Need help identifying this breed

[Poultry mum]

I’ll post some new photos of miss chicken in a few days she’s already starting to fatten up with this new feed...


on a slightly different note.... does anyone know the safe age to worm muscovy ducklings

 

[ColtHandorf]

I stopped reading at page six, so forgive me if this is already been agreed upon, but when I stopped people are still debating. The bird in question is undoubtedly a poor quality, Golden-laced Wyandotte cockerel. It's not a bantam. It's not female. And I do not think that bird is in anyway 16 weeks.

If we are still rationalizing why we think it is a male, pullets have better lacing even at that age. Males display patchy areas of gold in the wing bow (shoulder) area. Males also have that burnished, metallic coloration to their hackles, wing bows, and saddle which he is clearly showing. I have never seen a female display that.

Also no one had addressed it at the point I stopped reading, but I saw where you said you wanted to identify the bird to show it. I do not think the bird is a good example of it's breed at this age and unless it is shown at a very small, local show, I do not think it will do well. Most individuals that show wait until nine months to even begin identifying possible show birds. Foley's Waterfowl does not breed Golden-laced Wyandottes, but they do breed Silver. There you can see the correct body-type for the breed.

Edited to add: I read back from here several pages and it seems a licensed veterinarian identified this bird as female and a Golden-laced Wyandotte x Barnevelder? In absolutely no way could a vet look at the bird in question and determine that cross. Additionally unless the vet took a blood sample and sent it off for a DNA test, I don't believe it is a pullet.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I’ll post some new photos of miss chicken in a few days she’s already starting to fatten up with this new feed...


on a slightly different note.... does anyone know the safe age to worm muscovy ducklings

Ok, good. We’ll be elated to watch her/him develop!

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

Was bought off Facebook seller told me she was a golden sebright... however she has the colours and shape of a golden laced Wyandotte... but could also be a Barnevelder... please help I need to know what breed she is before I place her in shows.. she is approximately 16weeks old

I dunno, she/he looks like a GLW.
I'm not sure if it's a rooster, GLW's are very deceiving that way.
Plus Sebright chickens, roosters have the same feathers as the hens if I remember correctly!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I dunno, she/he looks like a GLW.
I'm not sure if it's a rooster, GLW's are very deceiving that way.
Plus Sebright chickens, roosters have the same feathers as the hens if I remember correctly!

But it’s not a Sebright.

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

But it’s not a Sebright.

Oh, I know that!
That's my point though, Sebrights are harder to sex than GLW's!
We thought one of our pullets was a cockerel, but she wasn't....

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Oh, I know that!
That's my point though, Sebrights are harder to sex than GLW's!
We thought one of our pullets was a cockerel, but she wasn't....

Ah, ok, sorry

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

Ah, ok, sorry

Hey, no hard feelings!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Updates, please?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Yes, I’d love some new pictures of him.