Welsummer Imposters!

[MarmaladeSings]

I need your help identifying these breeds. I think # 2 is a Brown Leghorn but am stumped on #1 and #3. I call them “Thing 1 and Thing 2”.

The owners told me they are Welsummer hens but, now that I have seen some eggs, I do not agree. I think I have been duped.

-#2 layed a nice creamy white egg
-one of the other two laid a light yellow-ish tan small egg

Both # 2 and # 3 have spurs.

What are your thoughts?

 

[AltonaAcres]

#3 almost looks like a Phoenix

 

[black_cat]

#3 almost looks like a Phoenix

I was thinking the same!

 

[AltonaAcres]

Yeah! Only Phoenix have those large, full tails

 

[black_cat]

I agree on #2 being a brown leghorn.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I agree on #2 being a brown leghorn.

Ditto.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Wrong type of tail for a Phoenix. And the comb is wrong. They could have it in ancestry but not full

 

[MarmaladeSings]

Are either #1 or #3 perhaps an Old English Game hen?

 

[The Happster]

All three are the same breed.
Dutch bantam is most likely, although they look a little big - are they bantam sized?

Check the underfoot colour.

None are Brown Leghorn.

 

[MarmaladeSings]

All three are the same breed.
Dutch bantam is most likely, although they look a little big - are they bantam sized?

Check the underfoot colour.

None are Brown Leghorn.

None are bantam size. I will check the underfoot after the sun is up. They are about the same height as my Welsummer hen but are leaner with longer tails.