Any ideas on what she is?

[Basskids08]

Ok. Here she is different angles. I included one of her standing next to what I believe to be a production red that is the same age as a judge of size. Again thank you so much for your help!!

Looking at her now, she sorta looks like a white leghorn. I have some light brown ones and mine are really friendly. I hope you either have leghorn or a white rock. Both a great birds.

 

[KieksterChicken]

2 roos for 11 hens? Or do you mean you have 11 roos? lol! I have heard that a good ratio of hens to roos is 6 hens per 1 roo. I prefer 10 to 15 hens per roo but that is me. Right now I have 1 Dark Cornish roo for 5 hens and he has 3 favorites out of the 5 that are loosing feathers on their backs and nearly bald there becuase of his ..ummm...chickie preferences..seems he likes EE hens. There must be something about those beards and muffs he likes lol!. I'm just about ready to either buy some "saddles" for his 3 faves or get rid of him but am torn becuase he is not overly aggressive to us and very good to the hens other than over mating his favorites. : (

 

[liljenjennc]

Oh I'm so hoping that she is either a white rock or leghorn! Although she is unfriendly she is still one of my babies just like the ones who come at every opportunity to sit on my lap. I'll keep you posted and post more pictures in a few weeks and we shall all see how it progresses, lol!

I have 11 chicks total! I bought what was supposed to be all pullets however I know that TSC is notorious for having the wrong ones in the bins.. My 5 BR's came from cackle hatchery however and all of them as of thus far have the darker coloring that the hens should have. So hopefully at the very most I end up with 2 roos, but if I have my true preference I'm hoping they are all hens!!!

 

[Basskids08]

Yes please keep me updated, I really want to know how everything turns out.

 

[the5kelleys]

I just posted pics of my girls and they're the same as the one pic you posted. The red and white chicks. Mine were at rural king and marked brahma and something else but I can't for the life of me remember what.

 

[lauranickerson]

A white pullet from Tractor Supply could be a few things, actually. My guesses are either White Rock, Leghorn, or Amber Link. I had a White Rock as a kid, and I have a leghorn and an Amber Link right now. My Leghorn (even now as a full grown hen) is much smaller than my other birds (most of the Mediterranean-derived birds are smaller, like leghorns, hamburgs, etc.) and her legs are very thin. My Amber Link basically looks like a White Rock. They can have reddish colorings on them when they are older, or in cases like mine, be almost pure white. My Amber Link doesn't have red, but she is slightly cream colored.

Watch her earlobe (the wrinkly looking skin behind the eye what kind of looks like a knuckle). If it's white, it's a Leghorn, who lays white eggs. If it's the same color as her comb, which will all eventually be red, she's (my guess here) either a White Rock or an Amber Link, who both lay brown eggs (my Amber Link lays almost perfectly circular dark brown eggs. Too weird).

For what it's worth, I know I've seen Leghorns and Amber Links at my Tractor Supply. There's other white chicks in the "assorted pullets" bin, so who knows what those are.

Good luck.

 

[KieksterChicken]

After reading on BYC how many people have gotten the wrong chicks or have to guess as to what breed becuase of their "mixed" bins and becuase of Tractor Supply mistakes (and I hope for your sake they are all white pullets) I don't think I'm going to get any chicks there..ever..until I am much more familiar with different breeds and how to sex them.

 

[liljenjennc]

A white pullet from Tractor Supply could be a few things, actually. My guesses are either White Rock, Leghorn, or Amber Link. I had a White Rock as a kid, and I have a leghorn and an Amber Link right now. My Leghorn (even now as a full grown hen) is much smaller than my other birds (most of the Mediterranean-derived birds are smaller, like leghorns, hamburgs, etc.) and her legs are very thin. My Amber Link basically looks like a White Rock. They can have reddish colorings on them when they are older, or in cases like mine, be almost pure white. My Amber Link doesn't have red, but she is slightly cream colored.

Watch her earlobe (the wrinkly looking skin behind the eye what kind of looks like a knuckle). If it's white, it's a Leghorn, who lays white eggs. If it's the same color as her comb, which will all eventually be red, she's (my guess here) either a White Rock or an Amber Link, who both lay brown eggs (my Amber Link lays almost perfectly circular dark brown eggs. Too weird).

For what it's worth, I know I've seen Leghorns and Amber Links at my Tractor Supply. There's other white chicks in the "assorted pullets" bin, so who knows what those are.

Good luck.

Oh I'm so hoping for White Rock! I have another baby white pullet who I got at the same time I got the ones I'm asking about and she is rather small so I'm thinking she is a leghorn.. So far the earlobes on the girl(s) are pink, or just skin colored. I will keep you posted on the updates on them as they get older! I've been watching this site for a long time and I know that these babies can surprise us all! So I am really hoping that mine do and just turn out to be ANY kind of laying hens since I love them so and want to keep them. Thank you so much for your help!!

 

[liljenjennc]

Ok. This shows an updated photo of my white chicken. I'm sorry it's not a better photo but she/he is not one of my friendly ones. The red pullet in the foreground is the same age. They are 16 weeks old now and he/she isn't really any bigger than the red girls. She has turned out to be solid white. The couple of gray feathers she had are now gone. Her legs though are sort of an olive color. I still can't tell for sure if she is a pullet or not though. I keep calling her a 'her' just because of habit, lol. These are my first chickens so I'm not skilled yet on determining sex. I also have 5 BR pullets that are a week and a half younger and they aren't much smaller. If anyone has ideas as to what it is regarding breed but mainly sex I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

[lauranickerson]

Definitely looks like a pullet. Going to go with Amber Link, White Rock, or maybe Legorn if the ear lobes are white...can't tell from the picture.

Pretty bird!