Bantam Black Star??

[Rosechuk]

I bought a group of assorted young hens (some 3+ months old and some a year or so old). One of them was a little black hen which I assumed was a black star pullet. When I got them home I was surprised that she was already laying. Then I took a better look at her and noticed that her legs we faded, no longer yellow. She is way smaller than a black star hen. If she is an adult, then she is a bantam of some sort. What do you guys think?

 

[Rodeoclown1189]

with a beard the hen is probably a red EE roo cross barred rock hen. EE can be small so that might be why she is smaller than the others, what color egg does she lay?

 

[Illia]

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Something along those lines, but the leg color doesn't quite support it.

 

[Rosechuk]

She does have "hair" on the side of her face. That is considered a "beard"? (Pardon my ignorance). She lays small nearly white eggs.

 

[Rosechuk]

Her eggs are very small too, like a bantam.

 

[jeslewmazer]

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Something along those lines, but the leg color doesn't quite support it.

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But from what I have read (not personal experience) a EE would not be reliable to produce sex-link offspring. If that is what she is, it could be that she just so happened to be a she, or she could be a sex-link.

The fluff is a beard.