Red Sex Link? RIR?

bowen012

Chirping
7 Years
Jan 13, 2013
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This chicken belongs to one of my parents. She bought it last year as a laying hen and it was evidently a carrier of some sort of respiratory ailment. She introduced it to my white leghorn who became very ill, but now resides with this chicken at their house as I didn't want to infect more birds with whatever crud they carry (hence my starting with new chicks this year). She's terribly friendly and enjoy being pet, although I rarely handle her for fear of bringing something home with me to my chicks. My mom and brother frequently have her as a lap pet.

She's not a great layer but lays a brown egg, a few a week at tops and pretty much took the winter off. Anyway, just wondering what breed she likely is for curiosities sake.

 
Looks somewhat similar to the 4 hens I recently picked up. The seller touted them as Brown Comets, which I believe is in the Red Sex link variety (RIR mixed with New Hampshire if I recall correctly?). Yours is more slender with more white plumage and smaller wattles so I could be out to lunch?
Mine vary from a dark cinnimon to a reddish brown with a bit less white.
Shawn
Not to hi-jack your post but for comparison sake; Updated, pics of mine at:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/782452/brown-comets
 
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Looks somewhat similar to the 4 hens I recently picked up. The seller touted them as Brown Comets, which I believe is in the Red Sex link variety (RIR mixed with New Hampshire if I recall correctly?). Yours is more slender with more white plumage and smaller wattles so I could be out to lunch?
Mine vary from a dark cinnimon to a reddish brown with a bit less white.
Shawn
Not to hi-jack your post but for comparison sake; Updated, pics of mine at:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/782452/brown-comets
She looks similar to your lighter colored hen. In the photos above, she's actually wet from running around in the rain, so her 'true color' is a bit off.

Thanks everyone for the input.
 

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