Is this a New Hampshire Red?

[KathyJB]

I have been looking at photo's and the best I can tell, Honky looks like a New Hampshire Red. He has a different sound than any chicken I have owned. He sounds like he makes the hhhhhh sound, hhhhaaaaw, hhhaaaaw. (is this crazy?) It's how he got his name.

 

[ChickMagnet207]

Definitely not a new hampshire. Maybe some Production red in the mix....

 

[Sumatra503]

He could be a new hampshire, just a hatchery strain or pet quality one.

Most likely a cross of some sort.

I've found that some chickens are chatty and make the hhhhhh sound. Not too strange.

 

[KathyJB]

So he's a hines 57 variety? Lol We bought he and the other chickens from Ideal Poultry. He was supposed to be a she and a Brown Danish Leghorn. Honky is one in a million and he certainly has some interesting quirks.

 

[donrae]

I could see it being a brown leghorn. I was going to say partridge colored, the bbr might not be too different once he feathers out.

 

[BlueCamas]

Could possibly be a hatchery Partridge Rock, but he could be a mix as well. Definitely not a New Hamp though.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

I was thinking he kind of looked like a dark brown Leghorn

 

[BlueCamas]

I was thinking he kind of looked like a dark brown Leghorn

He would have white earlobes if he was a leghorn. His body type is much heavier than a Leghorn as well.

 

[Sumatra503]

I have seen hatchery birds shipped as new hampshires that feathered out like this. Not uncommon.

However, partridge rock is much closer. Definitely not a leghorn, though.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

White earlobes don't develop until the bird is older. Eventhough the OP didn't give us an age, I would assume this is a young bird based on feather development.