Kikiriki? Most likely not, but oh well

[fluffycrow]

OK so I did some digging, and there are some people that have bantam hens that look awfully similar to her, so I guess that's what she is most likely. None have her coloring though, so I guess the verdict is still out

 

[Party_Chicken]

No problem, I'm bad with acronyms as well so I get the struggle. LF stands for large fowl, so standard-sized birds

She is LF but very similar in body shape

 

[Party_Chicken]

Are there tests for chickens like there are for dogs to see what breeds she is made up of?

 

[fluffycrow]

Are there tests for chickens like there are for dogs to see what breeds she is made up of?

No, and even if there were I wouldn't get it done, it would be too expensive and quite frankly it's not that worth it

 

[fluffycrow]

Are there tests for chickens like there are for dogs to see what breeds she is made up of?



Yeah then they're definitely not the mixes of similar breeds

 

[chickengr]

Try the thread ‘peeps in Europe’ to get some answers on you breed.
@chickengr do you know them?

LF is large fowl.

thank you for mentioning me.

she looks like greek crested landrace I had a few years ago, just smaller. mine were size of silkies.

 

[fluffycrow]

thank you for mentioning me.

she looks like greek crested landrace I had a few years ago, just smaller. mine were size of silkies.

She does. Mine are more leghorn-sized if anything, but yeah they are on the smaller side. She is tiny though, so I don't think she's closely related to those landraces. Those truly tiny bantam crested birds I found were the closest thing to her, but none had her color (which is to be expected). I guess there's a bantam variety out there. Her offspring might tell us a few things, if all goes well she will be hatching eggs over the summer, she's in a pen with a silkie mix cockerel

 

[chickengr]

She does. Mine are more leghorn-sized if anything, but yeah they are on the smaller side. She is tiny though, so I don't think she's closely related to those landraces. Those truly tiny bantam crested birds I found were the closest thing to her, but none had her color (which is to be expected). I guess there's a bantam variety out there. Her offspring might tell us a few things, if all goes well she will be hatching eggs over the summer, she's in a pen with a silkie mix cockerel

I have never seen greek crested bantam size. maybe a mix with crested bantam?

 

[fluffycrow]

I have never seen greek crested bantam size. maybe a mix with crested bantam?

Neither did I, until yesterday. I don't think they're the same breed, I don't even think these bantams are a breed to be honest. But I can't figure out what kind of crested bantam would produce such a tiny bird

 

[Party_Chicken]

Maybe she was a runt from a breed that was already small. I have never seen a hen so small.