Delaware or Columbian Rock

[ShrekDawg]

The chicken world is very complicated now time to separate him soon I guess idk what to do

It definitely is!!! And I’m sorry do you have a separate pen you can put him in ?

 

[ShrekDawg]

But no signs of saddle feathers or hackel features

How old is he? Those sometimes don’t come in until later. But he is showing other signs

 

[TheDuckGuy]

It definitely is!!! And I’m sorry do you have a separate pen you can put him in ?

I do

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They’re not fully barred though like a Rock or something which is what I had thought Odd was saying. To me, I didn’t consider that barring, just black markings or whatever, and I had thought it was the same pattern as Columbian. but I had looked up pictures of some more Delawares and see the roosters and even other hens do usually have more stereotypical “barring” and I see what was meant now. I guess my girl just had very poor barring ???

Barring is the white stripes, not the black stripes. A white chicken can be barred without showing it, since barring is white itself.
It’s strange that your hen doesn’t have barring in her tail feathers, but that seems common for hatchery Delawares.

 

[TheDuckGuy]

How old is he? Those sometimes don’t come in until later. But he is showing other signs

If it 5 months the other leghorns that came with him some were roos and they are already trying to mate the pullets no crowing or eggs from them yet

 

[TheDuckGuy]

How old is he? Those sometimes don’t come in until later. But he is showing other signs

My silkie is 4 months he already has hackel feathers and getting his saddle feathers

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Also comparing pictures of Delaware roosters to Columbian Rock roosters, he does look FAR more like a Columbian Rock not just in pattern but leg color, etc. too but I do not believe Hoover’s carries those ???? They are not listed on the website. So it is confusing to me hahah I wonder if they have recently started breeding them but not officially for sale yet ???? Definitely a cockerel though unfortunately!!!

Doesn’t TSC also get chicks from cackle? Cackle sells columbian rocks.

Another possibility is that he’s a columbian wyandotte without a rose comb. Columbian wyandottes can have the recessive single comb gene just like other varieties of wyandotte.

But no signs of saddle feathers or hackel features

Those can take a while to come in.

 

[TheDuckGuy]

How old is he? Those sometimes don’t come in until later. But he is showing other signs

Crazy how that first picture was last month and it looked just like a pullet

 

[NatJ]

Tractor Supply gets their birds from Hoover’s Hatchery which does not carry Columbian Rocks so she would have to be a Delaware. Hatchery birds, especially Hoover’s, do not always look like they should. If she had feathered feet or a rose comb then I would have said she could be a Light Brahma and Columbian Wyandotte as they do carry both of those breeds as well but she has the wrong comb type and feet for both of those. So that just leaves Delaware.

I wonder if this chicken is a Columbian Wyandotte that has a single comb. Hatchery Wyandottes sometimes have single combs (wrong for the breed, but genetically possible.) And Hoovers does carry Columbian Wyandottes.

That would explain a bird that has Columbian patterning, single comb, clean feet, and does not have the white barring that a Delaware should.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I don't care about the breed that much but I really need her to be a girl or she's going to have to be separated from the flock

Why do you want to separate him?