Ever Watch True Detective :: Four Hens - Four Breeds

[backoffmustache]

My wife and I purchased our first four little gals, each a different breed, from a farm that can only be described as location set in the world of HBO's True Detective. Super creepy.

Anywho - we love our eight week old girls and couldn't be happier with their growth and health. Trouble is I haven't the foggiest as to their breeds. Hopefully you cats can be of some assistance.

Best,

Chad

Our mother hen on the pecking order's highest rung is Carolyn.
She is super inquisitive, gentle and loves to interact with us.
Love her puffy cheeks



This lovely lady is Gladys, also inquisitive but not as quick to interact with us, but when she does it's all love.


Mary is a gorgeous strong willed girl.


Linda has fancy feathered feet and is a runner, never really wanting to interact with us - definitely on the bottom rung

 

[soydo]

Don't have cable, sorry.. Lovely birds, whole body shots are best for guessing breeds. Even so, from those pictures I'd say they're all mixed or crossbreds. Feather leg one probably cochin cross/mix if only because that's one of the most common feather leg breeds.

 

[Cyan Night]

If they're supposed to be eight weeks old then I'm sorry to say, but they're all boys.

 

[soydo]

Uh oh, missed their ages. Put up whole body shots, just in case?

 

[Tricoglossus]

At 8 weeks of age, all 4 are roosters. What age were they when they were sold to you, and did they have noticeable red combs and wattles when you bought them?

 

[ashtree]

Oh man, I agree those all look like cockerels anyway you can exchange some (or all)

 

[donrae]

Agree body shots would help narrow things down breed wise, at least give guesses of the mixes involved. But, it's probably a moot point as those are all cockerels. Sorry.

 

[backoffmustache]

I'll post some body shots tomorrow. Sorry - twelve weeks old, my math is all screwy. Their combs and wattles were either white or very light pink.

 

[Cyan Night]

Even for 12 weeks I'd say they're all roos

 

[donrae]

Even for 12 weeks I'd say they're all roos

Yep.