Is this a Leghorn?

[Arztwolf]

I don't really mind having a cockerel. I wondered if he was a Leghorn since he matched the chick in the catalog.

I don't know that much about chicken breeds, so "exotic" means something other than RIR, EE, or Barred Rock (the only things my TSC seems to carry, besides "Bantam Mix").

 

[cackleberrycam]

Looks like a White Rock or White Leghorn to me. Orpingtons should have whitish legs, whereas this one has orange ones.

I agree. Yellow/orange legs are a White rock and White Leghorn trait, not an Orpingtons'.

 

[Michael OShay]

I agree. Yellow/orange legs are a White rock and White Leghorn trait, not an Orpingtons'.

X3 on that. I don't think donrae was saying it might be an Orpington, but just that since it was supposedly an exotic breed, MM should have put something like a White Orpington (which MM does breed) into the box with the other chicks. Donrae, you can correct me if I'm wrong. )

 

[donrae]

I don't really mind having a cockerel. I wondered if he was a Leghorn since he matched the chick in the catalog.

I don't know that much about chicken breeds, so "exotic" means something other than RIR, EE, or Barred Rock (the only things my TSC seems to carry, besides "Bantam Mix").

Someone posted here a few years ago about the kind of chicks TSC employees know....

small white ones---Leghorns
big white ones--Cornish Cross
red ones--RIR/production red
black ones-barred Rocks
tiny ones--mixed bantams