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What breed is this little guy?

post #1 of 14
2/16/12 at 10:25am
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Hi all I thought he was a Cochin since he has feathered feet but now he's growing little sideburns sorta so not sure if he's a mix or what? He was a mystery egg I hatched about six weeks ago...

Thanks if anyone has a guess smile.png


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Edited by Kbruce - 2/16/12 at 10:42am
Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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post #2 of 14
2/16/12 at 10:33am

silkie/ ee mix

silkies and (projects), sumatras, lakenvelders, frizzles, polish and (projects), sultans, buff orps, black sexlinks, turkeys, red golden pheasents, Peepers, dogs, cats, fish, horses, wild kids, and one very understanding DH, come on over for a visit to the crazy farm

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silkies and (projects), sumatras, lakenvelders, frizzles, polish and (projects), sultans, buff orps, black sexlinks, turkeys, red golden pheasents, Peepers, dogs, cats, fish, horses, wild kids, and one very understanding DH, come on over for a visit to the crazy farm

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post #3 of 14
2/16/12 at 10:45am
Thread Starter 
Thanks for the reply! What is EE? I'm very new at raising chickens...

Thanks again!
Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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post #4 of 14
2/16/12 at 10:46am

ee= easter egger  

silkies and (projects), sumatras, lakenvelders, frizzles, polish and (projects), sultans, buff orps, black sexlinks, turkeys, red golden pheasents, Peepers, dogs, cats, fish, horses, wild kids, and one very understanding DH, come on over for a visit to the crazy farm

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silkies and (projects), sumatras, lakenvelders, frizzles, polish and (projects), sultans, buff orps, black sexlinks, turkeys, red golden pheasents, Peepers, dogs, cats, fish, horses, wild kids, and one very understanding DH, come on over for a visit to the crazy farm

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post #5 of 14
2/16/12 at 11:12am
Thread Starter 
Wow that would be totally cool smile.png thx
Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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post #6 of 14
2/16/12 at 12:32pm

Its definitely a silkie mix (they're known for black skin).  More pictures of it's body (sideshots) would be helpful.  Is it's legs really heavily feathered or only lightly feathered?  If it's really heavy feathering, I would suspect that a D'uccle was one of the parents.  If the feathering is really light and sparse, I would suspect one of the parents was bare-legged (EE as ramirezframing suggested).

"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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post #7 of 14
2/16/12 at 1:20pm
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He does have very feathered legs and feet! As you can see in the photo but he only has 4 toes so I didn't consider a silkie mix but they are black for sure....



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Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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post #8 of 14
2/16/12 at 1:23pm

not all silkie crosses will have a 5th toe and most don't come with a striaght comb. But I have an auarcana and silkie mix that looks like yours, just a different color

silkies and (projects), sumatras, lakenvelders, frizzles, polish and (projects), sultans, buff orps, black sexlinks, turkeys, red golden pheasents, Peepers, dogs, cats, fish, horses, wild kids, and one very understanding DH, come on over for a visit to the crazy farm

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silkies and (projects), sumatras, lakenvelders, frizzles, polish and (projects), sultans, buff orps, black sexlinks, turkeys, red golden pheasents, Peepers, dogs, cats, fish, horses, wild kids, and one very understanding DH, come on over for a visit to the crazy farm

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post #9 of 14
2/16/12 at 5:42pm

What a lovely roo!  I just love how mixes can turn out...

One big messy, noisy flock...   Roughly 15 older members, 8 EE babies, 10 Cuckoo marans ( 10+ FBCM coming in April), 20 +  Alohas.  Yikes!  Chicken math strikes again ;)

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One big messy, noisy flock...   Roughly 15 older members, 8 EE babies, 10 Cuckoo marans ( 10+ FBCM coming in April), 20 +  Alohas.  Yikes!  Chicken math strikes again ;)

check out my eggzy stand!  http://www.eggzy.net/egg-stands/349

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post #10 of 14
2/16/12 at 6:00pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks to all for the responses and comments! smile.png we think he is just adorable too! We hatched 8 of 10 eggs from a mixture and this little guy is turning out to be very unique with his gold colored feathers... The other 7 are black, white and gray so he has been the most interesting to see develop smile.png
Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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Wife to a great DH that's allows me to keep buying and hatching chickens! Mom and teacher to 4 home schooled kids. 13 chickens, 2 Araucanas Ginger and Maryann, 2 OEGB I think? Napoleon and Misty, 4 silkies, and my 4 original hens Betty White, Ebony Black, Honey Buff and Ruby Red. And our Buffy the Cochin!
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