Any idea what these ladies are? Bought or given to me as unknown breeds.

LtDanFan

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I have a handful of hens that i would love to ID breed if possible. One was given to me as a crippled hen from a friend of a friend and 3 purchased from the local flea/farmer’s market as laying or nearly so hens. They are all between 6-8 months old or so.
I’ll break it up into different posts to make easiest. This is #1. Sold as a “meatbird” mostly meant to be a companion but i liked her coloring. Any idea what she may be? They could not give me a breed when i acquired her. We call her Meatbird. It started as a way to identify her until i could think of anything more creative and it kinda stuck.
 

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Bird #2:
This is dolly carton because she sings the loudest egg song and of all my current layers. I was only told she is an “amazing black” lol. Sounds sus to me but i guess its an apt description given that she gives me jumbo medium to dark brown eggs, sometimes with freckles. Please excuse her feathers, she’s my best layer and it shows.
 

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This is #3:
Another “Amazing black” from the same place as dolly carton. This little lady is zoie eggchanel. She lays small to med light brown almost pink eggs.
 

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#4 is margaret hatcher aka Peggy, on account of her missing all one foot and all of the toes on the remaining foot. Shes small because i think she fell behind nutritionally when she was with her previous flock but she’s thriving here. I’m guessing she would fall into the “backyard mix” category but any ideas as to what mix she is would be appreciated.
 

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