lots of pictures - help identify our hen!

[TinyBirds]

This is at around a week old or so (not sure exactly, but she was smaller than the other chicks - we got her at the feed store since she was so tiny and cute):

and now at around 8-10 weeks old this is what she looks like below. Note she is the oldest of the birds in the photos. Most of them are anywhere from 2-8 weeks old, but some of them are already bigger than her.

and this last photo shows her body shape compared to a young BLRW:

When she was a baby, someone said she was probably a phoenix, but the feed store didn't think that was possible since she came from Ideal and she said it would be hard to get a Phoenix from them, though she offered up no alternatives. Then I saw dutch bantam photos on-line, and thought maybe she looked like them. I just really wish I knew what she was so I could get more birds like her! She's so cute and sweet!

If it helps, she has dark-gray legs. I don't know how to tell what color her ear-lobes are. They look a mixed-color to me, so maybe I just can't tell yet at this age.

 

[embkm]

She looks like an Old English Game Bantam (OEGB) to me. But don't ask me what color she is! Ideal has about a billion different varieties of OEGBs.

 

[BC_Farms]

Looks like an OEGB to me too!

 

[Rainbow Advaya]

As a baby she looks JUST LIKE my old english game bantam roo. So there you go!

 

[krazycow6]

she def looks OEGB..but she looks a lot like the coloring on my welsummers..not that this helps.

 

[tellynpeep]

I was thinking Welsummer too, until I saw the legs; Wellies should have yellow legs!

 

[Chris09]

She's not a OEGB (Old English Game Bantam)
She's a BBR (Black Breasted Red) Phoenix. (note the Blue legs OEGB shouldn't have Blue legs)

Chris

 

[tuesdays chicks]

well at least you got a hen my 5 week OEGB is a roo looking at your pullet. if you need a boyfriend for her let me know.

 

[TinyBirds]

I couldn't stand not knowing for sure what breed she was (since I want more like her) so I sent a message to Ideal last night. This morning they answered already! So here's the probable answer to the mystery (drum roll...........)
"By the photos we think that it is probably an Indian Red Jungle Fowl Female. We hope this helps. Thank you."

Edited to add: Look at these photos and see how well they match! I love the photo of the hen w/ her babies... http://feathersite.com/Poultry///NDG/BRKRedJF.html

 

[gryeyes]

Darn, I would have bet she was a Welsummer. Love the Egyptian eyeshadow and V on the head. But others who know more about breed specifics are better sources of information.