ISA Brown?

[GodLovesU]

My Dad got her from a friend who got her off of Facebook Marketplace. Any ideas of breed, or is she a BYM? She also appears to have been debeaked.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

She's definitely a Red Sex Link of some sort, but it can be hard to tell which is her genetics. The tail says Isa Brown, but that could be because she's not feeling well and is probably scared. Her colors say Golden Comet, but that can be your lightening, and that can also vary between bird to bird. If she was my bird, I'd probably slap the label of Isa Brown on her without thinking too much about it, but in the end of whatever her parents were, she's a Red Sex Link (RSL).

 

[GodLovesU]

She's definitely a Red Sex Link of some sort, but it can be hard to tell which is her genetics. The tail says Isa Brown, but that could be because she's not feeling well and is probably scared. Her colors say Golden Comet, but that can be your lightening, and that can also vary between bird to bird. If she was my bird, I'd probably slap the label of Isa Brown on her without thinking too much about it, but in the end of whatever her parents were, she's a Red Sex Link (RSL).

Ok, thank you!

 

[GodLovesU]

I was wondering, could she be a ex-battery hen? Are Red sex-links ever used for that? My dad’s friend got her from an auction on Facebook. What has me suspicious is the fact that she appears to have been de-beaked and that she doesn’t act like the other chickens. She has no fear of the dog, she doesn’t seem to realize what the feeder and waterer are, and doesn’t interact with the other chickens. She doesn’t even perch, she just sleeps in the next boxes.

 

[thecatumbrella]

Her colors say Golden Comet, but that can be your lightening

This was my guess because of the yellow legs. Not sure how many hybrids have them, though.

Speaking of which, what IS going on with her legs? Looks like she could have a bad case of scaly leg mites.

Glad she found her way to you for a better life!

 

[GodLovesU]

This was my guess because of the yellow legs. Not sure how many hybrids have them, though.

Speaking of which, what IS going on with her legs? Looks like she could have a bad case of scaly leg mites.

Glad she found her way to you for a better life!

I made a thread about the leg mites. They already look much better!

 

[NatJ]

I was wondering, could she be a ex-battery hen? Are Red sex-links ever used for that? My dad’s friend got her from an auction on Facebook. What has me suspicious is the fact that she appears to have been de-beaked and that she doesn’t act like the other chickens. She has no fear of the dog, she doesn’t seem to realize what the feeder and waterer are, and doesn’t interact with the other chickens. She doesn’t even perch, she just sleeps in the next boxes.

Commercial producers of brown eggs do use Red Sexlinks sometimes, so that is at least a possibility.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I was wondering, could she be a ex-battery hen? Are Red sex-links ever used for that? My dad’s friend got her from an auction on Facebook. What has me suspicious is the fact that she appears to have been de-beaked and that she doesn’t act like the other chickens. She has no fear of the dog, she doesn’t seem to realize what the feeder and waterer are, and doesn’t interact with the other chickens. She doesn’t even perch, she just sleeps in the next boxes.

My first thought when I saw her was a battery hen. When I read your post, I was actually under the assumption that you rescued her and I almost congratulated you for doing so.

I had a rescued battery hen that was found on the side of the road a few years ago. (I labeled her as an Isa Brown knowing that is the top RSL in my area.) Her story is very similar to yours here, with the exception I treated her for scaly leg mites even though she had no signs of any. With my girl, Beth, I worked with her for over a month training her to perch. She was under a 30 day quarantine before being introduced to the flock. I bathed her- she stunk so bad from the conditions she had been living in, and still the bath didn't take away the smell. (I'm guessing she was labeled as "free range" in which she was in a crowded building with no shavings, only layers and layers of poop that was never cleaned out for the hens laying life. This is not free ranged, it's only cage free but still in just as bad as conditions as the caged hens are in.)
She eventually learned to perch, and her legs and feet ended up strengthening to do so. She had a tendency to be in the dirtiest spots in my coop, but she eventually learned to not do that. Her beak had the temporary debeak like yours does, but it was grown out a little further. She ended up needing some occasional beak treatment (trimming, filing) because her beak would occasionally split on the sides. She ended up being a very sweet hen, but unfortunately passed away after a few years due to egg production issues despite being past laying age.

This was her after I got her (and gave her a bath) :

If you look closely at the picture, you can see she had the temporary debeak. Also, less noticable in the picture, her feet appears too big (or swollen). Her feet was comparable to a Cornish X's feet. That's due to not having a perch. After she learned to perch, her feet and legs "shrunk" to the size they were supposed to be.

I guess something to think about in your case as I've seen it before. Some of these people with small scale chicken factories will try selling their hens when they're done with them to pay for their next batch. (Some might give them away.) Personally, I find them to be good birds to stay away from. Yes, it is nice to rescue a battery hen, but if you have other chickens, you're risking exposing them to diseases that most backyard flocks don't have like Salmonella and the Bird Flu. And not only that, if you paid for the hen, you're supporting the farmer like you would if you bought a puppy from a puppy mill.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

I have a question,
WHY IN THE WORLD DO THOSE MONSTERS DEBEAK THEIR HENS ANYWAY????

 

[GodLovesU]

I have a question,
WHY IN THE WORLD DO THOSE MONSTERS DEBEAK THEIR HENS ANYWAY????

I believe it’s to keep them from pecking each other’s feathers out.