What breed of hens are these?

[JarvisChickens]

Hi there.

I bought a bunch of chicks last summer/fall, but only have two of them now. They are both hens, and laying. The one was said to be a New Hampshire, the other a Maran. But looking at them more closely they do not look like that. The black hen(supposedly a Maran), has a peacomb and had a few feathers on her legs - which I removed. The New Hampshire may be purebred, but her colour does not seem exactly right. Any ideas?

 

[Pyxis]

The red one is a red sex link. The other may be a marans cross. What color egg does she lay? Perhaps she was an attempt at an olive egger cross.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The red one is a Red Sex Link and I don’t know what the black one is. Why would you remove the feathers from her legs?

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

French Marans have feathered legs. I would agree she could be a cross. My Marans don’t have large combs either but have copper neck feathers.

 

[JarvisChickens]

The red one is a Red Sex Link and I don’t know what the black one is. Why would you remove the feathers from her legs?

Okay. I removed them because there were only a couple and it didn't look right.

 

[JarvisChickens]

The red one is a red sex link. The other may be a marans cross. What color egg does she lay? Perhaps she was an attempt at an olive egger cross.

Hm. That could be a possibility. The red hen looks much different than the red sex link, even though it doesn't look much different in the picture. I have had red sex link with her and they did not look the same. But it is possible.

 

[JarvisChickens]

French Marans have feathered legs. I would agree she could be a cross. My Marans don’t have large combs either but have copper neck feathers.

Okay. That is what I thought but she is just straight black. I think the feathers were just random ones, as I have had that in other hens as well that were supposed to have clean legs.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Okay. I removed them because there were only a couple and it didn't look right.

Oh. I thought she was feather legged and you plucked her legs clean

 

[drumstick diva]

She was feather legged. If they grow back let them, it's a clue to what she is., or what cross.