Mystery Bird

[LilCtryGal]

Can anyone help identify the breed of this chicken. It was my "Mystery Bird" in my recent shipment from Murray McMurray.


Please tell me it's a Hen and not a Roo !!!

 

[Veer67]

He/she is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. How old is the chick?

 

[ortiz6]

yes, silver lace

 

[LilCtryGal]

She (I hope) is 7 weeks. I guessed a Silver Laced Wyandotte but just wasn't really sure. I had that breed on my "to get" list !

 

[Veer67]

She (I hope) is 7 weeks. I guessed a Silver Laced Wyandotte but just wasn't really sure. I had that breed on my "to get" list !

I'm thinking more on the rooster side the comb and wattles are turning a bit pink colored, though I think that a few more weeks would help tell us.

 

[Kelsie2290]

X 3 on the SLW, and at seven weeks I would vote roo with that much pink comb and wattle.

 

[donrae]

Silver laced Wyandotte cockerel. If you don't want a rooster, don't ok the free exotic chick, it's almost always a rooster.

 

[LilCtryGal]

Really, a Rooster? I didn't see the little v thingy when I checked under the hood. I have an Polish Buff that was a mystery and I've been calling her Glitzy, may have to change it to Uncle Glitzy.

So they tend to send Cockerel's as the mystery bird? Has any one else figured this out?

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Really, a Rooster? I didn't see the little v thingy when I checked under the hood. I have an Polish Buff that was a mystery and I've been calling her Glitzy, may have to change it to Uncle Glitzy.

So they tend to send Cockerel's as the mystery bird? Has any one else figured this out?

SLWs have sexually dimorphic feather patterns--the cockerels are feathered differently than the pullets. This one is most definitely a boy. He'll get a white head and hackles and white wings and saddle feathers; the hens are one pattern all over.

I have had pullets as my mystery bird a few times, but from what I hear, that's rare. I think you have to expect a male from the Mystery Chick, as it's a way of the hatchery getting rid of chicks they otherwise would have to dispose of.

 

[BantamLover21]

Silver-Laced Wyandotte rooster.