Can anyone tell what breed plz

[chickens really]

They eclipse after Breeding season their first year...Drakes lose tail curls and look kike hens in Colour for Mallard looking Drakes..Mean when they are over a year old...

 

[buggymuffin]

That IS interesting! I’ll have to catch one this afternoon. She had just a few white dots on her back when she was in that weird half down half adult feathers. Then they disappeared. I noticed this week that she has some white dots on her under belly. She’s about 4 months old. And from Metzers.

I have one that is almost completely white now (she is almost 5 years old), but they were all solid black until after a year old and are "graying" at varying rates. I have a two year old hen that doesn't have any white. I sometimes wonder if it isn't related to how often they lay. The two year old suffered a leg injury last year (slipped tendon, I think) and now hops around on one leg. I am not sure if she is laying at all. We have two females added to the flock this year that are still solid black. Our other two 5 year old females have a fair amount of white. but are still mostly black.