Hampshire or Rhode Island Red? or?

[MikeOhlh]

I traded a Red Wattle Piglet for some chickens and a rooster, the person was not sure what kind this was, but said she thought it might be a Hampshire or (I think she said maybe) Rhode Island Red. It really only matters because she lays very large (jumbo sized) eggs, and I might want to get a couple more of her breed. Thanks in advance! I thought I had better pictures, but I can get more if needed.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Not either a New Hampshire nor a Rhode Island Red.




Rhode Island Red Pullet




New Hampshire pullet.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Wellie? or Brown Leghorn? Neither of those are my breeds, so sorry, Probably shouldn't guess. LOL

What color egg does she lay?

 

[pastorwalt]

Wellsummer - wild type coloring - comb is too small for a brown leghorn and she is also chunkier

 

[MikeOhlh]

This is one of her eggs, she very reliably has one waiting every morning even now. Sometimes another in the afternoon, usually not.
I should also say I can't be certain she is not some mix.

 

[goldfinches]

Looks like my hatchery Welsummer.

Looks like the eggs she lays, too. They're supposed to lay pretty dark eggs, but mine is lighter with spots like that one.

 

[Chickengirl47]

Looks like my hatchery Welsummer.

Looks like the eggs she lays, too.  They're supposed to lay pretty dark eggs, but mine is lighter with spots like that one.

X2

 

[MikeOhlh]

Well, I got out the trusty Google and looked for images of Wellies, when I came across a very good likeness of my bird called a Welsummer/Barnvelder cross. Where did Google find that photo?... Right here on BYC. What do you think? I really don't have a good chicken eye, so dont know what to look for.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/271757/the-welsummer-thread/4580 shows a pullet that to me looks similar. except for the white ear on mine.

 

[Pele]

Unless the colors of the picture are way off, that hen has white ears, which disqualifies Welsummer as a possibility. She's a Brown Leghorn, and that shouldn't be her egg.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Unless the colors of the picture are way off, that hen has white ears, which disqualifies Welsummer as a possibility. She's a Brown Leghorn, and that shouldn't be her egg.

We must not confuse the ear "cover" with the ear lobe. Besides, that is only a guide, not an absolute anyhow.