Unique Looking Pullet

CountryLife4Me

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Jun 30, 2014
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Can anyone help me identify this 12 week old pullet from Hoover’s Hatchery? She has unique feathering, and I can’t find any pictures online that look like her. Of the “breeds” I purchased, my best guess would be a Starlight Green Egger. Does anyone else have a SGE that looks similar, or any other breed that could help me figure out what she is?
 

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Fun!

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Scratch what I said below. Above comment saying Russian Orloff, turns out that hatchery sells them!

I'd guess an egger of some sort.
(Egger = Mix. Not a breed)
Has beard and muffs and clean legs, so could have had Ameraucana influence from some generations back.

The white spots are from the Mottling gene.
You see that red-black-white color combo on various breeds but I'm not sure how they get it...

I'm not saying these were used to develop your bird. These are pattern/color examples in other breeds -- Calico Cochin, Mille Fleur d'Uccle, Speckled Sussex, Jubilee Orpington, Tolbunt Polish

They probably just had a bunch of birds together of various colors/patterns and accidentally ended up with a few chicks that look like that
 
Yeah hoovers do sell Russian orloffs , they are quite rare actually. And they are a dual purpose breed , so not only are they pretty but they make good layers as well !
I have heard the name, and knew they were probably imported from that one farm that imports all the rare breeds.
But I had no idea they could look like this or that other hatcheries would be selling any
 
Looks like a Russian orloff ( not sure if I spelled that right) I’ve never owned one and don’t know their standards but she has the right colours and the beard and comb .
Oh my! You might be right! I did order a Russian Orloff, but I had one chick to die and I thought that was the one. Maybe it wasn’t. I guess I’ll know for sure when she starts laying. How exciting!
 
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