What breed is my new chuck?

[KMeade]

I was sold this pullet as a welsummer but she looks more like a dorking, but doesnt have the dorking 5 toes. Any thoughts?

 

[Cowgirl71]

She's not a Dorking (Dorkings have five toes and white legs).

Here's a list of the breeds that I know of that come in that color, but with yellow legs: Old English Game (Silver Duckwing and Golden Duckwing), Silver Leghorns, Silver Duckwing Yokahomas, and Phoenix (Silver Duckwing and Golden Duckwing).

Hope this helps!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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I think the tail is wrong for a Yokohama or Phoenix; the hens of those breeds and other long-tails carry their tails lower, their tailfeathers are longer, and they curve downward.

 

[Pele]

My vote is for Silver Leghorn!

 

[roocrazy]

wouldnt leghorns have tighter feathers along with a slender body?

 

[dretd]

Looks like a silver duckwing color variant Wellie. When I got a hatchery chick at the feed store this spring there were some lighter colored ones in the bin (I avoided them thinking they might be boys with a paler head) and I looked it up. I kicked myself for not picking myself up one. Apparently its pretty rare but out there, especially since they were hatchery. Go figure.

 

[Cowgirl71]

Could she maybe be some kind of cross? Her body type and feathering don't really look like any of the breeds I listed.

Maybe she's a Welsummer crossed with one of the breeds I listed. Or not?

A rooster could have gotten into the pen by accident, or some hen flew in and laid her egg...

 

[Pele]

The first difficult part with IDing this bird is that it is hatchery stock, so it will not be a shining example for it's breed, just really really good at laying eggs. The second is that it appears this picture may have been taken during a cold time of the day, or right after a dust bath for those birds. They all appear fluffed up. That's kind of why I was leaning towards leghorn.

If it's hatchery stock, there is a really good chance that it's a cross with another breed just due to the hatchery breeding program. Oh hatcheries, how much heartburn you give us all!

 

[dretd]

It would be very helpful if KMeade will tell us where they got the pullet--we cannot assume it was a hatchery. It would also be very helpful if we knew the country of origin for the bird. I am still sticking with Silver Duckwing Wellie. Here is a link to a website that has a picture of her Wellsummers including a Silver Duckwing hen:
http://thecrazychickenlady.com/crazy_026.htm

 

[KMeade]

Hi All - thanks for the suggestions. I bought the pullet from another breeder in Ireland, not a hatchery.

When I google images silver grey dorkings I get pictures, some of which look exactly like her. Some links below.

http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=silve...0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&biw=1280&bih=838

http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=silve...=41&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:41&tx=89&ty=100