Hoover's Hatchery Assortments

[Crazy Chicken Boy]

Hi guys, I recently received 20 chicks of 4 different assortments from Hoover's Hatchery in Rudd, IA. I got the chicks May 9th and can't figure out what 10 of them are. The possible breeds that I could have are barred rock, black austrolorp, black jersey giant, buff orpington, delaware, new hampshire, rainbow, amberlink, california white, white leghorn, black sex link, rir, ancona, brown leghorn, andalusian, silver lakenvelder, americana, olive egger, prarie bluebell egger, sapphire olive egger, starlight green eggger, midnight majesty maran, french black copper maran, and cuckoo maran. Here are the 10 that I cannot figure out. I have numbered them so tell me which number you think is what.

 

[rural mouse]

Black chicks with headspots will be barred so barred plymouth rock, cuckoo marans, or a barred egger. Plymouth rocks have yellow skin. Marans have white skin (and all but the cuckoo will have at least some feathering on the legs).

Brown leghorn are the classic chipmunk striped chicks with ancient Egyptian eyeliner.

Yellow chicks: white leghorn, California white, amberlink, buff (any breed, look more gold). Not sure what the amber link looks like as an adult, but the white leghorn has Yellow legs and the California white has a few dark spots in the feathers.

Rhode Island red, New Hampshire, and the rainbow all are red toned as chicks. RIR is redder than new Hamp (almost orange). Not sure on the rainbow, but leg color on the RIR is also yellow (looks closer to orange on the chicks)

Ancona chicks are Yellow with black back and a black snipe on the forehead. They'll feather in black backed with white everywhere else and gain the mottling in the 9-12 week moult.

Deleware and silver lakenvelder are Colombian marked (lighter than wyandottes and light brahmas), so grey and Yellow as chicks, feathering in with black tail, ring around neck, patchy white elsewhere that clears as they moult for adult feathers. Lakenvelder have a long slim body similar to the shape of a leghorn and deleware are built rounder, more like a Plymouth rock.

Black chicks, white breast/belly: australorp, black jersey giants, black sex-link, French black copper marans, midnight marans.... australorp has white skin, giant has Yellow, black copper marans has feathered legs, midnight is darker (especially around face), sex-link will eventually pop some red/gold around the face/neck as will the marans.

Blue: can turn out blue, black or splash (white with grey-black "finger prints" randomly spread about). Both blue and black chicks can look black and change as they grow. The blue tones start to play with your eyes. Now they're grey, now they're black.

The assorted types of Eggers have so much variation that you'll likely have to wait for eggs to determine what they are.

Many of the Eggers, including Americanas have beards and muffs. The other breeds in that list do not. Many also have pea combs and the other breeds listed do not. All the non-egger breeds have straight combs, but so can the various Eggers. Any of your chicks without straight combs are one of the Egger types.

I think #8 is a silver lakenvelder, I'm NOT seeing any brown leghorns, rir, NH, or rainbows, buff orps, or Ancona.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

1. Barred, I’m guessing Barred Rock, because the feet look yellow.
2. This one’s feet look more pink, so maybe Cuckoo Marans. Or it could just be the lighting.
3. Probably an Egger of some kind, since none of the white breeds should have legs that color.
4. Likely same as 3
5. White leghorn, California white, or Amberlink.
6. Same as 5
7. Either a blue Andalusian or one of the Eggers.
8. Silver Lakenvelder
9. Black sex link
10. Same as 9

 

[Crazy Chicken Boy]

Thank guys so much for this helpful information! It has really helped. I was wonderong if either of you guys thought that #'s 3 and 4 could be splash andalusian's? Also some of the chicks I thought were brown leghorns (pictures not above) have developed a white chest with white dappling in their feathers. Do you have any idea what those could be out the possible breeds?
Thanks so much again!

 

[rural mouse]

Thank guys so much for this helpful information! It has really helped. I was wonderong if either of you guys thought that #'s 3 and 4 could be splash andalusian's? Also some of the chicks I thought were brown leghorns (pictures not above) have developed a white chest with white dappling in their feathers. Do you have any idea what those could be out the possible breeds?
Thanks so much again!

Pics would help, but sounds like speckled sussex

 

[Crazy Chicken Boy]

Pics would help, but sounds like speckled sussex

Thanks I will go out and some pics soon.

 

[Crazy Chicken Boy]

Here is that pic

Pics would help, but sounds like speckled sussex

 

[rural mouse]

Here is that pic

That does look like a Speckled sussex.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Thank guys so much for this helpful information! It has really helped. I was wonderong if either of you guys thought that #'s 3 and 4 could be splash andalusian's? Also some of the chicks I thought were brown leghorns (pictures not above) have developed a white chest with white dappling in their feathers. Do you have any idea what those could be out the possible breeds?
Thanks so much again!

#3 and 4 aren't splash Andalusians, they've got the wrong color legs.

That does look like a Speckled sussex.

I agree.

 

[Crazy Chicken Boy]

#3 and 4 aren't splash Andalusians, they've got the wrong color legs.

I agree.

Ok thank y'all so much