Chicken Chat

A lot of chicks can look very similar to each other and it might not be until they grow out to easily tell between them. Can you identify the chick above?

Baby Chicks (Day-old to 2 weeks)

Bielefelder

• Autosexing: males and females look different at hatch.

  • Females: dark chipmunk stripes, defined “eye liner.”

First Sorting Evaluations:

Feathered Feet?

• Yes → Brahma, Silkie, D’Uccle, Frizzle, Cochin-types

• No → Orpington, Rock, Wyandotte, Marans, Polish, Sussex, etc.

Feathered Feet and a Crest?

• Yes → Silkie (then sort by color: White, Black, Blue, Buff, Partridge, Splash, Gray, Red, Silkie Surprise, Crested/Bearded)

My surprise dozen has hatched successfully I got 9 successful baby chicks! I'm a first time incubator and chicken tender 😉 any ideas what breeds I may have?