Completely confused

[Nak86]

thank you everybody for helping me out

 

[missred871]

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5 isn't a EE she is a game hen not a EE and defiantly not a rooster...
6 is no where near a Brahma


Chris

Not to start anything here, but #5 looks 100% exactly like the 7 EE's I own,I know mine are EE's, they lay blue eggs. So maybe I am unaware what an Game hen looks like, it is possible there are game hens that look like EE's, but #5 looks like an EE to me, and the comb is questionable as far as size and color- enough to make me wonder as to roo status. I think it is small simply because it is young, not because it is game hen size.

#6 looks like the Light Brahmas I have seen elsewhere on BYC, but I could be mistaken. OP did a check and saw pictures of birds labeled as Brahmas, and said they look just like pic #6, sometimes its hard to identify when a bird is young and when there is a possibility of mixed breeds. I am far from being a breed recognising expert, I was just giving my semi-informed, personal experience opinion.

In chris' defense I dont think he meant to step on your toes he was just giving his opinion. I too own EEs and from the looks of the pictures numbers 5 and 6 dont have cheeks or beards, that leads me to believe game as well also due to their stance I was thinking game but they do have a coloring much like EE I was thinking game on number 6 for sure just because of the body type and slimness. Nak you might want to check out the games and see what you can find. Other than that I agree with someone else, your flock is a nice looking flock no matter the breeds they will be a whole lotta fun!

 

[High Roost Ranch]

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Here you go...
Picture
1- New Hampshire
2- From Left to right a EE (Easter Egger), Buff Orpington, Buff Orpington, Production Red, Rhode Island Red
3- EE
4- The one with Blue legs and the one with Green legs are Game (I think the brown one is a hen and the light color one is a rooster)
5- Game hen
6- Game (I think rooster)

Chris

I agree with Chris. The only way differently I would have guessed is I would have called the production red a NH, but I defer to Chris' PR because Chris is right. The games are games, they aren't EEs. They're missing beards and muffs, and body type speaks game hens. The last one is most certainly not a brahma. Brahmas, be it LF or bantam, are a heavy breed of chicken. Not a gamey type with tighter feather than a brahma would have.

I have often seen pullets and hens square off and take on others, and with great success. Get a dominant pullet or hen and watch out son, she'll put you in your place.

 

[PioneerPrincess]

Hi,

I think your last two are game chickens. I have three game hens who look just like the one with a gold neck, brown body. I also have a young game pullet who has the white head and tan/white body. Your birds are beautiful!

 

[PioneerPrincess]

Here is a picture of one of our game hens, Duchess. Her two sisters, Lady and Princess, also look like her:

She is a Hatch Claret game hen.

I just noticed that you game chicken has yellow legs not gray.

 

[MissJenny]

Not that I am eager to stick my nose in where it doesn't belong, but was there a quarantine time before the new birds were introduced to the original birds? If there is nothing else I have learned on this site it is bio-security first and foremost. I wouldn't bring in birds from anywhere without quarantining them first.


Jenny

 

[NYREDS]

#6 looks like the Light Brahmas I have seen elsewhere on BYC, but I could be mistaken. OP did a check and saw pictures of birds labeled as Brahmas, and said they look just like pic #6, sometimes its hard to identify when a bird is young and when there is a possibility of mixed breeds. I am far from being a breed recognising expert, I was just giving my semi-informed, personal experience opinion.

For what it's worth Brahmas are feather legged & that bird obviously has clean legs. Other than that it looks absolutely nothing like a Brahma.

PS-#5 is a pullet​

 

[NYREDS]

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I know that's put forth here as absolutely necessary but I've never "quarantined" anything & in 50 years of raising thousands of birds I've never had a problem. Then again I've never had most of the problems people post about here.

 

[PioneerPrincess]

Hi,

I was doing some searching on a site and I found a breed which might be what I thought was a game hen. It has the yellow legs and colors too.

It is called a Yellow-Legged Partridge. This one is a hen.: