White Leghorn chicks.. Or are they??

[jmneill1]

Hello folks. I've been pouring over this forum for a couple weeks since picking up my first seven White Leghorn chicks from the local farm store. They are doing wonderfully and I have finished their coup. (over and over again)

This brings me to my question: The chicks are 14 days old and are developing brown wing and tail feathers.
Is this all part of growing up for white leghorn chicks, or do I have seven little mysteries on my hands?

The feathers are darker than the pictures depicts, as I was unable to spread the little one's wings using only one hand.

Thanks for having me on the forum, and thanks in advance for any opinions!

 

[keesmom]

They look like red sex links.

 

[jmneill1]

They look like red sex links.

Thank you. I will post better pictures when I can get them out into some natural light tomorrow.
guess white Leghorns they are not. lol

 

[MaLoTu]

I have one white leghorn that is less than a week old, she already has white flight feathers. They are a very light buttercup yellow as chicks. Ill try to post a picture if you feel it would help.

 

[jmneill1]

I have one white leghorn that is less than a week old, she already has white flight feathers. They are a very light buttercup yellow as chicks. Ill try to post a picture if you feel it would help.

Thanks for the offer MaLoTu, but at this point It's a safe bet I have anything but white leghorns.

Here are some pictures taken a few minutes ago showing the developing color. I'd welcome any input as to what they might, or might not be. Someone suggested red sex links, another cornish rocks, but with a Google search, I can neither confirm or rule out either..
The farm store did have cornish rocks at the time I bought these if it helps...

Once again, thanks for any input..

 

[Julia62]

If they are Red Sex Links, you will get some great eggs! We have a Leghorn, Golden Comet (aka Golden Sex Link), and a Silver Laced Wyandotte and the golden comet (Ginger) gives us good sized eggs missing about 1 or 2 days a month. Mrs. Howell (Leghorn) lays about the same but her eggs average 60-64 grams in size. Either way, great birds

 

[keesmom]

They are definitely not Cornish X. Those are solid white and would be much bigger by now.

 

[jmneill1]

They are definitely not Cornish X. Those are solid white and would be much bigger by now.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but could I take the fact you mentioned above (lack of super rapid growth) that these are probably not meat birds?
Being this was initially a white leghorn purchase, I was of course, after good egg layers..

Thanks..

 

[jmneill1]

Ok, new pictures. 18 days old today, give or take a day.
Any new clues, educated guesses or ideas?
Again, these came from a box marked white leghorn pullets..
Could they be a leghorn cross? My uneducated guess would be no, as I see no sign whatsoever of white feathers..

 

[keesmom]

They are not Leghorns. They still look like red sex links to me. They are excellent brown egg layers.