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That is a very sad situation :( As regards putting together another flock, maybe look at what chicks are available locally, and ask if the kids have a preference. Or even take the kids into the store and let them each pick one or two chicks. Sometimes it is good to try to match the breeds you...

Pretty Spitzhauben pullet! Thanks for updating. It's fun to see how they grow and change :)

I'm not sure. I think another few weeks should make it more clear.

Looking good! And yes, one definitely looks like a Spitzhauben :)

That sounds likely. Or maybe the chick was in the wrong spot.

I agree, the chick in the first post looks a lot like a Spitzhauben. I suppose it will become more obvious one way or the other as it grows older :)

I agree, time will tell :) Some breeds are easy to tell apart, some are not (as you have seen!) When you are buying chicks in person, you can sometimes pick ones that look different than each other. For example, a group of Easter Egger chicks might have some that are brown with stripes (like...

From that list, I can sort them into a few groups: These three have a lot of red or brown in their coloring. They should be the Golden Comet, the Red Cross, and probably the Starlight Green Egger, since those seem to generally be red/brown as well. I think that you are probably right about...

In that case, it will definitely be some breed or mix that came from a hatchery. If Sapphire Olive Eggers have blue feathers all over, like in all the pictures I can find, then that chick (Snowball) is not one. Snowball has some pattern of black and silver, and does not seem to have any blue at...

Did you buy them in a store, or buy from an individual, or order directly from a hatchery?

The chick is growing a crest of feathers on the head. I can't tell whether the chick is a male or a female at this age. It could be one of the "egger" types. Some of them may have crests. But to me, the chick looks like a Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben. Examples on the websites of...