My husband bought these - what breed?

[TinyDinosaurRaiser86]

My husband bought these pullets at the local feed store. I do not know which hatchery/hatcheries supply the store but I may be able to ask if needed. They are approximately 3 months old. I suspect bird 1 and 5 may be the same breed but exhibit different color variation within the breed on the front of their necks? I appreciate your help.

Ps sorry about the gray spots. My camera phone is cracked.

 

[janiedoe]

Good morning. They are very pretty. I don't know what breeds they are. I just wanted to Welcome you to BYC.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

They look like mixed breeds, but #1, #3, and #5 may be low-quality Blue Marans.

 

[JedJackson]

1 could be a blue birchen Marans or it could be one of the many hatchery layer hybrids.

2 some type of layer hybrid. Not sure which.

3 Perhaps blue Marans or olive egger.

4 Probably an Australorp but there are other possibilities

5 Probably production blue, another layer hybrid.

 

[TinyDinosaurRaiser86]

Good morning. They are very pretty. I don't know what breeds they are. I just wanted to Welcome you to BYC.

Well thank you.

 

[TinyDinosaurRaiser86]

They look like mixed breeds, but #1, #3, and #5 may be low-quality Blue Marans.

I think all but #4 are hybird breeds. My husband said something about blue leghorn but none have white earlobes.

 

[TinyDinosaurRaiser86]

1 could be a blue birchen Marans or it could be one of the many hatchery layer hybrids.

2 some type of layer hybrid. Not sure which.

3 Perhaps blue Marans or olive egger.

4 Probably an Australorp but there are other possibilities

5 Probably production blue, another layer hybrid.

I think all but #4 are hybrids. I thought she was an australop too because she has the beetle sheen, red earlobes, black beak and shanks, and white on the bottom of her feet. Could #2 be a golden comet that got black instead of white tips?

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I think all but #4 are hybrids. I thought she was an australop too because she has the beetle sheen, red earlobes, black beak and shanks, and white on the bottom of her feet. Could #2 be a golden comet that got black instead of white tips?

They look like they are all mixes, however you can update us when they gain more feathers in. Also, all chickens have a sheen (except for the Featherless breed), not just Australorps.

 

[FunClucks]

Many hatcheries sell "designer" mixes for production or egg color or other reasons. They don't breed true, but the hatchery produces repeatable mixes that give specified characteristics by using the hatchery "recipe" of parent birds. Just wait to see what color eggs they lay and how often. If you can get the name of the hatchery, you may be able to tell what you have by looking at what they sell.

 

[ColtHandorf]

They look like hatchery hybrids. Sapphire Gem Prairie Blue Bell Green Star Laying whatevers.