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IMO she has a more meat bird shape.

Leghorns are really....narrow and scrawny looking.

here's a pic of some 7 week old TSC Leghorns.
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I just read your story of how this chick came to you. You said "All of the 30,000 or so other chickens she has spent her short life with are now oven stuffer roasters." Since she is just turning 8 weeks old and all the other chicks have already been processed, she's got to be a cornish X (meat chicken). I don't know of any other chicken that would have enough meat to process at only 7 1/2 - 8 weeks of age. That also explains her wide body and thick legs.
 
I did a google search for the type of chickens that Purdue uses and the site says they are a "proprietary breed" specific to Purdue. It says they breed several types together to get the best traits of each combined into the perfect chicken. They mention being bred to resist disease and they reference champion race horses when they describe these birds. Reminds me of the scene in Men in Black...the best of the best of the best, Sir!

What do you mean...aren't viable after 12 to 14 weeks? She is rather large breasted, but we aren't subjecting her to light 24 hours a day and aren't feeding her round the clock like they do at the raiser farm. That is how they get them from day old chick to 3 lb fryers (dressed) in only 8 weeks.

Our friends have 4 chicken houses that house about 36,000 each. They are at his farm 8 weeks and he gets a week to prepare the houses for the next shipment. That is about 144,000 birds every 9 weeks x 5 batches per year = about 720,000 chickens per year on his farm. We have never been to visit his farm because they had to sign a contract about biosecurity. Anyone with any type of bird, even a parakeet, is prohibited on his farm. We have had a parrot for as long as we've know their family. But I would love to see his set-up.
 
What do you mean...aren't viable after 12 to 14 weeks? She is rather large breasted, but we aren't subjecting her to light 24 hours a day and aren't feeding her round the clock like they do at the raiser farm. That is how they get them from day old chick to 3 lb fryers (dressed) in only 8 weeks.

They are bred to put on so much meat so fast that their frame can't support and it crushes their organs after a while. Most are said to die of heart or major organ failure if not butchered first. That's my understanding of it.
Everyone on here says that they start dropping like flies after a certain age.
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If everything you say is so, I'm glad we only have one. My kids will be heartbroken.

On the other hand, perhaps the smaller quantity of healthier food we are providing her and the large run to move about and get plenty of exercise in will take some of the weight off her.
 
It looks to me like she has red ear lobes which almost always means brown eggs....The ear muffs are white but I don't think that is what makes the determination (my California Grays should be laying black/white barred eggs for example if it was....I got my education on here trying to ID them).
I hope she will be a good chicken for you and healthier looking once she has some sunshine and fresh air and a diet that isn't meant to make her fat as possible as quickly as possible. I'd doubt she will be a prolific layer but these birds do love to amaze us.
 
Even if she is a meat bird, enjoy her! I don't know if it's possible to explain to your kids that she might not be with you guys as long as the others, but that she is a very special girl - she's a survivor
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and she needs just as much love as the others
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