Does anyone know what type of chicken this may be?

[newchickenowner]

Some of you may have already seen my former post that we are brand new to chickens, my son brought this little fellow home from school. PLEASE ignore the poo in the pics, this little guy goes constantly you can't keep the cage clean!

Thank you for all of your help!






Thanks in advance for your help, any tips anyone wants to give on raising chicks will be taken as well, as you can see we've already switched from newspaper to paper towels which makes it easier to keep his cage clean but still he just poops it up in an hour!!

Thanks!

 

[S n M Poultry]

looks like a white leghorn or a white rock to me. It may even be a Cornish X

 

[Cheep Mama]

I can't help you with your question, just wanted to say welcome and enjoy your new little chickie!!!

 

[ebonykawai]

I thought Cornish X, he's pretty hefty.

 

[chick4chicks]

Hello and welcome. I am a new chick owner too. Your baby is so cute and good luck with it but it really needs some friends as they are flock birds and need friends to be happy so good luck on getting the addiction.lol I was going to have 6 total i have 5 now getting 6 more next week and 4 more the next week. lol i have it bad:yiipchicke

 

[FLOWERPOT]

I just wanted egg layers, then I saw banties and got some of them, then I bought an incubator and started hatching eggs, I now have some in the bator, some more on the way and 56 out is the barn~coop. All this in 3 months time!

 

[championny]

That is a CornishX. You can tell by his stocky legs and the fact you mentioned he poos a lot. I would only have to say I haven't heard of many people raising them as pets, although i assume a few do. They are messy and eat LOTS of food because their growth rate is really fast.

The sad part is, if he is a CornishX, as he gets older he can tend to have leg problems and such. They aren't bred for pets but for meat.

Good luck and I hope this helps a little!

 

[patandchickens]

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Do you know how old it is. I am *hoping* for your son's sake that it isn't a Cornish X

... (they're the ones raised commercially for meat, they grow incredibly fast and do not survive well to adulthood)


Pat

 

[Cetawin]

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Yep you got the disease too. Sorry it is incurable.

Enjoy all those babies.

 

[coopist]

CornishX.