Friday, February 16, 2018

Mystery Chicks

We ordered a 25 chick box of Rare Breed Chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery This is the list of possible breeds we may have gotten:
  1. Araucanas/Ameraucanas Easter Eggers
  2. Cochins
  3. Langshans
  4. Andalusians
  5. Brahmas
  6. Polish
  7. Buttercups
  8. Wyandottes
  9. Cream Legbars
  10. Crevecoeurs
  11. Cornish
  12. Dominiques
  13. Fayoumis
  14. Campines
  15. Hamburgs
  16. Lakenvelders
  17. Modern Games
  18. Houdans
  19. Rocks
  20. Phoenix
  21. Red Caps
  22. Leghorns
  23. Faverolles
  24. Dorkings
  25. Spanish
  26. Sussex
  27. Sultans
  28. Sumatras
  29. Turkens/Naked Neck

I was able to rule out several breeds as those chicks would have a puff of fur on their heads. That rules out the Houdans, Polish and Sultans. They all have neck fuzz, so there are no Turkens in this order.
Leaving us with these possibilities:
  1. Araucanas/Ameraucanas Easter Eggers
  2. Cochins
  3. Langshans
  4. Andalusians
  5. Brahmas
  6. Buttercups
  7. Wyandottes
  8. Cream Legbars
  9. Cornish
  10. Dominiques
  11. Fayoumis
  12. Campines
  13. Hamburgs
  14. Lakenvelders
  15. Modern Games
  16. Rocks
  17. Phoenix
  18. Red Caps
  19. Leghorns
  20. Faverolles
  21. Dorkings
  22. Spanish
  23. Sussex
  24. Sumatras

I have 10 with Feathered legs and 13 with clean legs. I have ruled out several of the feather legged varieties due to the 10 chicks not looking like those varieties.
Now looking at the rest of what is on the list I can make reasonable deductions on the other breeds I most likely received.  That leaves us with sorting through these:

  1. Araucanas/Ameraucanas Easter Eggers
  2. Cochins
  3. Langshans
  4. Andalusians
  5. Brahmas
  6. Buttercups
  7. Wyandottes
  8. Cream Legbars
  9. Cornish
  10. Dominiques
  11. Fayoumis
  12. Campines
  13. Hamburgs
  14. Lakenvelders
  15. Modern Games
  16. Rocks
  17. Phoenix
  18. Red Caps
  19. Leghorns
  20. Faverolles
  21. Dorkings

Based on what my chicks look like and what pictures I found on McMurray's site I would say that these are the most likely breeds I have:

  1. Araucanas/Ameraucanas Easter Eggers
  2. Cochins
  3. Langshans
  4. Brahmas
  5. Cream Legbars
  6. Cornish
  7. Fayoumis
  8. Modern Games
  9. Rocks
  10. Phoenix
  11. Leghorns
I will take more pictures as they grow and see if I was correct or not.

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