Breed Identification Please

[JedJackson]

Is there a buff version of exchequer? I have several similarly patterned seramas.

I think exchequer is just heavy mottling. I think this bird is spangled rather than mottled. But who knows? We need a genetics expert to weigh in.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

At the feed store, they had marked the incubator as Brahmas. The next time we visited the feed store, they had set aside what they were calling “Show chickens” that had come with the shipment by mistake. This is what made me wonder as she doesn’t quite resemble a Brahma. I wanted to throw this thread out there in case she is not a cold hardy breed.

She will do just fine in the cold. I had Leghorn hens who were fine in the winter.

 

[JedJackson]

At the feed store, they had marked the incubator as Brahmas. The next time we visited the feed store, they had set aside what they were calling “Show chickens” that had come with the shipment by mistake. This is what made me wonder as she doesn’t quite resemble a Brahma. I wanted to throw this thread out there in case she is not a cold hardy breed.

She's not a Brahma- no pea comb, no feathered or yellow legs.

 

[Gray Farms]

When you say Dutch Game do you mean Dutch Bantam?

yes

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

yes

Thank you for clarifying. I wasn’t sure.

 

[WVduckchick]

I think exchequer is just heavy mottling. I think this bird is spangled rather than mottled. But who knows? We need a genetics expert to weigh in.

There is some debate on exactly what exchequer is. But the key is the non-uniform pattern. Spangled and mottled have specific patterns.

Two of my girls.

 

[Simms Chickens]

Thank you SO much for all this good info as I’ve been searching online for months. She is the most personable little girl. She talks back to you, comes when called and will sit in my arms for as long as we’ll hold her.

 

[Simms Chickens]

There is some debate on exactly what exchequer is. But the key is the non-uniform pattern. Spangled and mottled have specific patterns.

Two of my girls.
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Wow! She really looks just like your girl on the left image.

 

[JedJackson]

There is some debate on exactly what exchequer is. But the key is the non-uniform pattern. Spangled and mottled have specific patterns.

Two of my girls.
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Yeah, it's tough to say for sure, but the bird in question looks to have a fairly uniform pattern to me, which is why I think spangled. And just about every feather has a white marking, where mottling doesn't have a marking on every feather-- I think it's one in five, or something like that. But I really don't know-- it's an unusual color pattern, whatever it is. There are also D'Uccles with a similar color pattern, but I can't think what it is called.

 

[Gray Farms]

Yeah, it's tough to say for sure, but the bird in question looks to have a fairly uniform pattern to me, which is why I think spangled. And just about every feather has a white marking, where mottling doesn't have a marking on every feather-- I think it's one in five, or something like that. But I really don't know-- it's an unusual color pattern, whatever it is. There are also D'Uccles with a similar color pattern, but I can't think what it is called.

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