what in the world is this

[kentuckysilkies]

California Gray Male. They are a Leghorn cross that gives White hens with a few black feathers and Barred males. Supposedly better layers with a larger body - an attempt to make a dual purpose bird from Leghorns.

 

[j egger]

kentuckysilkies wrote,

California Gray Male. They are a leghorn that gives white hens with a few black feathers and barred males.

I don't know,

I keep debating beetween dominiques, barred rock's or a Silver cuckoo maran's.

 

[j egger]

Hey everybody! I still don't think it is a california grey, so I talked to a friend and he said that it is a Cuckoo Marans, is this true? And by the way I have another pic of him
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/67901_byc_pics_002.jpg
sorry for the upload again.

 

[smarsh]

His body shape, comb size, and white ear lobe means he has leghorm in him.

 

[Chickensman97]

my Cuckoo Maran roo looks just like him, might be that

 

[kentuckysilkies]

Check out the back of the comb in the new picture. It has the crown that is characteristic of the Penedesca. I now think you have a nice looking Penedesca mix. That also explains the white earlobes and the thinner body.
I do not think he is a Marans. His body is just not wide enough, the color is too light, and that head just looks so much like the Mediterranean breeds. Having said that, perhaps he is a Cukoo Marans X Wheaten Penedesca.

 

[draye]

That sure looks like a Leghorn comb to me, it is big. Could be a crossbred though.