Brahma or???

[Kayella]

This is a friend's chicken. She got her as part of a mystery batch from McMurray. As quoting my friend, she is "is almost 5 months old and she is already 10lbs. She's already as big as my 1.5 yr old speckled sussex roo" She originally thought she was a Faverolle but is now perplexed.

I'm thinking Brahma, though she's colored more like a roo than a hen.

[FONT=lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif]Opinions? Knowledge? Help? XD[/FONT]

[FONT=lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif](Her missing tail feather are from pesky Leghorn roos who are now in her freezer)[/FONT]

 

[Alex15]

Are they feathers just down one leg!? I'm not really sure, but looks like a pea comb of a wyandotte and sort of mixed colouring of a silver laced wyandotte. But I'm just madly guessing. Maybe this will bump you up and someone will have some better thoughts!

 

[Kayella]

Haha no, it does look that way though! There's only feathering on the outside of her legs. She looks naked compared to her Cochins lol, poor girl.

 

[farmerChef]

He is a Dark Brahma Cockeral

Hens look like this

 

[Kayella]

Yeah, she looks nothing remotely like a Brahma hen.

What do you think she could be? Wyandottes don't have fuzzy feet, although she does look a bit like them.

 

[farmerChef]

Dark Brahma cockerel. She is a he

 

[RockerHen]

Dark Brahma cockerel. She is a he

X2. Hatcheries sexing isn't always perfect.

 

[Kayella]

Okay, I had my suspicions that she was actually a he, but my friend said "her" comb is insubstantial. I will let her know what y'all think! Would that be why all the Leghorns were beating up on him/her?

ETA: Though, at 5 months old, wouldn't he/she have a more developed comb if he was a roo?

 

[farmerChef]

Brahmas have pea combs,they dont get very big. Look at the pictures I posted earlier

 

[Kayella]

Well they seem to have really well-defined wattles, too, which he/she doesn't have. At what age do they develop more and become more obvious? I'm new to chickens(only raised turkeys) so I'm not sure whenever their comb and wattles "mature."