What breed is my pullet?

[MrsMcnugget]

I agree with red-sex link. They call them by a few names. Red stars, golden buffs, etc.

It's often a cross between a white leghorn rooster and a Rhode Island Red, or similar mix. Hens are red with maybe some white on them, roosters are white with maybe some red on the shoulders.

They are great for eggs.

I had a few of these hens and a couple roosters. The hens were great birds, very good layers and very sweet! One rooster was ok, but the other one was the devil!

Hahaha! She's a very sweet girl! She sounds like a puppy sometimes with the little noises she makes. And she makes a purring/cooing sound after breakfast.. Soooo cute!
Thank you for the info!

 

[theuglychick]

You're very welcome

Hahaha! She's a very sweet girl! She sounds like a puppy sometimes with the little noises she makes. And she makes a purring/cooing sound after breakfast.. Soooo cute!
Thank you for the info!

 

[MrsMcnugget]

I don't see any scissor beak with these images. Where did you get her? Sometimes, if she's been saved from a laying farm, their tips of their top beak are trimmed so they don't pluck each other to death.

I bought her from a farmer's market. The guy had a bunch if chickens with scissor beak, but i didn't know what it was. I could tell once we got her home she was having trouble eating and picking stuff up. I'll see if I have a better picture. If it is scissored, its very mild. Thank you for the help!

 

[Sara Ranch]

Have you had her long?

I have some chickens that look similar. (Breed unknown, but suspect Golden Comet based on overall coloring.) Their feathers go quite white before they molts. The chickens, IMO, have a better environment here, since they've been adopted. (Previous long term owner was unable to care for the chickens anymore.)

Edited to add -

* chickens feathers sometimes go white if they are under stress, about to molt, have poor nutrition, or are getting older.

 

[MrsMcnugget]

Have you had her long?

I have some chickens that look similar. (Breed unknown, but suspect Golden Comet based on overall coloring.) Their feathers go quite white before they molts. The chickens, IMO, have a better environment here, since they've been adopted. (Previous long term owner was unable to care for the chickens anymore.)

Edited to add -

* chickens feathers sometimes go white if they are under stress, about to molt, have poor nutrition, or are getting older.

No, haven't had her long, just a week. Her cell mates at market were all in some stage of molt. I don't know what practices are common in the industry, but the guy had about six pullets crammed into cages smaller than what I put my cat in.

I let my son pick which one he wanted, though it was tough to really see them. She didn't look really great when we got her home. She was starving, it seemed, and she was having trouble eating. That's when we noticed her beak was a little off.

After a couple adjustments to food consistency, she did much better with crumble, especially dampened. She looks great compared to that first day. She's scratching, perching and dirt bathing. We put a couple brick pavers in the cage with her to hone her beak and I think that's helped. She had a pretty snotty nose too, but that's been gone a few days now.

Oh, and her feathers were white underneath and at the back half when we got her. Today she's dropped quite a few feathers, though.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Adult red sex link hen

 

[Sara Ranch]

I've adopted a few chickens in bad shape - beaks cut, wings clipped, and other problems.

In most cases, if the beak cut was done correctly and the bird isn't ancient, the beak will grow back. My poor girls aren't growing their beaks back. They were cut too far back. My girls do well with fermented feed. They love the stuff! I also dice up fruit into small pieces and they go at that. I also put concrete blocks in their area so they can "sharpen" their beaks. It won't help the girls that had their beaks cut too far back. But at least they have it.

You should consider putting apple cider vinegar in her water to help ward off mites/lice.

You should consider Nutri-Drench or some other vitamin to help her build up her immune system.

You should consider treating her for worms and cocidius (just in case). You can do both treatments at the same time, in the same water. If you do, hold off on the acv and the vitamins.

My girls are thriving, despite the neglect, the broken wings, the lack of feathers, the malnutrition, the blindness, etc. God Bless the woman for getting rid of her chickens!

Being loved helps immensely! I am sure that is part of your success with your chicken!

And yes, some people treat animals that way - overcrowding, neglect, malnutrition, etc.

 

[biophiliac]

I think you mentioned your young son is quite interested in the birds. He might enjoy the slo-motion videos on this thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chickens-in-slow-motion.1198618/

The vocalizations in slow sound like dinosaurs to me!

 

[MrsMcnugget]

I've adopted a few chickens in bad shape - beaks cut, wings clipped, and other problems.

In most cases, if the beak cut was done correctly and the bird isn't ancient, the beak will grow back. My poor girls aren't growing their beaks back. They were cut too far back. My girls do well with fermented feed. They love the stuff! I also dice up fruit into small pieces and they go at that. I also put concrete blocks in their area so they can "sharpen" their beaks. It won't help the girls that had their beaks cut too far back. But at least they have it.

You should consider putting apple cider vinegar in her water to help ward off mites/lice.

You should consider Nutri-Drench or some other vitamin to help her build up her immune system.

You should consider treating her for worms and cocidius (just in case). You can do both treatments at the same time, in the same water. If you do, hold off on the acv and the vitamins.

My girls are thriving, despite the neglect, the broken wings, the lack of feathers, the malnutrition, the blindness, etc. God Bless the woman for getting rid of her chickens!

Being loved helps immensely! I am sure that is part of your success with your chicken!

And yes, some people treat animals that way - overcrowding, neglect, malnutrition, etc.

Awe, no! Poor girls! I'm glad they have a safe and happy place with you. God bless you for taking on those ladies

Thank you for the advice! It's very appreciated! I wish I could have taken all of that Man's chickens! It was hard to see. The bantams were worse off than the rest, they couldn't move at all, not that any of them could really. And there were a lot of birds with really severe scissoring. I didn't know that's what it was when I saw it, but I know enough to know that's not normal. We were just going to skip buying another chicken that day, but I changed my mind at the last minute and now we have our Gingerbread.

I have a lot to learn and just this week I've learned a ton... More than I've learned about one particular subject in quite a while. I just want to make sure I do right by these girls. So, anything I can do to help their quality of life improve from what it was, I'm wiling to try.

I so hope that this girls beak is able to grow back! Right now she looks pretty derpy with her under bite. Lol! I love her anyway. Thank you, again!

 

[MrsMcnugget]

I think you mentioned your young son is quite interested in the birds. He might enjoy the slo-motion videos on this thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chickens-in-slow-motion.1198618/

The vocalizations in slow sound like dinosaurs to me!

Oh wow! Thanks! Yes, my son talks to our new chickens every time he comes outside. He chases off the harassing rooster when he comes strutting in to stake his claim on my girls. I caught that "Mr. Fancy-Pants" strutting around my Gingerbread's cage yesterday and that girl was in a panic! That rooster is a nuisance! I didn't mind him and the girls coming round before... That was before they tried killing Mrs. Mcnugget though. It's pretty hard to reason with chickens...

My son will love the video! Thanks! These animals are so entertaining