Can You Identify This Breed?

[SpeckledSussex7]

I forgot to mention that she only weighs about 5 pounds (guessing by feel). She's smaller than our Rhode Island Red hens. Here she is, sitting on her fake egg
Thanks again for the replies.

 

[spikennipper]

Can't help on the breed but she is pretty most prob a cross maybe with some Rhode Island red in her but I would get her out of that broody state asap unless you intend to use her as a broody? as it is quite a demanding thing for a chicken to do for no reason so do not give her fake eggs to keep her going if there is no intention of hatching any, just move her out the nest box and block her from going back or move her into a broody cage to break her, sometimes we have to be cruel to be kind!

 

[fergusonlitch]

Blue Orpington. Here's a link to some photos. http://www.meyerhatchery.com/produc...ickens&grd_prodone_filter=PRODUCT_ID = 'BOPS'

 

[jaeleo1]

Hi there...is she not a BLUE RANGER ,she looks identical to mine.
http://www.widgits.co.uk/Bluebelle.html
regards Jenxx

 

[SpeckledSussex7]

Thanks for the advice. We lock her out of the coop for a couple hours at a time twice a day to make sure she is eating and drinking, but we will remove the eggs as well. The 7 other hens lay at different times of the day, ranging from 7am to 5pm, and they prefer to lay in their nest boxes, so we don't want to lock all of them out of the coop. We'll find something that gets her out of her broody mood until next spring when we want to hatch our own chicks, maybe even moving her to a different cage.

I also see the resemblance with the Blue Orpington and the Blue Ranger.

 

[cochin lover]

I think she is a bluebelle. they look just like the ones I am getting.

 

[ahimsajenn]

SHe has blue giant coloring but is waaay to small...they have dark legs ith yellow pads