He turned out to be a boy, and i'm pretty sure he's an "Easter Egger" rooster! :)
(he's the ONLY chick that I have left from last year)
Update:
This is "Silver" - turned out to be a pretty boy. =)
Here he is again, standing behind "Bettie".. A Langshan hen he recently bonded with. :)
Thought i'd share a couple photos of "Silver", my young Easter Egger rooster..
Gotta love his full beard! lol
Silver standing behind his hen, Bettie :)
Anyone else have any bearded roos to share? :)
What color egg does a California Gray lay? I found a cream tinted, long, slender egg today! lol
Top, right...
And, i'm not sure who laid the odd egg! lol
My Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red girls lay the medium/dark eggs, like the 2 to the left.
My Minorca is my only white egg layer...
That's one breed I hadn't considered! She could be a California Gray. The tail/body shape is very close. I had thought of a Dominique, and a Cuckoo Marans.. California Gray could be it, assuming she isn't just a mix of breeds of course - I really don't know. lol
Thanks everyone :) No, I didn't get her from a hatchery. I got her from a lady a few towns over. She had gotten her at an animal swap in the Fall, to keep her Silkie rooster company until her Silkies chicks were big enough to let run with him. She said she picked her because she was the smallest...
I just got this hen, not sure of her age, at least a year old I was told.
She thought she was a Barred Rock, but she doesn't look like one to me?
Or is she? She just seems small for a Barred Rock?
Is there a difference between barred abd "cuckoo" patterns, by the way?
Any ideas...
Featherz, yeah i'm not sure if this one was a hatchery bird or a local breeder. Not sure where the lady got her from. But either way, pure of not, i'm happy with her. :) She's taming to me very well, eating from my hand now, and i've only had her a few hours. I was told that she wasn't...
Wow!! She sure does, Featherz! I honestly would NOT know them apart! Thank you!
Looks like I have some reading to do on the Langshan breed, never knew they existed till today! lol