These chicks have been listed from dark to light. Please keep in mind these photos are not to compare chicks in size but compare them in their coloring. As you can see, some are very similar, while others can be easily distinguished from one another. Look for patterns. Some yellow may show lighter on your computer, so this is something else to consider while identifying your breeds.
Tips for Identification:
- Pay close attention to patterns around eyes. Example: Speckled Sussex can look similar to Welsummer, however Speckled Sussex have a distinct eye line that curves up while Welsummer chicks have an eye line that goes straight back or slightly downward.
- Compare your chick's legs with the picture you are viewing. Are your chick's legs clean or feathered, dark or light?
- Remember Blue Breeds do not always breed true so they can be a light gray, black, or yellow.
- Some breeds are banded, please refer to our leg band color chart.
|
Ayam Cemani - banded green
|
|
|
|
Black Sex Link |
|
|
|
|
|
Black Split to Lavender Orpington - banded yellow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blue Copper Marans - banded dark pink |
|
Blue (BB) Birchen Marans - banded green |
|
|
|
Swedish Flower Hen - banded yellow |
|
Columbian Wyandotte |
|
Lavender Ameraucana - banded orange |
| Bielefelder |
|
Lakeside Egger - Meyer Hatchery Exclusive! |
|
Partridge Penedesenca - banded pink |
| Welsummer |
| Speckled Sussex |
| Light Brown Leghorn |
| Golden Cuckoo Marans |
| Easter Egger |
| Frizzle Easter Egger |
| Steele Eggers |
| Exchequer Leghorn |
| Delaware |
| Golden Buff |
| Buff Orpington |
| Silver Spangled Hamburg |
|
|
| Austra White |
| New Hampshire Red |
| White Cochin |
| White Leghorn |
| White Sultan |
| Wheaten Marans |
legband, legbands, leg bands, chick ID
Comments
6 comments
nice
this is one of the most excellent lists I have ever seen, thank you for your care and sharing it with us !!! Star in Texas at chickenscratch farm
Very good list. Was able to identify my chicks. Thank you.
Lonewolf Ranch
Great detail to this information , thankyou
If my chick has a yellow band but isn't one of the two that are one the chart as yellow band. Is it a male?
@fishtoyota3 - no, it would be one of the birds in the chart, a male would be banded black or blue. The Swedish Flower can look different that what is in the pictures, could it be that breed?
Please sign in to leave a comment.