- Nov 11, 2011
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to the BYC boards. I've been lurking for almost a year (and learning a lot from everyone!), and finally wanted to say hi. Hi! And I have a question.....
Can anyone identify the breed of this hen? I got her from a local breeder who raises many different breeds, and I've always gotten really gorgeous birds from him, including light brahma, buff chantecler and ameracaunas. However, I think something is fishy with this gal. He told me she was a red chantecler (I know that's not an official breed, but have heard people talking about them occasionally). However, her comb and leg color don't really match with the chantecler breed, and I haven't been able to find any good photos online of red chanteclers to compare her with. You might not be able to tell by the photos but she is fairly large (same size as my australorps) and she's a good layer of fairly large light brown eggs. Her coloring is light red, almost peach (in fact her name is "Peaches"). Very sweet and docile. I had also thought perhaps Red Star, but the color doesn't seem quite right and she seems too large for that. Maybe buff rock, but I think too red in color for that?
I'm starting to think she might just be a very pretty mutt, which would be okay too. But I thought I'd see if you all have any thoughts...
Here's Peaches:
(Please excuse my backside.)
Thanks everyone!
Lori
I'm new to the BYC boards. I've been lurking for almost a year (and learning a lot from everyone!), and finally wanted to say hi. Hi! And I have a question.....
Can anyone identify the breed of this hen? I got her from a local breeder who raises many different breeds, and I've always gotten really gorgeous birds from him, including light brahma, buff chantecler and ameracaunas. However, I think something is fishy with this gal. He told me she was a red chantecler (I know that's not an official breed, but have heard people talking about them occasionally). However, her comb and leg color don't really match with the chantecler breed, and I haven't been able to find any good photos online of red chanteclers to compare her with. You might not be able to tell by the photos but she is fairly large (same size as my australorps) and she's a good layer of fairly large light brown eggs. Her coloring is light red, almost peach (in fact her name is "Peaches"). Very sweet and docile. I had also thought perhaps Red Star, but the color doesn't seem quite right and she seems too large for that. Maybe buff rock, but I think too red in color for that?
I'm starting to think she might just be a very pretty mutt, which would be okay too. But I thought I'd see if you all have any thoughts...
Here's Peaches:
Thanks everyone!
Lori