Is this a Light Brown Leghorn hen?

[LIChickens]

This is a 14 week chicken that weighs 44 ounces:

 

[BantamLover21]

Yes, that is a Light Brown Leghorn pullet.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Yep - pretty little Light Brown Leghorn

 

[ShinShien]

Yes, that is a Light Brown Leghorn pullet.

Then why does my welsummer hen look so remarkably similar?

 

[LIChickens]

Then why does my welsummer hen look so remarkably similar?

Does your Welsummer have white ears?

 

[ShinShien]

Does your Welsummer have white ears?

lemme go look. she has that same feather pattern, color, even the yellow legs.

 

[ShinShien]

Nope, sorry. Her earlobes are red. My bad. Apparently, welsummer hens and light-brown leghorns look alike to me.

 

[fshinggrl]

Nope, sorry. Her earlobes are red. My bad. Apparently, welsummer hens and light-brown leghorns look alike to me.

Yes, the main difference between welsummers and brown leghorns are the earlobes and of course the color of eggs.

 

[WyandotteIndeed]

The light brown leghorns are also sometimes called "Danish Brown Leghorns," and you'll notice that as adult hens when side-by-side with the welsummer, the leghorn will have a larger usually floppy comb, white ears, and longer legs with a nice big fan tail, and the welsummer will have a less rangy, more traditional european hen shape with a wider diaper-bottom and her breast feathers will have a slightly rosey hue to the more sandy brown of the leghorn's breast. But yes, at first glance the pattern is very similar.

 

[Michael OShay]

With those white earlobes, she is definitely a Light Brown Leghorn pullet. You'll get lots of nice white eggs from her. )