Okay so I've finally been duped by Tractor Supply, guess it was coming LOL

[thistlewick]

Please help me out; because I am 100% sure these are not as advertised lol

"Bielefelder" (that I paid like $12 for!!) that is also a cross-beak ><

Golden Laced Wyandotte:

I am thinking Easter Egger?? Maybe I took a pic of the wrong one (I did get one easter egger in this batch) but yeah I don't see a single chick with lacing in the bunch.

Now that I look at this pic, I am wondering if I got the right chick but it doesn't matter because none of them have lacing and by 3-4 weeks they shouldn't have barring... which is what this looks like right?

Any help would be lovely, thanks for looking!

 

[The Moonshiner]

That's not barring just juvenile pattern.
I'm going with both being Easter Eggers.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I’m starting to wonder if Tractor Supply just orders EEs and then slaps fancy labels and prices on them…

 

[The Moonshiner]

I’m starting to wonder if Tractor Supply just orders EEs and then slaps fancy labels and prices on them…

I think they just take whatever is sent and then slaps fancy labels and prices on.
As long as people are lining up at the door waiting on the shipments to come in there's no motivation to change.

 

[thistlewick]

well whatever they turn out to be I think I'm done with tractor supply -- they have been great last year, healthy chicks 100% but this year, I think they're spitting them out because demand is insane.

We are just filling out our flock, we aren't in the 'egg shortage' frenzy of just getting chicks for the hell of it.

I have bought chicks in the mail as well (Mt Healthy, Greenfire Farms) and it's not my favorite experience.

Luckily now, I've got enough birds and enough boys to play around and fill out my flock myself for a few years before I will need an influx of new genes.

 

[thistlewick]

That's not barring just juvenile pattern.
I'm going with both being Easter Eggers.

Oh no she doesn't look anything like she's supposed to;

4 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte examples: