Are these Wellsummers or Brown Leghorns?

[Happy Chooks]

A leghorn would have much bigger comb for their age... But Estes doesn't carry welsummers, an advertise a large combed leghorn.... Tsk tsk tsk... Bad hatchery

Estes does carry welsummers.

They are welsummers. Brown leghorns would have much larger combs by now. The earlobes will not turn red until they are older.

 

[helaineking]

Thanks! That's what I think, too. I guess I just didn't handle them correctly when they were young, and so now they are squirrely.

 

[CowGrrrl]

I have two pullets that I bought on a whim at Orscheln's. They couldn't tell me there what breed they were, but the chicks looked like chipmunks. Now they look like this:


They are 12 weeks old. They are very skittish, and no matter how hard I have worked with them, very hard to catch, and hate to be held. They like to fly and can fly higher than any of my other birds.

Here's another shot.



Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Elaine

Brown Leghorns I'm betting.

 

[familypendragon]

Its funny you say that about the combs... these mystery birds were bought as my first chickens from a feed store (I had no clue) and they were sold as Ameraucanas Unless surprise blue/green eggs pop out in a month they aren't even Easter Eggers, LOL! My best guess was Brown Leghorn mutts since they have dark top beaks and yellow bottoms??? The feather coloring actually looks more like Welsummer but the earlobes are white. BUT only one even has a comb to speak of at nearly 16 weeks. And that one has a comb has had it from very early on.

ETA: Now that I am looking at the pics - some earlobes looke red on the combless ones and only really white on the combed one :/ Will have to go look closer.

Mystery Mutts

 

[roostersandhens]

I dont know much about Brown Leghorns and Welsummers but those hens are SUPER PRETTY!

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

The one with the flat comb looks like one of Ideals BBRed Kraienkoppes. I have several hens like that. Love the breed, very self sufficient. The other single comb bird is a brown leghorn.

 

[familypendragon]

The one with the flat comb looks like one of Ideals BBRed Kraienkoppes. I have several hens like that. Love the breed, very self sufficient. The other single comb bird is a brown leghorn.

Hm, you're Right! I will go ask on that thread

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Yes, the head on some of them look more "gamey".

 

[cookfamilyfarm]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1374566826110640/ Hi everyone. If your on facebook, checkout the new group page, Leghorns.