Breed ID help?!

[marinakirsten]

I have this dark grey hen that was gifted to us. we’ve had her for a while but i realized i never discovered her breed. I always just assumed she was some sort of dark grey orpington, but i recently discovered grey Jersey Giants and she looks identical so now i’m not so sure!

I will say she is easily the largest hen we have and has longer legs/stands taller than my orpington ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ let me know what you think!!

 

[sloanbychoice]

I would check the color of the bottoms of her feet. If she were a Jersey Giant, you should see yellow. Otherwise, I’d say it’s likely a sapphire gem.

 

[Prince and Pavo]

Hello! When I saw the pic the first thing I thought of was a sapphire gem. Here’s a pic of my two-year-old hen

 

[rural mouse]

Blue Jersey Giant, Blue Australorp, Sapphire Gem.

Giant foot color already mentioned. Australorp will be white/pink. Dunno on the Gem. All BOTTOM of the foot.

 

[marinakirsten]

I would check the color of the bottoms of her feet. If she were a Jersey Giant, you should see yellow. Otherwise, I’d say it’s likely a sapphire gem.

i’ll have to check under her feet, but now that i’ve looked up sapphire gems I’m thinking that may be exactly what she is!

 

[marinakirsten]

Hello! When I saw the pic the first thing I thought of was a sapphire gem. Here’s a pic of my two-year-old hen View attachment 3521494

oh wow yeah, my girl looks IDENTICAL to this, literally did a double take bc i thought it was one of my pictures thank you for responding!! I’ll have to check under her feet bc someone mentioned the color of the bottom of their feet, but I’m almost certain now that she’s a Sapphire Gem!

 

[marinakirsten]

Blue Jersey Giant, Blue Australorp, Sapphire Gem.

Giant foot color already mentioned. Australorp will be white/pink. Dunno on the Gem. All BOTTOM of the foot.

thank you so much for this information!! I’ll take a look under her feet!