What breed are these chooks?

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Just saying... she might be.
She looked like this as a youngster-View attachment 2439521

Still looks like she has Orpington in her. They have a very similar shape.

 

[MikeC123]

Still looks like she has Orpington in her. They have a very similar shape.

Well, I learnt something new today.

 

[MikeC123]

Still looks like she has Orpington in her. They have a very similar shape.

What breed do you think her Orpington parent was crossed with?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

What breed do you think her Orpington parent was crossed with?

That would be hard to determine, even if you knew all the possible parents. Where did you get her?

 

[MikeC123]

That would be hard to determine, even if you knew all the possible parents. Where did you get her?

We got her as a chick from a farm in Waikato, New Zealand. They had a lot of Light Sussexes and Rhode Islands. Do you think a black Orpington was crossed with one of those?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

We got her as a chick from a farm in Waikato, New Zealand. They had a lot of Light Sussexes and Rhode Islands. Do you think a black Orpington was crossed with one of those?

Yeah, that’s definitely a possibility. Rhode Island would make more sense since she has red leakage.

 

[MikeC123]

Yeah, that’s definitely a possibility. Rhode Island would make more sense since she has red leakage.

Thank you! For a long time, I just thought she was a really fat Black Rock. Turns out she was just a chunky Orpington...

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thank you! For a long time, I just thought she was a really fat Black Rock. Turns out she was just a chunky Orpington...

Oh, yeah, and I forgot to add- her grey coloring is called blue.

 

[Mamatomany123]

She actually looks like my production blues.