Wyandotte Hen?

[Javamoss]

Hi! Just double checking this is a young Wyandotte Hen? Thank you!

 

[TwoChicksChix]

Wyandotte’s don’t have feathered legs as far as I know. I’m thinking it might be a Cochin or a mix.

 

[TwoChicksChix]

Yeah here’s a picture of a golden laced Cochin. That’s what I believe you have. They look very similar.

 

[Javamoss]

Ohh thank you! It’s a hen right?

 

[TwoChicksChix]

How old is it? She looks nearly full grown so I would absolutely say hen. I don’t see any of the saddle or tail feather shows, but that can also depend on the age.

 

[Javamoss]

Gotcha, thank you all! Chickens are not my specialty. Cochin hen it is.

 

[TwoChicksChix]

No worries, she does look gorgeous with lovely feet feathering

 

[goldysgirl]

Beautiful lady! Agreed, looks like my cochins with the feathered feet. I also have wyandottes and they are bare-legged.

 

[goldysgirl]

Just realized the second pic was not yours. They are both beatiful! The first bird has a lot of green in its neck feathers. I have many different varieties of roos, and they have a lot of green feathering, but I am not sure about laced cochins. I also have a few hens with some green feathering, but they are black birds. Do you have a picture of its backside? Maybe someone with laced cochins will chime in.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Welcome to BYC. You definitely have a gold-laced cochin, either a bantam cochin (more properly known as a pekin) or a rather nice quality standard cochin.

This is what a gold-laced cochin rooster looks like:

Gold-laced chickens are sexually dimorphic and begin developing different feather patterns at about six weeks of age.