What mix and gender is my chick?

[Homo sapien]

Do you know what hatchery your store used? Might be able to narrow it down that way.

I asked my store they said they didn't know.

 

[Homo sapien]

I just realized that the rooster with the strawberry comb in this article looks so much like Matilda. He even has black feet with yellow bottoms!

 

[NatJ]

Canada.

Maybe that's why I can't think of it. It probably is a kind of chicken that is not available from US hatcheries. Being further north, hatcheries in Canada would have more reason to develop more chickens with cushion combs, as compared with hatcheries in the US.

Maybe you could ask the store what hatchery they order from? Then you could look at what kinds of chicks that hatchery offers.

 

[Homo sapien]

Maybe that's why I can't think of it. It probably is a kind of chicken that is not available from US hatcheries. Being further north, hatcheries in Canada would have more reason to develop more chickens with cushion combs, as compared with hatcheries in the US.

Maybe you could ask the store what hatchery they order from? Then you could look at what kinds of chicks that hatchery offers.

I tried. They said they did not remember. I could ask them again. They should have it written somewhere.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Ask to speak to their purchasing manager. Most stores have one or two people who do all the ordering.

 

[Homo sapien]

Ask to speak to their purchasing manager. Most stores have one or two people who do all the ordering.

It is a small family store.

 

[LaurenRitz]

It is a small family store.

That's ok. There is one person at that store who does the ordering and will either know where things are purchased or will know how to look it up. Otherwise they would quickly go out of business.

 

[NatJ]

I just realized that the rooster with the strawberry comb in this article looks so much like Matilda. He even has black feet with yellow bottoms!

Yes, he does look very much like her!
I tried to figure out what breed he is-- no luck. There was a link to a thread with the picture
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...chicken-comb-contest-2016-strawberry.1109074/
He is in post #3
The owner listed his breed as "Jersey Giant" but then said they were not sure. Since Jersey Giants have single combs, he must be something else, which just leaves us guessing again. The poster's location is listed as Arizona. Unfortunately, that post was from 2016, and was the only post made by that poster, so I don't think we're going to get much more information from that. (But we do know that a chicken of that appearance existed in 2016, probably in Arizona unless the person changed locations sometime since then.)

 

[Homo sapien]

Thanks for all your ideas! I prefer Matilda over my barred rock so I am happy about how she turned out. She is the perfect sweet cold-hardy forager. I still think that her mother was a barred rock and her father a pure bred chicken. Based on the posts I would say that she could either have a Barred Rock mother with a Black Wyandotte father (#33) or a Barred Rock mother with a single barred Dominique father. I think the Barred Rock + Black Wyandotte mix best fits her appearance. If she had a single barred Dominique father and Barred Rock mother they could have mistaken the Dominique as a Barred Rock and that would explain why they called her such.

 

[Outgoing Orpingtons]

Is this approximately 19 week old chick a pullet or cockerel? Could you also help me figure out what breed or mix she/he is? She/he was sold to us as a Barred Rock, but I am certain she/he is not. The bottoms of her/his feet are yellow and I think she/he has a cushion comb.View attachment 4240581View attachment 4240582View attachment 4240583

Ameraucana hen