The legs are yellow and it has a pea comb. It’s not even a first generation mix of Marans. Marans are homogeneous for white skin (meaning all offspring would have white skin). Pea combs are dominant so would never just pop up. He’s a mixed breed
This is the only Brahma pullet. The dark and other two lights are cockerels. Your black cockerel chick is really bizarre. Does he have brown?? Can you get some better pictures? He’s a poor example of a breed or just a hatchery-mix like a Whiting True Blue. What assortment? Your final cockerel is...
I’m not seeing clearly willow legs by any means. Some birds just don’t have bright yellow legs at first. My Legbars were vaguely willow at first and developed into more clearly yellow later. Unless they’re clearly green, I wouldn’t say that rules out Leghorn at all. I have poor connection right...
It depends on the 4-H leader but I’ve known some with very little knowledge. All the breeds you have are dual-purpose and none are primarily for meat. Unless market means eggs or meat??? Either way, all your birds are dual-purpose, not specialized like a Cornish or a Leghorn. In 20 weeks, I...
I wish I remembered my classes more… I always did exhibition so the SOP mattered. Market classes for me meant meat birds. I would HIGHLY advise not entering an Australorp in this class. You could throw her in a production class but she’s pretty immature… I like Tulip the best honestly. She’s...