This is a stray - what is she?

[Chris09]

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There are lines of Hatch that come green legged...

Chris

 

[Li]

Thanks, everyone! Pretty funny that I first ID'd her as a Welsummer! Yesterday (before I even knew there WERE such things as chicken breeds!!

) I'd convinced myself she was the top of the line!!!

. She is the prettiest thing I've ever seen, and I'm completely in love. So, in the end, I guess it matters less than I thought!!! Whether she's a game hen or Welsummer, she's beautiful to me!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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There are lines of Hatch that come green legged...

Chris

THere are all sorts of breeds and crosses with green legs that do not include EE or araucana or ameraucana. Why is it that for every unknown breed or cross there are ALWAYS people who guess and assume EE?

 

[enola]

She looks almost identical to my game hen, who is from Hatch lines.........

 

[Chief]

I certainly agree that she is a game hen. And they are great momma's. The welsummer mistake seems to happen pretty often. And no not all green legged chickens are EE's.I've got a bunch of green legged games and none of them ever lay a colored egg.

As far as catching her goes your best bet is to be real patient and see if you can find where she is roosting at night. Just feed her a little late in the afternoon and watch her till it gets dark. Hopefully it's not too high off the ground. Wait till she's really settled in and its good and dark then sneek up on her from behind and grab her by the legs. She'll squawk like your killing her and try to fly away so hold on, then gently put her in a box and take her home. When I was a kid my Dad had lots of free range games and sometimes we would gather them up and thats how we would do it. But sometimes "wild" games will roost a lot higher than you might think.

Good luck!

 

[pride&joy]

nice bird good luck with getting hold of her.

 

[Chris09]

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There are lines of Hatch that come green legged...

Chris

THere are all sorts of breeds and crosses with green legs that do not include EE or araucana or ameraucana. Why is it that for every unknown breed or cross there are ALWAYS people who guess and assume EE?

LOL, I don't know why people see green legs and think EE.
For example...
You can take a Blue Andalusian Rooster. (Blue/Slate Legs) and cross him over a Buff Minorca (White Legs) and if both pure For Leg Color then the Pullets will have Blue Legs and the cockerels will have White. Now if the Blue Andalusian Rooster and Buff Minorca are not pure for leg color then the Pullets will have Green or Blue legs and the cockerels will have Yellow or White Legs..

Chris....