Ideas on this hen's breed?

[redchiken]

Hey y'all. Here is a hen that has us perplexed. Her face and comb has a large amount of black in it. We believe her to be a mix, but are not sure where the black face.might have come from.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Mix

 

[CalBickieMomma]

Did you get her at a feed store? She could be a black sex link. My Charlotte is about 4 months old and had a dark face until about a week or so ago (the red started coming in . I was hoping her wattles and comb would stay closer to black).

 

[3KillerBs]

If she came from a feed store or hatchery she might be a black sexlink.

 

[JedJackson]

She's possibly an Asian black, but all black or nearly all black chicken sometimes just get dark facial skin. It doesn't necessarily mean they have Silkie or Ayam Cemani blood in them. Chicken genetics can do strange things.

 

[redchiken]

She's possibly an Asian black, but all black or nearly all black chicken sometimes just get dark facial skin. It doesn't necessarily mean they have Silkie or Ayam Cemani blood in them. Chicken genetics can do strange things.

Okay. I did not know that! I have had black hens before her and currently do have others. But I did not realize the face could be black without more exotic bloodlines.

 

[redchiken]

Did you get her at a feed store? She could be a black sex link. My Charlotte is about 4 months old and had a dark face until about a week or so ago (the red started coming in . I was hoping her wattles and comb would stay closer to black).

I am not going to lie to you...she MIGHT be from TSC...we hatched some of our own and bought a few around the same time.

 

[redchiken]

If she came from a feed store or hatchery she might be a black sexlink.

Same answer as to CalBickieMomma
Thanks!

 

[Johnny17]

She's possibly an Asian black, but all black or nearly all black chicken sometimes just get dark facial skin. It doesn't necessarily mean they have Silkie or Ayam Cemani blood in them. Chicken genetics can do strange things.

Definitely agree

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hey y'all. Here is a hen that has us perplexed. Her face and comb has a large amount of black in it. We believe her to be a mix, but are not sure where the black face.might have come from.

She could be a mystic onyx.