honey color and a reddish-brown color respectively, and those look to be feathering it white...

Black australorps should be black with yellow bellies...what color wyandottes does he sell? I'm wondering if you got something he didn't list or mixes. Whatever the case, you should start a claim with eBay and give him a review warning others away because even if the silkies 'got out of their pen' there's no way he mistook those other eggs for silkie eggs.
X 2, could be mixes, no wyandotte chicks Iv'e ever seen. The guy shouldn't be selling if he don't know his chicks
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I agree, and we will. We ended up selling the whole batch and will try for silkies next year. It's too hot to try again now... Thanks for the help!! Hope everyone has a good summer!!!
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