Stray…maybe Rhode Island Red?

[beccabonny]

This chicken just showed up in the barn yesterday. Was just curious what she might be. I see similarities to RIR but I have no experience in chicken breed identification.

 

[Tookie]

Looks like a mutt to me.

 

[CoopintheWoods]

Could be an RIR, or some production layer mix?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Buckeye or a mutt. Not a RIR

 

[My Bagurks]

I don’t think it’s just one breed. Did you clip her wings or did she arrive like that?

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm not good at red chickens, but an RIR would have a sizeable single comb.

 

[beccabonny]

I don’t think it’s just one breed. Did you clip her wings or did she arrive like that?

She arrived like this, I have no experience with chooks and wouldn’t know where to start

 

[beccabonny]

Consensus is mutt! That’s fine by me, we are a roo-free flock until we get more rural. Maybe she will be able to teach my week-old babies a few things when they get older. She very much does not like to be handled. Is there any hope of taming her or is it a lost cause at this point? I did notice the comb is almost nonexistent but didn’t know if that could be age-related or not.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Consensus is mutt! That’s fine by me, we are a roo-free flock until we get more rural. Maybe she will be able to teach my week-old babies a few things when they get older. She very much does not like to be handled. Is there any hope of taming her or is it a lost cause at this point? I did notice the comb is almost nonexistent but didn’t know if that could be age-related or not.

Her comb size isn't age related, she just has a pea comb. Interestingly, she seems to have had her primaries clipped. She is probably someone's pet/livestock that they intended on trying to keep from escaping by trimming those feathers. You might want to see if neighbors are missing a chicken!

 

[beccabonny]

Her comb size isn't age related, she just has a pea comb. Interestingly, she seems to have had her primaries clipped. She is probably someone's pet/livestock that they intended on trying to keep from escaping by trimming those feathers. You might want to see if neighbors are missing a chicken!

Thanks! I have been asking around, no luck yet in finding her flock.