This hen has me stumped. She is from a group of hens I just bought. She looks similar to the leghorns but not exactly. She has no tail I'm not sure if that's natural or if she just lost her tail feathers at some point. She has a blue ear like a Silkie but not quite as dark but she has none of the Silkie mix traits I'm used to seeing. What do you think?
she has a tail, its just missing the feathers right now. As for her ear lobe color, as the chick turns into the hen the ear lobe develops its color and sometimes they will look blueish in color before they finally become white. Shes looking like a pretty well fed young leghorn.
She is a White Leghorn, too. Her tail feathers have just been pulled out/fallen out naturally. The bluish tint to her earlobe is common in young white ear-lobed birds; it will become whiter as she ages.
thanks, I didn't know the ear could look blue before it turns white, interesting. And the fact that she's a little chunker with a missing tail just threw me off I guess, lol.
