What breed is this?

RobotChicken

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Ok, so I had been thinking this was a Black Jersey Giant, she got bigger quicker than my other birds, looked like a giant from all the photos I have seen of chicks, and has yellow bottom feet.

Well she is my first chicken to start laying at about 19 weeks old, if she was a giant I wouldn't have expected her to start laying so soon, she doesn't look like any of the pics of BSL or black stars I have seen, and the yellow bottom foot seems to rule out her being an australorp......

thoughts on what she could be?

when she was just a few weeks old:
chicks29.jpg


Then about 2 months:
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And just a few weeks ago:
chicks132.jpg


Here are the eggs she is laying:
chicks142.jpg

chicks139.jpg
 
well she looks like a jersy giant or australorp but not too sure....thats just what i was thingking
 
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Don't have photos, but Australorps have white/pink under their feet whereas Jersey Giants have yellow undersides.
 
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Don't have photos, but Australorps have white/pink under their feet whereas Jersey Giants have yellow undersides.

These are most definitely yellow.
 
I see the yellow in the first pic when she was a chick.

Hatchery Jersey Giants usually don't grow as big as they're supposed to. So, you probably have a hatchery Black Jersey Giant! Kudos to you!! YAY!
 
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Yup, and in that case I just have a black jersey, at this point she really isn't any bigger than my BR's.

If they are a slow growing breed will she continue to grow larger? Or would this pretty much be her final size?
 

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