Unknown breed!

[Curnow]

There two just posed for a pic. for a perfect example of what I am trying to say. They have the same grandfather....my Silver Spangled Spitzhauben rooster. The hens lines then went to to SpitzhaubenX Part. EE...then crossed with poorly laced Gold Laced English Orpington hen. She is laced and breast is spangled. She is large stature and fluffy. Her comb looks single, but Vs at the top. She lays large cream eggs.

The little rooster is half her size. He came from SpitzhaubenXSultan on one side. SultanX Blue English Orpington back crossesd to Spitz./Sulton hen on the other side. He has crest, V comb, 5 toes. His name is Dash Riprock ...like from the Beverly Hillbillies. His mother is Dot, and his Aunt is Spot.

So you see...in just a few corssings....you can end up with a VAST difference in chickens.

 

[Curnow]

And excuse the mud. we are building and the snow just melted. LOTS of mud!

 

[Chickeria]

What comes to my mind is the Brabanter Bauernhuhn/Brabanconne (I would translate it as Brabantian Peasant Chicken, but I don't know the official, correct translation in English) who do have those little crests, combs comparable to those of Cream Legbar, and are known to may have beautiful quail-like featherpattens. BUT they lay white eggs and don't have feathered feet, so I guess I'm wrong with my suggestion.

 

[LaFleche]

They remind me of Altsteirer, an Austrian breed: http://www.altsteirer.com/Zuchthuehner.html

 

[Curnow]

They remind me of Altsteirer, an Austrian breed: http://www.altsteirer.com/Zuchthuehner.html

Oh wow...spot on with that one! I think we sometime get caught up in the more common breeds and colors an forget some of the foreign or less common and new breeds. There is an amazing array of chickens out there! I use to think a chicken was a chicken was a chicken...and they were red or white. NOT THE CASE!

 

[Painted Calls]

Oh wow...spot on with that one! I think we sometime get caught up in the more common breeds and colors an forget some of the foreign or less common and new breeds. There is an amazing array of chickens out there! I use to think a chicken was a chicken was a chicken...and they were red or white. NOT THE CASE!

I think we get caught up in the common breeds, because they are just that: more common.

Is that breed even in the states? Not sure where OP is located, but I have a hard time believing it would be an Austrian breed if they are from the U.S.

I agree though. Crazy similar.

 

[featherhead007]

I would say mixes. Without knowing the family line it's hart to tell. I have several hens and roos with the cute little mini whispy crests. My head rooster is a Spitzhauben, so when bred to non crested hens (of any breed), I get the same little crests. I have them on English Orpington crosses, Easter Egger crosses, Red Sex Links.....on and on.
They are very pretty!

Busy rooster!

 

[Curnow]

I think we get caught up in the common breeds, because they are just that: more common.

Is that breed even in the states? Not sure where OP is located, but I have a hard time believing it would be an Austrian breed if they are from the U.S.

I agree though. Crazy similar.

You have a good point!
I know there are breeders/sellers of some of the more exotic or rare breeds...like Greenfire Farms for instance. They have some beautiful imports. Every now and then you can find hatching eggs from these breeds on ebay and the like. I have spent pretty big on eggs because I like the breed/color of a particular chicken. I'm also not opposed to someone's project birds/eggs. I have plans this spring to get some of the more rare or imported breeds and not worry so much about eggs and meat....just looks and breed. I want Death Layers purely because of their name!! I'm weird like that!
So I guess it wouldn't be completely unheard of to have the Austrian breed here. It wasn't that long ago a Russian Orloff was rare in the states....pretty easy to come by now.

 

[Mystic Mage]

That too could be due to lineage with one of the many other feather legged breeds. I have several with everything from heavy feathering to what looks more like stubble. My original crosses with my Spitzhauben included Light Brahma. Those hens had little whispy crests and lightly feathered legs. I also crossed him to a Partridge patterned Easter Egger.....that resulted in a rooster. That rooster bred onward now can give me colored/patterned offspring based more closely on what the hens colors/patterns were. I suppose because the silver from the original Spitzhauben has been diluted to the point it no longer masks like it did.
I am not one of the people on here that is super knowledgeable in genetics. I play some and love the Chicken Calculator to explore my options with what I have.....cause it's fun!

I guess what I'm trying to say in a too long of post is.....
partridge pattern, a whispy mini crest, feathered legs, cream eggs......there could be ALOT of breeds and crosses and re crosses that went into them. That's not a bad thing! Some of us love the fun and funky chickens!

Welsummer somewhere would be one of my guesses.

Thank you so much for the reply!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

The Rooster looks like he’s a Rhode Island Red or has a lot of it in him.