Is this a white Rock?

[fifenashia]

My neighbor's flock has died off leaving a lone survivor, I agreed to take her own and after a quarantine period I will hopefully integrate her with my existing flock. They said she was a "Buff Orpington" but even a chicken dummy like me knows this is not a "Buff". So what the heck is she? They said she is a great layer and she was a wonderful momma this summer when she hatched out her first brood. She is solid white with brown speckles on her back, yellow feet and legs but I haven't checked her skin color. She is very lightweight and her feathers (although they are in molt) are incredibly soft to the touch. I can feel her breast bone when I hold her which I hope will end once I fatten her up.

It's not the best picture, I tried to get a good one, I'll keep trying. But I had hoped to get an idea of what she might be at least.

Thanks!

 

[ChicKat]

If she lays a brown egg or light brown, she could be a white rock.

If she lays a white egg, she could be a Leghorn or a Leghorn cross, like my Ideal 236 who is white with a sprinkling of black feathers.

If her earlobes are white, then probably not a White Rock, if her earlobes are Red, then maybe.

If she is in the leghorn family, then she most likely won't fatten up, because these birds tend to be lithe.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

In the pic it looks like she's got red earlobes, and appears to be a white rock. Red earlobes = rock, white earlobes = leghorn.

Are the "speckles" actually speckles, or is it dirt? My delaware girl, at one point, looked more brown than white!

 

[donrae]

She looks way too solid to be a leghorn, I'd guess rock. Maybe better pics eventually? If she really had black speckles, then not purebred, maybe a delaware mix? Anyway, great deal on the free chicken!

 

[fifenashia]

Thank you so much! I am grateful for the tips on how to tell.

A friend of mine came over and verified that she is a white rock. Today makes one week Quarantine!

 

[slim1986]

My vote would be white rock or delaware, maybe a delaware/white rock cross? Definitely not a white leghorn, I raised them for years in 4H and she looks way too thick to be a leghorn, they are lean birds.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

If she is thin enough for you to feel her breastbone, she may have worms and you might want to deworm her before introducing her to your flock.

 

[fifenashia]

Great suggestion! I am unfamiliar with the proper supplies for treatment of worms/parasites/mites/lice ect... So far (knock on wood) I havent needed any.

Suggestions on what kind of wormer/ How much/How often? I have access to a Tractor Supply, Southern States, Walmart and my vet is comfortable with my birds (he treated my duck for a dog bite last year).

 

[slim1986]

My parents neighbor has a 55 gal drum cut off at the bottom ring with walnuts and water in it, I can't remember what he said he uses it for but he did say it keeps his birds wormed, and all his birds are healthy. I guess the walnut oil worms them?

 

[fifenashia]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2525157#p2525157

GREAT THREAD FOR WORMING!

I have learned so much tonight just by reading through this! I plan on starting them ALL on Wazine in 3 weeks followed by Pour on Ivermectin (for cattle) 2 weeks after that. This should do them all until Spring when I can do the Ivermectin again.

Now to figure out how to "dust" them with DE and where to get DE....and WHY we dust with DE....