Run wanted

[atsw]

The picture below was a chick that was hatched by friends from a batch of ebay eggs last Summer. It was a mixed batch of eggs, so could be anything!

 

I wonder if perhaps it's a he - what do you think and do you have any idea what breed it might be?

 

 

All comments and suggestions welcome!

 

Andrew

Edited June 20, 2010 by Guest

[ClaireG]

Looks a bit like a Minorca to me.

 

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Minorc/BRKMinorca.html

[Redwing]

hmmm, how big is it?

 

There could be some Hamburg blood in there, possbly Rosecomb but the comb is more Hamburg as the Rosecomb's comb is more neat and narrow

 

Quite chunky legs, could be a boy

[Valkyrie]

I wondered that at first (the combs are different), but looking at the chunky legs - some sort of game bird?

[Redwing]

Love child of a Hamburg and Indian Game then

[Valkyrie]

I've got cross eyed looking at the Feathersite. Some fantastic birds on there - including a Korean one with a black comb - looks strange not being red.

[Valkyrie]

How about these?

 

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/BRC/BRKRosecombs.html

[Redwing]

I thought that (above) but ther combs are quite narrow

[Valkyrie]

I agree, and the white lobes seem too big in the pics. Back to the drawing board.

[Redwing]

I'm sticking with part Hamburg

[Valkyrie]

Well whatever it turns out to be, it's a lovely looking bird, atsw.

[tom123]

I agree, defiantly some hamburg in there and maybe some game breed in there.

 

It's lovely though

[emchook]

wow . he/she is gorgeous !

[atsw]

Thanks to everyone who contributed. I've passed back your thoughts and observations. To my untrained eyes, there's not much difference in the pictures between a Minorca or a Rosecomb! However, the ebay eggs were suposed to be pure breed bantams, so I think we're on the right track.

 

The pictures of the females that people kindly linked to are exactly how the bird looks at present. On the minorca pictures there's a big diffrerence between 4-6 months on the combs so will be interesting to see what happens in the next four to six weeks.

 

Thanks again for everyone's help .

 

Andrew

[Lewis]

I thought a minorca or just a black leghorn?

 

No idea, but let us know what they decide on

[atsw]

Six months on, and look he he turned into

 

 

Certainly not a bantam!! He's very big, and very loud!!! He's also very aggressive to any passing humans, so has to be kept inside the run most of the time .

 

Andrew

[Guest]

He looks like a big version of a rosecomb.

 

Maybe he is a mix of many different breeds.

[tom123]

Looks like a Minorca x Derbyshire Redcap due to the comb

[Plum]

He's lovely Has he got some scaley legs though