newbie ~ what breeds are these hens?

[drumstick diva]

agree with junebuggena

 

[debid]

Delawares also have yellow skin so not Delawares. Junebuggena's IDs are spot on.

 

[JedJackson]

we got new hens today ~ does anyone know what breed?
my guesses are:
white (columbian rock)
brown (messa?)
black/white (barred rock)

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I tend to agree with Junbuggena but it strikes me as odd that the red bird has white legs, too. Perhaps a mix but I'm wondering if maybe the lighting is weird in the picture and yellow isn't showing up in the legs for that reason.

 

[slimak_14]

the white ones have me most confused as their legs are white - signalling sussex, but the other chickens we got from the same place are barred plymouth rock, and black rock... which is why i lean towards thinking that these white guys are columbian rock (= putting them in the rock family.... because of the chickens breeded there?)

 

[slimak_14]

so the red birds for sure are MESSA (a polish breed) - cross between rhode island red (male) x rhode island red/leghorn (female)

http://www.rynek-rolny.pl/artykul/kura-messa-doskonala-niesno-miesna-krajowa-rasa-kur.html

I tend to agree with Junbuggena but it strikes me as odd that the red bird has white legs, too. Perhaps a mix but I'm wondering if maybe the lighting is weird in the picture and yellow isn't showing up in the legs for that reason.

 

[JedJackson]

the white ones have me most confused as their legs are white - signalling sussex, but the other chickens we got from the same place are barred plymouth rock, and black rock... which is why i lean towards thinking that these white guys are columbian rock (= putting them in the rock family.... because of the chickens breeded there?)

Can you ask the people you got them from? I'd say at this point light Sussex are probably more widely available than Colombian Rocks so I would guess you've got the Sussex no matter what other breeds were available from your sellers.

 

[debid]

so the red birds for sure are MESSA (a polish breed) - cross between rhode island red (male) x rhode island red/leghorn (female)

http://www.rynek-rolny.pl/artykul/kura-messa-doskonala-niesno-miesna-krajowa-rasa-kur.html

Crosses, by definition, aren't breeds. MESSA sounds a lot like a brand name for production red.

 

[slimak_14]

we also have 2 black ones which i'm pretty sure are black rocks -

Crosses, by definition, aren't breeds. MESSA sounds a lot like a brand name for production red.

thanks. yes, so a cross of a messa (but i guess the breed would be rhode island red). is that right?