Any Breed Guesses?

[aghiowa]

Don't know if you can hazard a guess as to a chick's breed, but this little one was one we hatched for preschool about 10 years ago. I never knew what breed or gender it was, and was curious. (It was from a small Eastern Iowa poultry farm, if that helps.)

Thanks!
Angela

 

[Nava]

do you have a pic of your 10 year old chicken?
it would be a lot easier to identify

it it still alive?

 

[aghiowa]

Ha ha, nope. 10 years old would indeed be easier to identify. Tragically, Peep set fire to her coop at her new home, and died of smoke inhalation a day later.

 

[PunkinPeep]

possibly a white rock? maybe? that's just a guess.

 

[sourland]

"Peep" was an arson chicken?

 

[scbatz33]

I had a little gal like that last year. She was out of a cinnamon queen by a barred rock......her brother came out black and ended up barred before he became dinner. She was a house chicken for a while but eventually found a new home.

 

[chickee]

I would say Peep was a white leghorn because of the single comb. Here is a picture of two of my white EEs and they are obviously a white leghorn cross and look a lot like your peep did.

 

[Flippacase]

Quote:
I agree...my yoyo looked similar....

 

[Brahma Trenton]

my guess is a cornish rock cross, make real nice broilers!

 

[Illia]

I'm gonna weigh one in and say White Leghorn. Cornish crosses are much wider and bigger, this bird has a single comb, and a thin, production type body, and Leghorns are pretty common.