Brahma?

[Shely514]

Someone gave a light Brahma pullet but not sure age. She looks nothing like our 6 mth old light Brahma as far as coloring.
I noticed this chick has a lot of yellow on her feathers so not sure if dirty or a roo or not even a Brahma. Any ideas about the yellow or sex or age?

 

[sourland]

I believe that she is a pullet - a dirty one.

 

[SilverBirds]

Looks like a light Brahma pullet. She's just very dirty.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I dirty pullet.

 

[Cloverr39]

I believe that she is a pullet - a dirty one.

Looks like a light Brahma pullet. She's just very dirty.

I dirty pullet.

I agree

 

[3KillerBs]

Welcome to BYC.

What's the soil like in your area? A chicken that's been dustbathing in certain soils can pick up some staining, often from the iron content or from the organic material in it.

Sometimes white chickens will yellow from sun exposure -- though I'd expect that more on a mature hen rather than a young pullet.

Sometimes white chickens are off-colored genetically.

BUT, when I blow up your photos and look closely at the feathers, the discoloration is spotty and looks like dirt stuck to the feathers. This makes me suspect that she was kept in crowded, damp, or less-than-clean conditions before she had the good luck to come to you. Though I will say that I had a Delaware I named "Pigpen" after the Charlie Brown character, because while all the other white birds in the flock were beautiful she was ALWAYS getting dirty -- I think she perched underneath the others just close enough to get pooped on at night, so sometimes it's just the bird and not the conditions.

 

[Shely514]

Welcome to BYC.

What's the soil like in your area? A chicken that's been dustbathing in certain soils can pick up some staining, often from the iron content or from the organic material in it.

Sometimes white chickens will yellow from sun exposure -- though I'd expect that more on a mature hen rather than a young pullet.

Sometimes white chickens are off-colored genetically.

BUT, when I blow up your photos and look closely at the feathers, the discoloration is spotty and looks like dirt stuck to the feathers. This makes me suspect that she was kept in crowded, damp, or less-than-clean conditions before she had the good luck to come to you. Though I will say that I had a Delaware I named "Pigpen" after the Charlie Brown character, because while all the other white birds in the flock were beautiful she was ALWAYS getting dirty -- I think she perched underneath the others just close enough to get pooped on at night, so sometimes it's just the bird and not the conditions.

Yes, there were a lot of chicks in the area but wasn’t really over-crowded. I think it could have been the dirt in that location. My husband feels there was iron ore in the dirt She’s a sweetie so I had to bring her home.

 

[3KillerBs]

Yes, there were a lot of chicks in the area but wasn’t really over-crowded. I think it could have been the dirt in that location. My husband feels there was iron ore in the dirt She’s a sweetie so I had to bring her home.

I love Brahmas, both for looks and for personality.

Alas, my current breeding goals mean that I can't have any right now because I NEED to be able to be sure that the only hens laying brown eggs are the Blue Australorps (the over-achieving Silver-Laced Cochin apparently contributed 4 eggs to the current hatch despite having been in a heavy molt at the time I was collecting eggs).