Help with the breed on this big boy, please??

[EmbarkGuru]

We took this big boy off the hands of a friend that couldn't keep him. What I know is that they bought him at a home/ranch store in Apr 2013 and he was sold as a pullet. So that puts him around 4-5 months old. They told me he was 4 months when I picked him up about 3 weeks ago. I can't tell if he's a buckeye, redcap (don't really think so) or a malay (my suspicion) Here are a few photos I took today, the girls in the background are 2 month old EEs for size reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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[donrae]

Gaack! He doesn't look like anything from my feed store!

to see what others come up with.

 

[Wyandottes7]

He looks like either a Malay, Shamo, or Asil. These three breeds look VERY similar to each other, so I'm not certain. Personally, I'm leaning towards him being an Asil (also called an Aseel). Here is a photo of an Asil from Feathersite.com:

Malays just seem a little too "leggy" for him to be one, and I think that they are rarer:

Shamos are another possibility.

As you can see, all three breeds look very similar! He's obviously one of the three breeds, but I don't know which.

 

[Veer67]

He looks like either a Malay, Shamo, or Asil. These three breeds look VERY similar to each other, so I'm not certain. Personally, I'm leaning towards him being an Asil (also called an Aseel). Here is a photo of an Asil from Feathersite.com:

Malays just seem a little too "leggy" for him to be one, and I think that they are rarer:

Shamos are another possibility.

As you can see, all three breeds look very similar! He's obviously one of the three breeds, but I don't know which.

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[Pele]

I'd say he's an Asil. Malays have longer legs, and Shamos are overall leaner with a higher profile.

 

[EmbarkGuru]

Thank you for the input! I'll look up some info on the asil and see what I can learn.