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Yesterday I rescued a stray chicken from a neighbor’s yard down the street. She looks like she was attacked by a large animal. Most of her neck feathers are missing and she has a V-shaped gash in the front of her neck. I suspect a dog or coyote grabbed her by the neck and she managed to work...

Yesterday I rescued a stray chicken from a neighbor’s yard down the street. She looks like she was attacked by a large animal. Most of her neck feathers are missing and she has a V-shaped gash in the front of her neck. I suspect a dog or coyote grabbed her by the neck and she managed to work...

I've read that Welsummers are derived by mixing certain others partridge breeds together. One of those breeds is the Partridge Penedesenca. Those birds have lovely dark blue/grey legs. I suspect that this is just some of those genes showing through.

I ask because she has partridge feathers on her front instead of the brown or black feathers i would expect of a welsummer. And she looks identical to the adolescent photo on the Partridge Plymouth Rock page. https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/partridge-plymouth-rock Adolescent photo...

I ordered a welsummer - but I'm not so sure that's what we got. I'm wondering if maybe she is a partridge rock. 4 Weeks 1 Week Day old Any thoughts?