Brown Leghorn or Game hen, I'm confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Didn't mean to confuse--not sure what you're confused about?

1. I don't think the hen in the photo you posted is a light brown Leghorn because the comb is wrong. For it to be a Leghorn, it should have a comb like the one my dark brown Leghorn has.

2. My hen isn't a black Leghorn, she's a dark brown Leghorn. Here is how the dark brown Leghorn is described by the American Brown Leghorn Club: As the brown leghorn was coming into its own, around the turn of the century, breeders prized darker, wine colored male birds while preferring a light olive brown female. This eventually gave rise to two separate varieties. The Dark Brown Leghorns, male and female, are a deep shade of mahogany, accented with fiery dark red and lustrous greenish black. The Light Brown female is a warm olive brown color over the back with a breast of rich salmon.

Does that clear things up?

 

[Buckhunter76]

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/i...kvcS1-amjwlh0DKsInss2FpV5hVV3wJtTGQ8YdLKetQCw

Light Brown Leghorn

 

[Buckhunter76]

Didn't mean to confuse--not sure what you're confused about?

1. I don't think the hen in the photo you posted is a light brown Leghorn because the comb is wrong. For it to be a Leghorn, it should have a comb like the one my dark brown Leghorn has.

2. My hen isn't a black Leghorn, she's a dark brown Leghorn. Here is how the dark brown Leghorn is described by the American Brown Leghorn Club: As the brown leghorn was coming into its own, around the turn of the century, breeders prized darker, wine colored male birds while preferring a light olive brown female. This eventually gave rise to two separate varieties. The Dark Brown Leghorns, male and female, are a deep shade of mahogany, accented with fiery dark red and lustrous greenish black. The Light Brown female is a warm olive brown color over the back with a breast of rich salmon.

Does that clear things up?

Yes, lol

, So is it a Game hen?

 

[hunter109]

i have experience with young hens having littler combs then the older one how old you think she is

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

i have experience with young hens having littler combs then the older one how old you think she is

Aren't those her chicks?

My Leghorns had significant combs by the time they were old enough to hatch chicks.

ps. That's a LOT of smilies.

 

[hunter109]

most of my chickens never had real big combs till they were laying for a while. yea they are hers and what is she if she ant a leghorn
and they are bad smiley faces

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Yes, lol

, So is it a Game hen?

Um, that I can't tell you.

I have never seen a Modern Game hen. I think that they stand up much straighter than other chickens, and have a very light build. You can't search for "game hen" photos and find live birds, LOL, but you can search for Modern Game hens...

http://bit.ly/KHvjLo

Are the only two options Leghorn or Modern Game?

 

[hunter109]

she is to dang big for a game hen and she dont even look like her man you even know what you talking about

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

most of my chickens never had real big combs till they were laying for a while. yea they are hers and what is she if she ant a leghorn
and they are bad smiley faces

I have no clue what she is. I could also be wrong and she could be a Leghorn, but she doesn't look like any Leghorn I've had comb-wise, although the tail looks like one. There are a lot of people on here better at this than I am, so maybe you'll get a more "professional" answer later. Good luck.

 

[Buckhunter76]

Have no clue on options, fairly new to breed types, but definitely learning