What feather Pattern is this. farmyard mix hen

[florida_man]

Hi,
my favorite hen died and while her sister is alive id like to try and reproduce her or find a mix of chickens to get her feather patterns.
i got some feathers from the white one so you can see a close up since they blend in so well on bigger pictures. they come from a very mixed batch.
i think there is some australorp, maybe Orpington, Rhode Island Red.

Any clues to what mix this might be? it looks like the vayne of a welsummer and its peppers?
sorry for the dead hen pics buts its the only one i have of her, didn't think to take more since she was around 2 years young and healthy.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Sorry about your hen. The dead one is what many would call ginger. The top one could maybe be considered double laced silver but it's definitely not a standardized variety. A lot of Easter Eggers are ginger like the hen you lost, so I would use some EE stock to get look alikes

 

[florida_man]

Thanks. Ive been looking at a lot of videos and i have seen similar looking EEs. ive hatched, i think, 2-3 eggs from these 2. i hope one of the hatched was from the dead ginger one.
But ill see if i can replicate this. i have 2 other chickens that are similar. but ill look for double laced silver to breed next year with the white one.

im guessing the white is unique since its like a white h on its feathers

 

[AltonaAcres]

Yes, the white is unique! Good luck! Hope you get a lookalike

 

[florida_man]

any recommendations on what type of rooster to breed with that white chicken? i have recently got black and white jersey giants, light brahmas, and buff orpingtons. Are there certain breeds/colors that are the recessive so this hen's feather pattern will be the dominant gene

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Both hens are black australorps x buff orpingtons. To get more that look like that, either do the cross again, or cross your silver hen to a solid buff chicken (like a buff orp).