Barred Rock? Dominique? California Gray? Something else? lol :)

[Sunshyne276]

I agree that she looks a lot like a California Gray.. Except that comb! lol
They appear to have a smaller comb that her, from what I have seen?

 

[tinychicky]

no brown on the front of the shanks so not pure BR... i think California Gray as well.

She looks pretty good sized in that second pic. I'd guess barred Rock, and hatchery stock (which could also make her smaller than exhibition birds).

 

[Sunshyne276]

Thank you.. Do some California Grays have larger combs like hers, though?

 

[stephanie1992]

some hens have large combs since they are a mix of white leghorn and barred rock. They dnt always get the large combs but some do

 

[Sunshyne276]

Ok, that makes sense! I didn't know what the California Gray was mixed with!

 

[Sunshyne276]

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..

Only other 2 possibilites are a new Croad Langshan pullet I recently bought..
But from my understanding, they lay a dark egg, with a "purplish bloom"?
(she's another one that never laid for her previous owner, but she's only 8 months old)

And then, there is the new girl.. The Barred Rock or California Gray - whichever she may be! lol

I was told she hadn't laid eggs for the previous owner, in the couple months or so that she had her...
So, I figured she was an older, "Spent hen"? Maybe not? lol

A few people on Facebook think she looks like a Barred Rock pullet, or a bantam Barred Rock?

 

[stephanie1992]

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..

Only other 2 possibilites are a new Croad Langshan pullet I recently bought..
But from my understanding, they lay a dark egg, with a "purplish bloom"?
(she's another one that never laid for her previous owner, but she's only 8 months old)

And then, there is the new girl.. The Barred Rock or California Gray - whichever she may be! lol

I was told she hadn't laid eggs for the previous owner, in the couple months or so that she had her...
So, I figured she was an older, "Spent hen"? Maybe not? lol

A few people on Facebook think she looks like a Barred Rock pullet, or a bantam Barred Rock?

They lay white eggs it could be from the langshan. if its her first egg it will look weird and could be the wrong color, as she lays it will darken up and change shape

 

[Ayman-hazeb]

nice

 

[stephanie1992]

here's a California Grey egg from my hen i have in the incubator. Its a little dirty. But its white

 

[Sunshyne276]

Ok, if they lay white eggs then they have white ear lobes? I think hers are red, so that must rule out California Gray.. Hmm, I just don't know. lol