Buff Orpington or not?

[tpmeyer]

We have 5 chickens that all look like Buff Orpingtons to me. They are about 7 months old. The two large ones have red earlobes and lay brown eggs, like they are supposed to. The three small ones have white earlobes and lay white eggs. Are there chickens that look like Buff Orpingtons but lay white eggs?

 

[hdowden]

do you have any pics?

 

[ve]

If they lay white eggs, they are Buff Leghorns or Buff Minorcas

 

[tpmeyer]

Here's a pic of a couple of them.

 

[hdowden]

with the flopy combs and white lobes looks more like minorcas

 

[tpmeyer]

Aren't they too fat to be Minorcas?

 

[hdowden]

their bodies are a bit off for both leghorns and minorcas but if they are hatchery birds i wouldn't be surprised by that though

 

[tpmeyer]

Also,

I have a few that I was calling Australorps, but I got those wrong too, since they also lay white eggs. They are black, but when the sun shines right, there is a green sparkle to the feathers. Here's a pic (next to my buff Orpington). any ideas? Thanks!

 

[donrae]

My guess would be buff and black mincoras.