What breed is my Henrietta? 6 months old and still no comb or wattles.

[JacquelyninCali]

Hello, my Henrietta (the orange/amber one with no comb) is not 6 months and she’s the only one of my flock without a comb or wattles….is this normal for some breeds? Any ideas what breed? Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

I think she's a cinnamon queen, with a rose comb. Did you get her as a chick?

 

[NatJ]

Hello, my Henrietta (the orange/amber one with no comb) is not 6 months and she’s the only one of my flock without a comb or wattles….is this normal for some breeds? Any ideas what breed? Thank you!
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She does have a comb: a very small one.

It looks like a pea comb to me. Chickens with pea combs often have very small wattles as well, sometimes too small to see.

Yes, that is normal for some breeds.

She looks a bit like a Buckeye. Or she could be an Easter Egger (they come in many different colors, with a wide variety of physical traits, but some could look like she does.) Or she could just be a mix of some kind.

Where did you get her? Sometimes that helps with figuring out the breed.

 

[JacquelyninCali]

I think she's a cinnamon queen, with a rose comb. Did you get her as a chick?

I got her as a chick from tractor supply, I attached a pic from the day i brought her home and she is the chick in the middle

 

[BobStuart]

She does have a comb: a very small one.

It looks like a pea comb to me. Chickens with pea combs often have very small wattles as well, sometimes too small to see.

Yes, that is normal for some breeds.

She looks a bit like a Buckeye. Or she could be an Easter Egger (they come in many different colors, with a wide variety of physical traits, but some could look like she does.) Or she could just be a mix of some kind.

Where did you get her? Sometimes that helps with figuring out the breed.

Agreed buckeyes have small combs and no wattles. You got it.

 

[JacquelyninCali]

She does have a comb: a very small one.

It looks like a pea comb to me. Chickens with pea combs often have very small wattles as well, sometimes too small to see.

Yes, that is normal for some breeds.

She looks a bit like a Buckeye. Or she could be an Easter Egger (they come in many different colors, with a wide variety of physical traits, but some could look like she does.) Or she could just be a mix of some kind.

Where did you get her? Sometimes that helps with figuring out the breed.

Hi there, I got her from tractor supply. I attached a photo from the day i brought her home and she is the chick in the middle.

 

[JacquelyninCali]

Agreed buckeyes have small combs and no wattles. You got it.

I just googled buckeye hen and she definitely looks like that so I think that’s her breed. Thank you!

 

[NatJ]

Hi there, I got her from tractor supply. I attached a photo from the day i brought her home and she is the chick in the middle.

Then she could easily be a Buckeye or some kind of Easter Egger. Tractor Supply usually gets their chicks from one or another of the major hatcheries. Some of those hatcheries offer Buckeyes, and all of them have one or more kinds of Easter Eggers.

I just googled buckeye hen and she definitely looks like that so I think that’s her breed. Thank you!

If she looks like a Buckeye and lays brown eggs, then that is probably correct.

If she lays blue or green eggs, that would mean she is an Easter Egger (no specific pure breed, just a catch-all term for chickens that lay blue or green eggs.)

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

she’s the only one of my flock without a comb or wattles

That's incorrect. All chickens have a comb and wattles, no matter how small they are. A chicken will hatch out with their comb and wattles, and develop them as they grow older, but nonetheless they still have them－spurs are the same way as well: chicks hatch out having spur nubs, no matter their gender, breed or age. They only develop and grow them out later on.

 

[BobStuart]

That's incorrect. All chickens have a comb and wattles, no matter how small they are. A chicken will hatch out with their comb and wattles, and develop them as they grow older, but nonetheless they still have them－spurs are the same way as well: chicks hatch out having spur nubs, no matter their gender, breed or age. They only develop and grow them out later on.

Agree but I think its just Jacquelynin’s way of way of saying they are smaller. Buckeye hens have very small combs and wattles that may not be visible.