Any ideas on what breed? Was sold to me as Prairie Bluebell Egger.

[asteria819]

Hey everyone! Just wondering if you guys could ID this lady for me. Not laying yet, about 6 months old. Bought her as a Prairie Bluebell Egger, but after doing lots of researching, she looks like a Partridge Chantecler! Her comb is still flat but looks like it’s gonna be a cushion comb. I know Prairie Bluebell’s can vary greatly in how they look, but she looks a little too similar to a Partridge Chantecler to me. Anyone have any other thoughts? Any experience with Chanteclers? Thanks!!

 

[Gray Farms]

Partridge Wyandotte

 

[NatJ]

I agree she looks like partridge something, and Chantecler seems likely.

Experience with Chanteclers: I had one partridge hen and one buff hen from Ideal Poultry, about a decade ago. I liked them quite well. They laid nicely all winter long while my Easter Egger banties were taking the winter off (northern Virginia, no artificial light, all in the same coop.) The buff one laid well in the summer too, but my particular partridge one spent most of each summer broody--she'd sit for 3-7 weeks, take a break for a bit, and start again. That was more than 10 years ago, and yours may well be from a different hatchery as well, so your experience may be different. But I liked the ones I had. (I'm not big on holding or cuddling chickens, so I don't know how they would have reacted to that.)