Breed/Coloring Identification Help - Picture!

[MamaManda]

I picked up a couple pullets from a friend of a friend. I was interested because I was told they were 5 month old red laced blue Wyandottes. While these birds are beautiful, they are not what I was expecting. Is the lighter one a blue laced red splash? And what would the coloring of the darker pullet be called? Is she a Speckled Sussex?! I am having trouble finding references for either. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[stephanie1992]

the buff/white one with a rose combe is a buff laced wyandotte and the other looks like a speckled sussex

 

[ramirezframing]

I don't have these but the first looks like a blue laced red wyandotte and the second hen is a speckled sussex

 

[anderson8505]

the buff/white one with a rose combe is a buff laced wyandotte and the other looks like a speckled sussex

X2

 

[BlazeJester]

Blue laced wyandotte (this is splash coloring that occurs in ~25%) and specked sussex.

 

[anderson8505]

Blue laced wyandotte (this is splash coloring that occurs in ~25%) and specked sussex.

OooOOooooooooo, even better. Lucky you, MamaManda!!!

 

[mama24]

yep, a splash blr and a cute Speckled Sussex!

 

[anderson8505]

And,,, that is a beautiful picture. It made me look into how you get "Picture of the Week". You should make a my chickens page and enter for POW.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/618538/submit-your-chicken-page-for-the-picture-of-the-week-pow

 

[donrae]

The lighter one may have been a project bird, or perhaps a poorly marked hatchery bird. You wouldn't use her for breeding to improve the breed, but you could hatch your own very pretty babies. And you're correct, the darker one is a speckeled sussex.

 

[MamaManda]

Thanks everyone! I'm really enjoying them...the SS have so much personality. I got two SS, (named Olympia and Columbia) and the one splash BLR, which my husband named "Annabelle".
Patty - I just might do that. I so enjoy photographing my girls.
Rachel - If I only had a hen, that sounds like a marvelous idea!