Rescued Birds - what are they?

[EastmanEggs]

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I responded to a craigslist ad for chickens for sale. I drove to the house, very dumpy, (13 dogs, 8 cats, 2 turkeys, 20 chickens, racoon, and more poo than Ive seen in any horse stable, ever) Besically this lady is an animal hoarder. After a 45 minute drive to get "Arucanas and BarredRock" I show up to find she has sold them, and she had these left. I had to get the birds out of their horrid enviornment, so I bought em and dont know what they are.

What kind of bird is this? I only keep brown egg layers, so Im not familiar with Leghorns, Broilers, or Meatbirds.

 

[123RedBeard]

Sounds like dirty birds to me!

Do you have a picture?

Be sure to keep them seperate from your other birds, until you are sure they are healthy, you never know what kind of dieses they could spread to your other birds!

 

[EastmanEggs]

Sorry for the quality, the birds are very easy to spook since they don't know me, the new coop, or why they're away from home

 

[123RedBeard]

They look like a strain of Leghorns ... Should lay a bunch of white eggs quite good, if their healthy and not too old.

 

[EastmanEggs]

They look like a strain of Leghorns ... Should lay a bunch of white eggs quite good, if their healthy and not too old.

I was hoping they were Leghorn- lady said she got all the birds this spring "and theyre just too much" for her to handle.

I just DO NOT want to have meat birds that will grow to be unhealthy/disproportionate/ major organ failures due to being bred to never stop growing.

 

[enola]

They are not meat birds.

 

[donrae]

Not meaties.

I think the first bird posted is either a white Rock or a mixed breed. In the second group of pics, the middle bird looks more Leghorn-ish. but from the conditions you described, I'd put good money on barnyard mixes all around

 

[EastmanEggs]

Thanks Everyone,

Im happy multiple people feel theyre not meatbirds.

Thank you for the responses.