Supposed to be a Black Star pullet

Yes I have gotten birds from Hoover's Hatchery and it says they are '' pea combed " and I have gotten single comb birds. Since they are a hybrid breed - mixed with two birds - maybe it is possible that the single comb gene might have carried over to this bird.
Over all this is a really tricky bird to figure out - I am saying that you could possibly be correct that it might be a rainbow.
Prairie bluebell egger seems very unlikely. This bird doesn’t really have any traits that point to being a prairie bluebell egger, and has a color pattern I haven’t seen in that type of EE.
 
Good point about birds sometimes having a comb type that does not match the description.

Yes, I agree that this bird is definitely tricky to figure out.

If it does turn out to be female, we may get a clue from what color eggs it lays at maturity. (At 3 months, a female *might* have that much comb. At 2 months, I'm pretty sure a female would not.)
I completely agree!
 
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/prairiebluebellegger.html

Hoover's description says Prairie Bluebell Eggers have pea combs. The photos on Hoover's page also show chickens with pea combs.

But I am pretty sure I see a single comb on OP's chicken in the first post. (A frontal view of the head would make it easier to tell for sure.)

If it does have a single comb, I think it is probably not a Prairie Bluebell Egger.

Poking through the Hoovers website, I found several other kinds that I think are more likely:

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/easteregger.html
(Easter Egger, can have a single or a pea comb, many different feather colors possible. The one in the example photo does not have a crest of feathers on the head or muff/beard on the face, just like OP's chicken does not have a crest or muff/beard.)

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/calicoprincess.html
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calico-princess-pullets.1258783/
(Calico Princess, single comb, can come in several slightly different feather colors-- I found a thread that shows one quite similar to OP's bird, more similar than the Hoovers stock photo.)

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/rainbow.html
(Rainbow has a single comb and comes in a variety of colors. Based on the ones in the Hoovers photo, I think OP's chicken is one color/pattern that could exist in Rainbows.)
I know this is old, but I did finally find out that they are Calico princess, which you said initially.
I want to thank you for all your help!
 
I know this is old, but I did finally find out that they are Calico princess, which you said initially.
I want to thank you for all your help!
Thank you for updating. It is nice to know the right answer after all the speculation and guessing!

For the bird in the first post, that you were orginally asking about the sex: did it turn out to be male or female?
 
Thank you for updating. It is nice to know the right answer after all the speculation and guessing!

For the bird in the first post, that you were orginally asking about the sex: did it turn out to be male or female?
I have already forgotten how I found this thread. Duh
I believe it was a calico princess pullet.
The only other picture I posted (I think) was a black & white cockerel.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom