What kind of chick is this?

[sunfloweralleychickens]

My exotic chick from MacMurray Hatchery is still a mystery? Any ideas on breed and gender?
Thanks.

 

[maybejoey]

It could be a rhode island red or an astrolope. But you really cant be for sure until they are older. Wont be able to tell sex until they are atleast 3 months of age.

 

[CC1892]

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I think it's too brown to be a Black Australope, perhaps a Partridge Rock?

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Its definatly not a black australorp. Black Australorps are Black, this chick is reddish/brown. It looks like an RIR to me.

 

[CC1892]

CC's CoopCuties :

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I think it's too brown to be a Black Australope, perhaps a Partridge Rock?

What ever the breed-this little one sure does have a pronounced little comb!
Don't panic, I thought for weeks I had a Black Australope Roo, but he turned out to be a she.

Your baby chick sure is a cutie!​

 

[nurse_turtle]

It's a Roo. A large percentage of McMurray mystery chicks are male. They claim the mystery chick comes from their rare assortment. I would check their list of "rares" and find which breed may apply.

 

[ChickasaurusRex]

Maybe Speckled Sussex?

 

[Debbienmousey]

From what I remember when we had our three RIRs, that chick is far too dark brown-ish in color to be a RIR. We got ours from McMurray also. And a Speckled Sussex would have some white dots on the back & wings and white on it's chest, so it's not that :\\.

Could be a Partridge Rock, although I'm not seeing much Partridgey-barring color?

Here's a picture of one of our Partridge Rocks, from McMurray, at about 3 weeks old.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

It is not a RIR for sure.

 

[sunfloweralleychickens]

Thank you for all the input. I should have shared some more info (my first post, sorry). In the first pic, the chick is about 5 days old. The other three were taken today, about 4 weeks old. It is definitely a bantam. I had 5 RIRs come in the order and they are about double or triple the size of this one.