Is this a Welsummer pullet?

[donrae]

The difference is also juvenile feathering vs adult plumage. That pattern she has now will develop into the classic V lacing as she matures.

 

[drumstick diva]

Barnevelder and a real cutie

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Barnevelder

 

[mountdorachick]

I posted her pic on a Barnevelder forum here and the only reply I got was "This is not a Barnevelder"

 

[QueenMisha]

I posted her pic on a Barnevelder forum here and the only reply I got was "This is not a Barnevelder"

Did you post on the exhibition forum? By show standards, no, that's not a Barnvelder. Neither are my Silkies with DQ combs or four toes, or any bird you've ever seen sold as a Barred Rock or Buff Orpington. Chickens are judged based on shape and that is something every hatchery stock bird in this country lacks. By official standards, every bird in every backyard in this country is a straight up mixed breed. So? There's no breed police to say "No, hatchery, you can't sell this bird which isn't a good representative of its breed!" I've got seven or eight Barnies in my flock. I've watched another 200-300 grow out. It's a Barnie. Yep, it's hatchery stock, but by hatchery stock standards, it's a Barnie.