Black English Orpington

[NField]

We need skin color! Bottoms of feet is an easy place to check

 

[Painted Calls]

Looks like white skin. What do you think @Rhodebar Lover? I'm thinking Langshan now.

 

[arishoks]

Could be langshan

 

[ColtHandorf]

Pictures of them standing naturally and not caged would help. My first guess would have been Cochins, but that isn't enough leg feathering unless they are very poor-quality/hatchery stock. With light colored feet bottoms and slate/dark legs, Black Langshans are a likely guess. Standing photos with them in a natural, comfortable stance will help with the ID.

 

[NField]

Pictures of them standing naturally and not caged would help. My first guess would have been Cochins, but that isn't enough leg feathering unless they are very poor-quality/hatchery stock. With light colored feet bottoms and slate/dark legs, Black Langshans are a likely guess. Standing photos with them in a natural, comfortable stance will help with the ID.

I'm placing them in their new run tomorrow as I finish up their coop. (Had to jump on the purchase once I learned a bit more about their current housing. A bit if a chicken rescue). Ill take some good pictures of them in the morning as they are exploring the grass and foraging.

 

[NField]

I'm placing them in their new run tomorrow as I finish up their coop. (Had to jump on the purchase once I learned a bit more about their current housing. A bit if a chicken rescue). Ill take some good pictures of them in the morning as they are exploring the grass and foraging.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Their type looks wrong for Langshans... they might just be mixed breed

 

[Painted Calls]

Their type looks wrong for Langshans... they might just be mixed breed

Agreed.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I don’t know, the tail set on that cockerel screams Langshan. They may just be poorly-bred, hatchery-quality Langshans. I love those floofy ladies.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I don’t know, the tail set on that cockerel screams Langshan. They may just be poorly-bred, hatchery-quality Langshans. I love those floofy ladies.

The legs are just too short imo. I have seen hatchery Langshans before and their body type is very different than these. This is going out on a limb and there is no way to prove this, but if I had to guess, an English Orp x Langshan mix would look similar. They have the white skin too... Obviously to make a leap like that you'd have to know what other breeds the seller had. I do agree that the tail carriage differs from Cochins. I wonder if being mixed with a more common feathered footed breed like a Marans would give you similar birds