Hey guys, while I'm thinking about it, hope y'all can help me out with a couple of mystery chickens and identification of their breeds? Any chance of getting y'all to wrack your brains for me? Aw shucks! Y'all are such sweet friends! I knew I could count on ya!
These were sent to me by an acquaintance from another board, and she was hoping I could identify them for her. I told her they were a mystery to me, but that I knew some great folks over here at BYC that were likely to be able to answer the call.
This first picture is of a rooster/hen pairing at her local fair, someplace in NYS last weekend. I don't think it's the same one you went to Tim, but I could be mistaken there too.
See what y'all think. Sorry for the quality. Obviously I didn't take them....otherwise they'd probably be even worse!
I could swear this next one is either a Silkie, or a Silkie cross. Something just doesn't look right. But if it's a cross, how could it get into a show? I thought that sex links were the only cross breeds that poultry shows would allow.
Again, color me confused. I know nothing about this whole showing business.
And last but not least, this is a beautiful little mama that my acquaintance saw at the Scottish Games just this weekend past. Pretty girl, but I haven't a clue. Not even sure if she's purebred or a cross of some kind.
My first thought on the first picture was one of the Japanese breeds, but I really have no clue. I don't know enough about those exotic breeds to tell much more than the front end from the back end, and sometimes that can be pretty hard to do as well!
So, any thoughts y'all have and want to share, I'll be happy to pass them along to Ann Marie. Thanks guys!