What is she?

[All4Eggz]

@whitewolf1871341,
Do you mind posting some updated photos with a better quality camera, if you have access to one?

 

[I Love Feather Babies]

I had this little one out me and my son and we're just curious to see how many get the answer correct

Looks like it has ear tufts and beard, so I say EE.

 

[InterestingChickens]

Looks like it has ear tufts and beard, so I say EE.

That bird is a Faverolles cross Australorp!

 

[whitewolf1871341]

@whitewolf1871341,
Do you mind posting some updated photos with a better quality camera, if you have access to one?

I will try to get some better ones of her him I honestly only have my phone though for a camera

 

[whitewolf1871341]

Looks like it has ear tufts and beard, so I say EE.

She's a mutt but I do know what she is her mother is a purebred salmon favorelle and her dad is half SF and half Australope she turned out beautiful I think

 

[whitewolf1871341]

I can’t believe I actually just read through this whole thread.
It has been quite fascinating!

It's been very interesting to see everybody opinions they're one or two take it a little bit too serious I think but that's okay I still like the feedback

 

[Little Chicken Mama]

@whitewolf1871341,
Do you mind posting some updated photos with a better quality camera, if you have access to one?

Yesssss pleaseeeee

 

[Little Chicken Mama]

Could you pleaseeeeeeeee take some clearer pictures of this bird!

 

[whitewolf1871341]

Honestly I’m still not seeing one thing that is clearly, 100%, without a doubt making me say the bird is a cockerel. I don’t see any pointed saddle feathers. There’s no true sickle feathers. And while the hackles are a bit weird, I don’t think they are pointed either. That is due to the color of them.

For one minute stop and think. Don’t be confrontational and petulant with a dash of snark.

People constantly confuse Easter Egger pullets for cockerels because of the feather pattern in their hackles. It’s often the red leakage in their wing bows that indicate whether or not the bird is a cockerel. This bird is mixed. It is not pure. Black Australorp hens usually have a decent sized comb. Not huge, but not tiny. Poor quality, hatchery Faverolles often have a larger comb than a a well-bred specimen. I’d have to check, but I’m sure Australorps are extended black. And I’m sure @Amer or @The Moonshiner can confirm that. Extended black shows leakage pretty well. Which is why the bird has off colored feathers and doesn’t appear uniformly black.

Because the pictures look like they were taken with a potato, it’s almost impossible to see the hackles in any clear manner so I can’t see the true color that’s showing there. Salmon Faverolle males have straw-colored hackles, unless they are clear and then they are a brighter silvery-white, but that’s really rare here in the states. Male Salmon Faverolles do have a very obvious wing bow/patch. In normal males this is a reddish-brown that shows up at a very early age. In a clear male it would match the hackle. As already mentioned, extended black shows leakage. I can’t fathom why a bird who would have naturally shown the red-brown in the shoulders wouldn’t be showing them in a bird with a color known for showing leakage. I’d expect in a male Faverolle cross for that to be quite obvious, especially if the bird is as old as the Osays it is.

I do think a sick/injured hen is capable of laying twice in one day due to a hiccup in her reproductive system; however, the color of that egg shell looks pretty spot on for what I’d think a cream and a brown egg layer cross would produce.

So there are several options.

1. The bird is not as old as the OP thinks and could possibly be a cockerel.

2. The bird is a pullet and people are incorrectly sexing it based on assumptions of what they expect to see.

3. The bird has some sort of genetic anomaly or other issue causing inconstant growth patterns which explains the off presentation and is a cockerel.

4. I am wrong (which does happen once every 13 years when the planets are aligned…I’m a Leo after all).

5. The OP is intentionally being vague, supplying poor-quality photos, and misrepresenting the bird because they are trolling the forum. Which I do not see anything definitive for this assumption either.

I'm for sure not intentional trying to be vague with pics my phone is a old and dropped probably a hundred times lol I do hope one day I can get a good camera that I could get better quality photos of all my little critters,its just not in the cards at the moment . Thank you for the points you made that actually helped me learn a bit about some of my other birds on my little farm I have the hardest time with the EE/OE when trying to sex them I will try to capture better pic for the update thanks again

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I'm for sure not intentional trying to be vague with pics my phone is a old and dropped probably a hundred times lol I do hope one day I can get a good camera that I could get better quality photos of all my little critters,its just not in the cards at the moment . Thank you for the points you made that actually helped me learn a bit about some of my other birds on my little farm I have the hardest time with the EE/OE when trying to sex them I will try to capture better pic for the update thanks again

It may help if you had someone else hold the bird so you could take closeup pictures without them being blurry. (If you did this, take the pictures outside, as natural light is usually better than artificial light.)