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2 unknown hens please help identify...

Discussion in 'What Breed Or Gender is This?' started by 1eyejer, Jul 16, 2010.

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  1. Jul 16, 2010 #1
    1eyejer

    1eyejer Songster

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    i hope someone can help me dentify these 2 hens..this first one has the softest feathers i have ever felt
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    and the second is older and like to hatch eggs
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  2. Jul 16, 2010 #2
    Wynette

    Wynette Moderator Staff Member

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    The 2nd is a Brahma, I believe, though I don't have any and am not that familiar with the breed.

    The first looks almost EXACTLY like one I have that is a cross of a buff orp rooster over a barred rock hen. My girl is just lovely, and VERY large for her age.
     
  3. Jul 16, 2010 #3
    cubalaya

    cubalaya Crowing

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    gold laced wyandotte and partridge cochin
     
  4. Jul 16, 2010 #4
    GlitterKitty

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    idk about the first one but partridge cochin for second [​IMG]
     
  5. Jul 16, 2010 #5
    slackwater

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    i second the partridge cochin. no idea on the first.
     
  6. Jul 16, 2010 #6
    buzymom13

    buzymom13 I run the Alien Chicken Asylum

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    The first one looks a LOT like two of EE pullets.

    Not positive but it's my guess.

    2nd one I'm not sure at all...

    sorry... [​IMG]
     
  7. Jul 17, 2010 #7
    Rosecomb-Ryan

    Rosecomb-Ryan East Indie Crazed

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    Quote:Yeah the first one I have NO idea.. but the 2nd is a Partridge Cochin!
     
  8. Jul 17, 2010 #8
    Tala

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    The first one looks like a Buff Opr rooster x Barred Rock hen, or a black sexlink female. The buff coloring leaks through the black, and those legs look an awful lot like Buff Orpington legs.
    However I have two of that cross and mine came out with slate, almost purple looking legs - which I fine incredibly beautiful! You can get a lot of random color throws when making hybrids.

    ETA: Here is one of mine if you want to compare:
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    Next to her pure-BO half-sister:
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    Last edited: Jul 17, 2010
  9. Jul 17, 2010 #9
    jossanne

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    Quote:That's kind of what I was thinking, except I was thinking a laced hen. She's got that pretty buff and the white legs of an orp, and then some lacing going on... very pretty!
     

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