Crossbreed. Any thoughts?

[Kat C]

That does sound interesting! Bet you get some interesting chickens.

Here is a hen we have that I think is quite unique. She has muffs, lays an olive green eggs, is blue but is barred, but the barring is very indistinct. She's quite pretty and a good layer and quite friendly as well. I also posted a pic of her when she was younger and the barring more obvious. Also attached is her brother who is also blue barred but the barring is more distinct. She is part Americana, Game Banty, Marans, Wyandotte Banty, Leghorn, Brazilian Game, Rock and Hamburg. She has a black muffed sister, a black non muffed sister, a blue muffed sister. Three green layers and 1 brown from the 4 hens.

 

[poultry person]

This is a hard one! She might be California white and either leghorn or Delaware.

 

[Kat C]

This is a hard one! She might be California white and either leghorn or Delaware.

she looks a lot like a leghorn cross we had. This bird was a cross with a white leghorn and a game rooster that was mostly black. White is dominant in leghorns so you only need it from one side of the cross, but when you just have one gene for white other stuff starts to creep in. However look closely at her earlobes. Leghorns have white ears and even in crosses you should see some white mixed with red. I looked up California white and they have red ear lobes. You can if you look closely that this leghorn cross still has mostly white ear lobes. (BTW those aren't her chicks, she just served as brood mother for other hens eggs)

 

[Kat C]

On the California white "The California White Chicken is a cross between our best White Leghorn chicken hen with a California Grey Chicken Rooster. Adults are covered with white feathers with flecks of black." and wiki says "a California Grey is a cross between a Barred Plymouth Rock rooster and a White Leghorn hen. So whether a leghorn cross or a california white cross you are mostly looking at white leghorn.

 

[poultry person]

she looks a lot like a leghorn cross we had. This bird was a cross with a white leghorn and a game rooster that was mostly black. White is dominant in leghorns so you only need it from one side of the cross, but when you just have one gene for white other stuff starts to creep in. However look closely at her earlobes. Leghorns have white ears and even in crosses you should see some white mixed with red. I looked up California white and they have red ear lobes. You can if you look closely that this leghorn cross still has mostly white ear lobes. (BTW those aren't her chicks, she just served as brood mother for other hens eggs) View attachment 1279852

Ok! She's so pretty!

 

[Kat C]

Ok! She's so pretty!

Thanks

A hen sitting on chicks is a wonderful sight and I think it makes almost any hen pretty!