atsw Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Looks a bit like a Minorca to me. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Minorc/BRKMinorca.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I wondered that at first (the combs are different), but looking at the chunky legs - some sort of game bird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Love child of a Hamburg and Indian Game then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 How about these? http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/BRC/BRKRosecombs.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I thought that (above) but ther combs are quite narrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I agree, and the white lobes seem too big in the pics. Back to the drawing board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I'm sticking with part Hamburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Well whatever it turns out to be, it's a lovely looking bird, atsw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I agree, defiantly some hamburg in there and maybe some game breed in there. It's lovely though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emchook Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 wow . he/she is gorgeous ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I thought a minorca or just a black leghorn? No idea, but let us know what they decide on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share Posted June 20, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 He looks like a big version of a rosecomb. Maybe he is a mix of many different breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Looks like a Minorca x Derbyshire Redcap due to the comb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 He's lovely Has he got some scaley legs though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
