Speckled Sussex not speckled

[Solanacae]

I have a speckled Sussex chicken who is not speckled. As a chick she had white tips on her feathers, but that went away when she got her adult feathering except for a tiny bit of white on the feathers around her ears. She’s laying fine, and is otherwise healthy. Will she get speckles when she molts? This pic was taken before she started laying, but it’s the most recent one I have of her. Her eggs are the two on the top right.

 

[Aapomp831]

Where did you get her? She looks more like a mix or a production red of some sort.... were they advertised as speckled Sussex or did you hatch this bird?

 

[Solanacae]

Where did you get her? She looks more like a mix or a production red of some sort.... were they advertised as speckled Sussex or did you hatch this bird?

I got her at a feed store.

 

[Aapomp831]

I got her at a feed store.

Feed stores are notorious for mislabeling... I’ll summon an expert lol
@Overo Mare

 

[Painted Calls]

That is ODD. Everything points to SS except the speckled part.

@Rhodebar Lover, have you seen any hatchery mixes that look like this?

 

[MountainWoman73]

Is her comb pea or straight? Maybe a Buckeye?

 

[Painted Calls]

Looks single. Buckeyes also have yellow skin.

 

[Solanacae]

Single comb. I’ll see if I can find pics of her as a chick - she looked completely typical of a SS.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

That is ODD. Everything points to SS except the speckled part.

@Rhodebar Lover, have you seen any hatchery mixes that look like this?

Wow! She's really pretty! I honestly have no clue. Super weird. Since mottling is recessive, I would wonder if she could just be mix of breeds or maybe varieties? She color is so strange, that's what's throwing me off. Gold-ish hackles on red columbian maybe? Looks just like a Speckled Sussex without the speckles, but if she were pure, I don't think there's a way she wouldn't be

 

[Painted Calls]

Wow! She's really pretty! I honestly have no clue. Super weird. Since mottling is recessive, I would wonder if she could just be mix of breeds or maybe varieties? She color is so strange, that's what's throwing me off. Gold-ish hackles on red columbian maybe? Looks just like a Speckled Sussex without the speckles, but if she were pure, I don't think there's a way she wouldn't be

Right! I can't figure it out.

@The Moonshiner what's going on here?