what color are they

[sydney13]

i ordered a few chicks and now im wondering what color they are?
this chick i am pretty sure this is my cochin but i ordered silver laced but i think they sent me something else. partridge or maybe golden laced?

ive got some more photos of the other chicks that i dont know the color of but it will take a few minutes for them to load

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

That looks like a Mille Fleur d'Uccle to me, but it could be a poorly colored Golden Laced Cochin.

 

[sydney13]

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she definitely isn't a bantam though because she is the same size as my jersey giant, and i bought 5 other cochins from them and they all look like that. could all of their cochins be poorly laced or are the chicks something other then laced?

 

[Sweetfolly]

Cackle Hatchery has some pretty nice pictures of Cochin adults and chicks in all the color varieties they sell, maybe the pictures can help you: http://www.cacklehatchery.com/partridgecochinstd.html

Also, here's the feathersite.com Cochin chick page: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Cochins/BRKCochChix.html

Edited to fix the link from Bantam to Standard Cochins!

 

[sydney13]

and does she look like a girl?

 

[Mahonri]

Probably a 'golden laced'.... cochin.

 

[Sweetfolly]

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I think it's too early to tell (unless you know how to vent sex). Wait until he/she's around 4 - 6 weeks old. If it's a roo, it should be obvious by then. Can you get a picture of the head straight-on, so that it shows the comb very clearly? A Cochin Roo's comb turns red pretty early on.

Did you order the chicks sexed or straight run? If you ordered a Silver Laced Cochin pullet and they substituted a Golden Laced, chances are you still got a pullet.

 

[LeBlackbird]

i'm gonna say buff cochin...

 

[sydney13]

now im starting to think buff brahma? does she look like one

 

[Sweetfolly]

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Well, I'd never seen a Buff Brahma chick before, but I looked up a picture and I definately agree with you! I love learning something new every day on BYC!

Does that mean they shorted you a Cochin?