what breed?

[Chicken5555]

A class at a school in my towns 'sister town' was studying embriology. Myself and one other person donated eggs for the project. Several hatched and the other person didn't want the chicks, so I was offered ALL of the ones that students did not take home. Of course I said yes lol.

Any idea on what breed(s) it could be??? Single comb, red/brown, gray spot on the head (like a marans or barred rock spot, but gray), yellow legs, feathered legs, and MUFFS!

I am suspicious that it *may* have come from my birds but if it did it would have to be the chickens pictured. The hen has given me red chicks before. Both are easter egger X Marans crosses. Both have lightly feathered legs and each carry one copy of straight comb.

If not from these two, what could it be???





Here is the chick in question.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

I think it could've come from those two. What would be the other options - as in, what birds could possibly parent the chick that the other person has?

 

[Chicken5555]

The other person's info was not shared with me. But all of the chicks that weren't from my chickens' eggs look like either barred rocks or cuckoo marans.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Ok. Interesting since the roo is only single barred. Could it have been a different hen?

 

[Chicken5555]

The only other hens in the field at the time were 2 blue olive eggers (F1 crosses) and a couple of speckled Sussex hens. The teacher said she was sure that the red chick hatched from a green egg but there are 2 red chicks so she may have been mistaken (the other red chick does not have a spot on the head, has non-feathered legs and a pea comb). The two blue olive eggers have thrown chicks that look just like BC marans and blue copper marans (if that is even a breed?). They are half sisters to the splash hen above.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

The only other hens in the field at the time were 2 blue olive eggers (F1 crosses) and a couple of speckled Sussex hens. The teacher said she was sure that the red chick hatched from a green egg but there are 2 red chicks so she may have been mistaken (the other red chick does not have a spot on the head, has non-feathered legs and a pea comb). The two blue olive eggers have thrown chicks that look just like BC marans and blue copper marans (if that is even a breed?). They are half sisters to the splash hen above.

I guess the determining factor would be if the chick lays colored eggs or fathers pullets that do.