What breed of chicken is this?

[australorp_breeder]

I've had numerous people and hatcheries try and identify these birds, but none could really help me. Most of them said they're a mixed breed. I think they're standard Old English Game hens, but I'm not sure:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/0L0u0s0t0/IMG_5648.jpg

Here's some information about them -

* clean-legged

* hard-feathered

* smaller then average size chicken

* lays medium white eggs

* panics easily

Please do not give me information about the rooster, I already know what breed he is, and he's not the same breed as the hens.

 

[Chicky Mama]

I'd say a type of OEG,try feathersite.com

 

[NYREDS]

Not the most detailed picture but They appear to me to be cross breeds possibly with some game in their background.
What breed do you believe the male to be?

 

[Camelot Farms]

What kind of roo is he? I have his twin and have always wondered...

 

[catdaddyfro]

They look to be a game cross. I have a roo just the same color and he's a game cross or homegrown and i have about twenty game cross hen and they lay a variety of colored eggs from brown, tinted and almost white eggs. I think some game crosses make up some of the most beautiful and interresting feather patterns and colors.

 

[australorp_breeder]

Thank guys! Well, people have told me my roo is a Silver Duckwing, but alas, that is obviously just color. So I guess I don't know... He hatched from one of the neighbor hens's eggs. When the neighbors moved they didn't take their chickens, so they made their way over to my place and I adopted them, lol! Unfortunately, I no longer owned the roo. He was one of my favorite chickens. I helped him hatch out of his egg, and saved him after a chicken hawk picked him up and dropped him from four feet in the air right in front of me when he was a chick. Clucky ended up passing away from severe mites.

 

[Chris09]

The rooster looks like Grey American Game.
The hens look like a American Game cross.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Games/BRKAmerGame.html

Chris

 

[DTchickens]

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Yeah, i think the rooster is probably a American game cross too.. And he is more of a Mealy grey color than silver duckwing, he's a crowwing and the type of grey he shows is definitely black fowl in the background.

 

[australorp_breeder]

The rooster's not grey at all though.

 

[catdaddyfro]

I think they call silver duckwing (greys) and BBRed (reds) This I think comes from cockfighting slang. At least what I've heard them called.