Chicken Going to Drive me to Drink - Is She a He?

[RobbingPeter]

My first batch of chickies are just over their 8 week mark - and of the original 7 - 5 have been identified as definite roos. I have re-homed 4 of them and have one to go. Or at least I thought that was the case. After removing 2 of the three roos that I had left the remaining roo has started jousting with the Alpha Hen. Or what I thought was the Alpha hen. She has responded by jumping, raising hackles and general rooishness.

So, the guessing game begins. Also, I am still completely clueless as to what breed this chicken is. Of course it is the only chick that I have been unable to resist naming. May I introduce Large Marge.

Closest thing I could get to a profile shot:

Back Shot

Head Shot, the light coming through the window makes the comb and wattle look redder than it normally does. It has just the barest hint of pink coming in.

Bonus wing extended shot:

Place your BETS!

 

[ladywolfe]

Looks to me like a silver laced wyandotte but I'm not a chicken expert. Sorry just noted the comb and wyandottes don't have combs at least that's what I've been told, but also they do throw combs sometimes.

 

[jeremy]

My first guess was an EE, but the comb isn't right.

So it's a silver penciled something, maybe?

 

[ellieroo]

Me too and a hen at that!!

 

[chicken_china_mom]

It's not a Wyandotte, that much I know. It does look Silver Penciled in color. Is it standard, or bantam? Cause if it's bantam, my guess would be OEGB, but I do believe OEG come in standard size too. Maybe try looking them up at Feathersite and see if you find one that looks like her there. See if maybe she is an OEG. It's a hen, and she's awful pretty too. I think she is not letting that cocky little boy boss her around, that's why she's fighting back! I have a little Silkie/OEGB hen that does not let the boys push her around. She has been seen chest bumping, neck feathers out, kickin butt when she needs to. Any other time, she is sweet and quiet as can be.

 

[RobbingPeter]

She is a standard, significantly larger than even the roo in her brooder.

I am so glad to hear y'all saying hen - I cannot tell you. If I raised 7 chicks and got only 1 hen, well I would be cranky.

I have looked at feathersite and the thing that keeps on putting a hitch in my giddyup is the black legs. Every time I think I have figured it out the black legs are a no-go.

 

[jeremy]

Leg color tends to change as birds mature.

Or it could also be due to the fact that you bird could be a cross, not pure bred. This tends to be especially common with hatcheries.

 

[ve]

Where you get her from?She can be Iova Blue.

 

[RobbingPeter]

All 7 chicks were given to be by someone who went to a local, well reputed, breeder and bought a fairly large "grab bag" of eggs. She hatched them out and then gave most of them away. The breeder currently specializes in Pendescanas, Barnvelders, Welsummers and BLRWyandottes - but as many chicken people are prone to do - he has a large number of other breeds for his own happiness. I also know that in the past he has bred and sold a variety of Marans.

I have no problem with her being a mutt - but the coloring seems so specific it seems odd that it would be so.

 

[RobbingPeter]

Quote:
Just googled Iowa Blue and found this description:

Despite their colored name, the Iowa blue has a silvery white head. The neck and breast area of the body has white feathers with a thin black stripe down the middle that alternate to black feathers with white lacing. The lower portion of the breast, body, legs, wings, and tail are black with a bluish tint to gray tone with penciling. The neck of the roosters will resemble their back and saddle portion while hens will have a bluish to gray with penciling on their backs. Beaks of the Iowa Blue are horn, their eyes are dark brown, and the shanks and toes are slate in color.

Which pretty much describes her exactly right down to the eye color.​