Red pullet with dark legs and a single comb...what breed?

[rodeorulz]

@junebuggena Except I got this one as a chick last June so I doubt that's what she is.
@Brahma Chicken5000 She does look a lot like that catalana...but that's not something that Murray McMurray offers...and like you pointed out she doesn't have white earlobes.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@junebuggena Except I got this one as a chick last June so I doubt that's what she is.
@Brahma Chicken5000 She does look a lot like that catalana...but that's not something that Murray McMurray offers...and like you pointed out she doesn't have white earlobes.

Also catalanas lay tinted eggs. Can you post an updated picture of your pullet?

 

[rodeorulz]

Thanks for bringing up the Whiting True Green though...I hadn't seen the new addition yet!!! I wonder if they vary as much as the Whiting True Blue when it comes to disposition and such?? I will have to look into them!

 

[rodeorulz]

@Brahma Chicken5000 I can, but I'll have to take some pics when I go back outside.

 

[junebuggena]

Thanks for bringing up the Whiting True Green though...I hadn't seen the new addition yet!!! I wonder if they vary as much as the Whiting True Blue when it comes to disposition and such?? I will have to look into them!

It's new this year for purchase, but I'm sure they've been hatching and developing them for a while and sending them off as extras for at least a year.

 

[rodeorulz]

I suppose it's possible...I don't know what kind of practices Murray McMurray has when it comes to their new additions...meaning I don't know if that's something they do or not before they are available to their customers for purchase.

 

[junebuggena]

I suppose it's possible...I don't know what kind of practices Murray McMurray has when it comes to their new additions...meaning I don't know if that's something they do or not before they are available to their customers for purchase.

People were getting Whiting True Blues in assortments and as extras for about 2 years before they were available for purchase. It's not a common practice for most hatcheries, but it is something that McMurray does have a bit of reputation for doing.

 

[rodeorulz]

Good to know!!

 

[rodeorulz]

Here she is at ~29 weeks:

Apparently the roosters must really love this poor girl (hence the bald patch behind her comb).
You can see she is roughly the same size as one of my Black Australorp hens on the left. I haven't weighed any of my birds so I don't know if weight-wise she would be what they list for the Whiting True Greens (around 3.5 lbs) but I am guessing she is larger than that as she is larger than my EE hen and Leghorn hens (my EE hen and a Leghorn hen are both actually in the background in this pic!). Or at least she looks larger, maybe she is just more "feathered up"

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

She bears an uncanny resemblance to the catalana.