Langshan??

[trinale709]

I have this 22 week old pullet and I'm just curious if I'm correct in guessing that she's a Langshan? She does have a greenish tint all over her feathers. The main thing that I noticed though... All of the Langshan pictures I have looked up have red combs and wattles. Hers are black. Does this matter? Is she another breed or a variation? Thank you!

 

[Gray Farms]

Carriage is wrong for a pure Langshan. A Langshan should have a very upright tail. I'd say she is a cross. And a Cochin cross is more likely, but a Langshan cross could also explain the more horizontal tail.

 

[Gray Farms]

Not my pic. But this is a good example of a female Langshan.

 

[Table4Six]

Only show quality bred birds have the upright stance shown in the picture above, so that is not relevant to hatchery and pet quality birds to whether or not it is a Langshan. Could you get a better picture of her comb, @trinale709?

 

[trinale709]

Not my pic. But this is a good example of a female Langshan.

Yeah, that's just like all the pictures I was pulling up

 

[trinale709]

She "shouldn't" be a mix breed... I did get her from Murray McMurray Hatchery. She came in the "rarest of rare" assortment. This is my first time purchasing from a hatchery, but I know they didnt advertise having any mixed breed birds?...

 

[trinale709]

Only show quality bred birds have the upright stance shown in the picture above, so that is not relevant to hatchery and pet quality birds to whether or not it is a Langshan. Could you get a better picture of her comb, @trinale709?

Give me a minute and I'll go try to take one!

 

[trinale709]

Is that any better?

 

[Flockandfowl46]

I breed Langshans and she doesn't even remotely fit body or comb type of any of my birds and I carry hatchery and breeder quality hun so I'm not sure

 

[Gray Farms]

Your correct then. I checked McMurray's Rarest of Rare assortment and Black Langshans are listed. Table4Six is 100% correct then. She is a hatchery quality Black Langshan. McMurray may need some improving with their Langshans. But one pullet is hardly a representative of the quality of the whole breeding flock also.