So I’ve figured out which one of the chicks is our “free rare chick”. …one has feathered feet! I didn’t order any breeds that could have feathered feet so it looks like this one is my little odd one. I’ve nicknamed it “Boots” for now. I don’t know the sex of it and farm sense tells you that a “free” chicken is going to be a rooster, but I’ll have to wait and see.
With the feathered feet and a normal number of toes I am left suspecting that the breed is either a Cochin or a Brahma. You can see some great photos of Brahma and Cochins here. It appears to have a different “build” than the other chicks. It’s a bit stockier and fluffier. It looks like it’s waddling most of the time. It’s terribly cute and I can’t wait to see how it grows up!
I also have discovered that there was a small error in our order. I did get 27 chicks as requested but it looks like I got one extra Cornish-X and ones less Araucana. Oh well. One of the “Araucana” also appears to be very light golden which I didn’t think was typical for Araucanas so we’ll see how that one grows up. It’s clearly not another Cornish-X though.
