Please help me identify this breed!

Blue_Myst

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10 Years
Feb 5, 2009
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I've had this hen for a few years now, and I've always thought that she was a black star, but her tail is very different from any black star I've ever seen! What do you guys think? It would be great to finally know what she is!

Age: About 1 or 2 years in the first two photos, and around 4 years in the last photo.

Comb: Single

Leg color: slate, with perhaps a very slight greenish tinge.

Size: She weighs about 3 or 4 pounds, and is smaller than all of my other chickens (she's like a bantam next to my BO's!).

Egg color: Cream.

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Notice the bright-red lacing all down her front (she's also got some at the base of her neck on her back)

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Here's a better view of her comb.

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Here's the position of her tail. She sure likes to hold it up high!

Thanks!
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Thanks for the replies!
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I highly doubted that she was purebred, and now I know.

So she probably has EE and/or black sex link heritage? I got her from a place that had a lot of EE's so that would definitely make sense.

So is the Old English breed considered a bantam breed? I quite frankly don't know much about them.
 

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