Breed help (probably a bantam of some kind)?

[MysteryChicken]

How common are Leige Fighter Bantams? She came from a farm setting. Not a breeder.

I agree she looks Gamey, but I would think Dutch influence is giving her the small size and the light lobe.

They're somewhat rare depending on your location, & their availability.
People do like to keep this specific breed for protection against hawks, since they're known for their Hawk fighting tendencies.

 

[Painted Calls]

They're somewhat rare depending on your location, & their availability.
People do like to keep this specific breed for protection against hawks, since they're known for their Hawk fighting tendencies.

Bantams though?

 

[speethechicken]

How common are Leige Fighter Bantams? She came from a farm setting. Not a breeder.

I agree she looks Gamey, but I would think Dutch influence is giving her the small size and the light lobe.

Are game bantams usually quite large/dark lobed? I haven't been able to find much concrete information about the breed specifics online, but in terms of body shape that definitely is what she looks closest to.

 

[Painted Calls]

Are game bantams usually quite large/dark lobed? I haven't been able to find much concrete information about the breed specifics online, but in terms of body shape that definitely is what she looks closest to.

Liege Fighters are big.

I've never seen a game with light lobes though.

 

[speethechicken]

They're somewhat rare depending on your location, & their availability.
People do like to keep this specific breed for protection against hawks, since they're known for their Hawk fighting tendencies.

I live on a 20-mile long island in the middle of nowhere, so I think (or would hope) any chicken breeders on island with such a rare, imported breed would do better then shove it in a tiny cage with a too-small ring around its leg... and no hawks here. So I don't think she's anything too fancy.
Here's a photograph of her standing, so you can better see her size relative to the bantam rooster.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Bantams though?

Bantams are harder to come by, but it could still be a cross between a Liege, & some other breed.

 

[Painted Calls]

I live on a 20-mile long island in the middle of nowhere, so I think (or would hope) any chicken breeders on island with such a rare, imported breed would do better then shove it in a tiny cage with a too-small ring around its leg... and no hawks here. So I don't think she's anything too fancy.
Here's a photograph of her standing, so you can better see her size relative to the bantam rooster.

In that pic she's standing upright like a really chonky modern game.

She is TINY.

 

[MROO]

How common are Leige Fighter Bantams? She came from a farm setting. Not a breeder.

I agree she looks Gamey, but I would think Dutch influence is giving her the small size and the light lobe.

I have to agree with @Overo Mare. Dutch can lay some pretty good sized eggs, too. The only Liege Fighters I've ever seen are from Greenfire Farms. They were very large (height more than bulk) and VERY 'spensive! A touch of modern game may be giving her that look and the larger eggs.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I live on a 20-mile long island in the middle of nowhere, so I think (or would hope) any chicken breeders on island with such a rare, imported breed would do better then shove it in a tiny cage with a too-small ring around its leg... and no hawks here. So I don't think she's anything too fancy.
Here's a photograph of her standing, so you can better see her size relative to the bantam rooster.

Seeing the legs better makes me think a Modern Game Bantam mix.

 

[Painted Calls]

Is she laying?

I'd be tempted to keep her and tell the crappy previous owner she died.