BA? Ideal says sex link....I think NOT! Update & better pics Post #29

[gritsar]

I'm 17 weeks (4 mo. one week) old. I looked just like my black sex link "siblings" until I started to feather out. Now I look completely different and I'm not as mature as they are. I was purchased at the feedstore as a "sexed heavy pullet" and raised by a broody hen. I am all black with a green sheen. I have a single comb, slate gray legs and a very long tail, but I'm not a cockerel. What am I?

Sorry for the poor quality pics. Mama's camera is alot slower than I am.

 

[LunarRayne]

It could also be a Black Jersey Giant. What color are the bottoms of the feet, though?

 

[gritsar]

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The color of the bottom of her feet is basically the same color of her face, a pale gray-ish white.

 

[magicpigeon]

Yup, she looks a helluva lot like mine when mine was that age

 

[gritsar]

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Leave it to an Ozzy to know. With her long tail she reminds me of a peacock the way she struts around. Feathers as soft as silk.

Thanks

 

[TwoByTwo]

The light colored face makes me think it might be a white faced black spanish. You can look at pictures under chicken breeds.that's just my2 cents. Im probably wrong but just a thought. My two astralorps didn't have such a white face.

 

[gritsar]

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Her pale face does confuse me a bit, but I don't think Ideal Hatchery (feedstore supplier) deals in white faced black spanish. I could be wrong.

 

[magicpigeon]

Their faces won't redden until they are a bit older. Case in point:

Yes indeed, trust an Ozzy to know

 

[ramirezframing]

gaints have yellow bottom s on feet australorps have pinkish and havey breeds mature slow as mud

 

[gritsar]

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This is true. My LF brahmas were a full 18 months to two years old before they were totally grown. The sex links purchased at the same time as this girl have started laying. I know she's not even close.