Buff Orpington or Something Else?

[merkoch]

What do you think?

Thank you!

 

[Chicken Girl1]

It looks like a Buff Orpington in the pictures. Does it have a single comb?

 

[merkoch]

It does have a single comb.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

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It does have a single comb.

Buff Orpington then.

 

[drumstick diva]

Buff orp pullet wouldn't be darker colored around the neck- is this a hatchery bird?

 

[merkoch]

We got her from our local farm store. They get chicks from hatcheries, but the ones that don't sell go out into a pen and get older and are sold as hens. So there are all different breeds in the pen. I thought she looked like a Buff Orpington but I also thought she looked like a Buff Plymouth Rock.

 

[junebuggena]

Buff Rocks have yellow skin. Orpingtons have white/pink skin.

 

[donrae]

She looks to have white/pink skin, so I'm thinking Orpington. Hatchery birds often have a darker collar and tail. It's not a desirable trait from my understanding, but they're fine backyard birds.