10 New Hens

[Madie'sOddFlock]

We bought 10 new chickens a few weeks ago, all laying hens. We have 3 that match 3 breeds we already have and 2 barred rocks. From what I can tell, one of them is a Welsummer that was poorly bred(she lays chocolate brown eggs, and looks like a Welsummer just with black legs). 2 look like Wyandottes of some sort. There's a tiny one that we assume is a bantam. But the biggest of the flock seems like a Cochin. If I'm right she's a silver penciled Cochin, but I can't find anything that recognizes silver penciled as a color/pattern of Cochin.

 

[JedJackson]

We bought 10 new chickens a few weeks ago, all laying hens. We have 3 that match 3 breeds we already have and 2 barred rocks. From what I can tell, one of them is a Welsummer that was poorly bred(she lays chocolate brown eggs, and looks like a Welsummer just with black legs). 2 look like Wyandottes of some sort. There's a tiny one that we assume is a bantam. But the biggest of the flock seems like a Cochin. If I'm right she's a silver penciled Cochin, but I can't find anything that recognizes silver penciled as a color/pattern of Cochin.

Is the Cochin's comb a single or a pea comb? If it is a pea comb, then she could be a dark Brahma hen. They are more common than silver penciled Cochins.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Is the Cochin's comb a single or a pea comb? If it is a pea comb, then she could be a dark Brahma hen. They are more common than silver penciled Cochins.

I don't know why I didn't think of that before. She has a pea comb and is quite a large bird so that makes more sense.