Any guesses what kind of chicken breed I've got here?

[Frazzemrat1]

I still love the term 'food boob'

 

[nickylou665]

Hello!

I thought I'd post an update with more recent pictures, since as the weeks have rolled on and Ditzy is growing. These pictures are taken from a distance because I can no longer catch the little booger. I'm starting to think he's part roadrunner. I also wanted to get some pictures where he's not a total smooshblob on my hand, so his posture and stance can be noted.

NOTE: The dark splotches and slight bare patch on the back you see are from an altercation with the adult hens - while *I* can't catch him, the older hens can, and a few weeks ago they he was cornered and they got him. His response to being cornered was to get MORE cornered until I came out to see what the commotion was about and rescued him. So he got plucked, and then I added insult to injury by trying to mask his redness with purple spray. He's an all-white, heavily feathered whatever-chicken.

The fellow with him is the Easter Egger rooster who is a week older than Ditzy.

I've never kept a cornish cross before, and am posting here because clearly I'm not confident about identifying breeds (still learning), but googling what they normally look like around his age, I am seeing some differences. He's more feathered in, seems skinnier, and it looks to me like his legs aren't as wide set as the legs on a cornish cross.

Am I deluding myself into thinking he's not a cornish, because I'm hopeful he's not a meat bird, or is Ditzy some other sort of white chicken? Have I changed any opinions with these new photos? He is now around 7 weeks old.

 

[debid]

I still think he's a white Rock. Or even perhaps a male sexlink. There's just nothing Cornish looking about him.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hello!

I thought I'd post an update with more recent pictures, since as the weeks have rolled on and Ditzy is growing. These pictures are taken from a distance because I can no longer catch the little booger. I'm starting to think he's part roadrunner. I also wanted to get some pictures where he's not a total smooshblob on my hand, so his posture and stance can be noted.

NOTE: The dark splotches and slight bare patch on the back you see are from an altercation with the adult hens - while *I* can't catch him, the older hens can, and a few weeks ago they he was cornered and they got him. His response to being cornered was to get MORE cornered until I came out to see what the commotion was about and rescued him. So he got plucked, and then I added insult to injury by trying to mask his redness with purple spray. He's an all-white, heavily feathered whatever-chicken.

The fellow with him is the Easter Egger rooster who is a week older than Ditzy.

I've never kept a cornish cross before, and am posting here because clearly I'm not confident about identifying breeds (still learning), but googling what they normally look like around his age, I am seeing some differences. He's more feathered in, seems skinnier, and it looks to me like his legs aren't as wide set as the legs on a cornish cross.

Am I deluding myself into thinking he's not a cornish, because I'm hopeful he's not a meat bird, or is Ditzy some other sort of white chicken? Have I changed any opinions with these new photos? He is now around 7 weeks old.

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Honestly, I'm not sure how everyone has declared him a Cornish X rather than just a white rock cockerel. He has decent feather coverage in spite of unlimited (and presumably 20% protein) chick feed. CX normally grow too fast for the feathers to cover in the first several weeks and would be quite sedentary, not running around.

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He's definitely not a Cornish cross. He's fully feathered, and way too skinny.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

He is a cutie! Makes it hard to consider what to do with the fella, since I've already got two adult roosters, he's got a step-sibling that's a probable cockerel, and that leaves my hens with... a lot of rooster in their life with the future promise of even more roostering to come.

I do get a kick out of letting him see the phone screen, he's the only chicken I have that's seemed to show an interest in it. The squinty face picture is part of a series where I turned the camera around to the front (so you can see the screen/take a selfie) and he kept pecking at the chicken on the screen. Too adorable! I've made the mistake of getting attached, again.

If you want to keep your extra roos, you can separate them all in a bachelor pad https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/.

 

[Compost King]

Hello!

I thought I'd post an update with more recent pictures, since as the weeks have rolled on and Ditzy is growing. These pictures are taken from a distance because I can no longer catch the little booger. I'm starting to think he's part roadrunner. I also wanted to get some pictures where he's not a total smooshblob on my hand, so his posture and stance can be noted.

NOTE: The dark splotches and slight bare patch on the back you see are from an altercation with the adult hens - while *I* can't catch him, the older hens can, and a few weeks ago they he was cornered and they got him. His response to being cornered was to get MORE cornered until I came out to see what the commotion was about and rescued him. So he got plucked, and then I added insult to injury by trying to mask his redness with purple spray. He's an all-white, heavily feathered whatever-chicken.

The fellow with him is the Easter Egger rooster who is a week older than Ditzy.

I've never kept a cornish cross before, and am posting here because clearly I'm not confident about identifying breeds (still learning), but googling what they normally look like around his age, I am seeing some differences. He's more feathered in, seems skinnier, and it looks to me like his legs aren't as wide set as the legs on a cornish cross.

Am I deluding myself into thinking he's not a cornish, because I'm hopeful he's not a meat bird, or is Ditzy some other sort of white chicken? Have I changed any opinions with these new photos? He is now around 7 weeks old.

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I am not good at guessing from pictures but it is possible he is a White Rock, Leghorn or Rhode Island White. I need to see them move around to tell the difference between the 3. Also I assume he is pure white and the colors we see is just the way the picture came out, if he does have off color feathering then a Red Sex Link (white males) is much more likely.

 

[nickylou665]

If you want to keep your extra roos, you can separate them all in a bachelor pad https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/.

Thanks for the helpful link! That is an option I am considering, I've entered into negotiations with my husband as originally my chicken plan was for 20 hens/2 roosters under one shed that could be divided should the roosters not get along. Separating them out changes my plan a little, but I'm looking into it. The ability to be a bit more genetically diverse is appealing. Do you know if they would have to be out of the line of sight of hens? That would impact my ability to keep a rooster flock.

I am not good at guessing from pictures but it is possible he is a White Rock, Leghorn or Rhode Island White. I need to see them move around to tell the difference between the 3. Also I assume he is pure white and the colors we see is just the way the picture came out, if he does have off color feathering then a Red Sex Link (white males) is much more likely.

He is solid white and started out as that classic soft yellow baby chick you see in all easter decorations. The colors you see are the purple dye from the spray I used to treat his wound, and I believe he'd been dust bathing just prior to me taking the pictures.

Interesting that those three breeds of chickens walk differently! I'm going to have to find videos of them and see if I can spot the differences. This dude has one speed - full zoom.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thanks for the helpful link! That is an option I am considering, I've entered into negotiations with my husband as originally my chicken plan was for 20 hens/2 roosters under one shed that could be divided should the roosters not get along. Separating them out changes my plan a little, but I'm looking into it. The ability to be a bit more genetically diverse is appealing. Do you know if they would have to be out of the line of sight of hens? That would impact my ability to keep a rooster flock.



He is solid white and started out as that classic soft yellow baby chick you see in all easter decorations. The colors you see are the purple dye from the spray I used to treat his wound, and I believe he'd been dust bathing just prior to me taking the pictures.

Interesting that those three breeds of chickens walk differently! I'm going to have to find videos of them and see if I can spot the differences. This dude has one speed - full zoom.

Most work fine if they can see the hens, but make sure they don't get bored, as they might start pacing the divide between them.

 

[Peep and Squirt]

I rescued Peep and Squirt from my grandmother's yard April 26, I have no idea where they came from. I have never had chickens before so I'm learning a lot. Lol They are very interesting and so much fun to watch. Could anyone tell me what breed and do I have 2 boys or 2 girls or one of each? Lol the newbie.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I rescued Peep and Squirt from my grandmother's yard April 26, I have no idea where they came from. I have never had chickens before so I'm learning a lot. Lol They are very interesting and so much fun to watch. Could anyone tell me what breed and do I have 2 boys or 2 girls or one of each? Lol the newbie.View attachment 1831368

I think you have a pair of roosters.