2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[Guest]

Hi Mollie333 was called to rescue a young hen yesterday. She was starving and really thirsty.

 

Can any of you possibly identify the breed please ?

 

http://s1032.photobucket.com/albums/a405/RhysJordan/Chickens/?action=view&current=38957_1503673681281_1517418494_1251323_5340773_n.jpg&t=1280040509608

[LisaP]

Sorry I'm no help on the breed, just wanted to say well done on rescuing her I'm sure someone with more knowledge than me will be along soon.

 

LIsa P

[tara]

Did not want to read and run l dont know what breed she is but she's very pretty

[Space Chick]

Can't tell from the photo sorry, do you have anymore?

[Egluntyne]

Difficult to say. She looks very young. Possibly a very pale Bluebelle?

[Mollie333]

Hi, thanks for uploading it Rhys!

Shes very thin and has really really REALLY long legs and a 'normal' shaped comb but still little. She is very tame, and hopefully someone will come and get her if she has been lost but me and Rhys think she HAS been abandoned because of her condition. Her tail feathers at the end was covered in pooh so i had to bathe her and cut the ends. She is looking in much better condition, she is tiny and ill say this again REALLY POORLY LOOKED AFTER.

[Mollie333]

Off to take more pictures.. You can feel her breastbone really bad.. Poor girl. Looks like she has just been left. Lucky mr fox didn't catch her.

 

Edited to put pictures on..

 

Long legs.

[Egluntyne]

To be fair, she might not have been poorly looked after, but might be thin and a bit dirty because she escaped and had been fending for herself for a few days. It wouldn't take a young hen long to lose weight and condition.

 

She is a beauty. I hope you can find her owner, but if not, how lovely to have acquired a 'Chicken of Fate'. I've always wanted one.

[Mollie333]

i ment that poorly looked after as in she has been lost and 'living rough' for a while,

any idea what breeds are in her?

[Redwing]

I cant see the pics Mollie as my computer doesnt show them but if she has long legs could she maybe be part leghorn or german langshan?

 

Many abandoned chickens are unwanted cockerels but hopefully you've ruled this out

[Egluntyne]

She is about the right colour for a blue leghorn, but doesn't have the darker 'top' feathering of a langshan. Her legs are very pale. There are some tiny wattles and a small comb, but without knowing her age, it isn't possible to say whether they are 'of concern'.

 

We could do with a close up of her neck feathers, and a good side view of the tail..

[Mollie333]

The tail feathers need to grow back, I had to cut them a little because they was stuck to her vent and all tangled, so the tail feathers are different. Ill get some pictures later.. thanks..

[jennydavies]

She looks quite Bluebelle like, we have two and one is paler than the other - more of a lilac colour. This one looks just a little paler than our Lilac.

[amateurkeeper]

Could she be a blue splash orpington?

[Chucky Mama]

Fingers crossed that she isn't a he

[Mollie333]

We had her checked by a friend (who is a avian vet pt time) and she thinks shes a girl.

Dont think shes a orp, to long legs

[tom123]

Definitely not an orp or Bluebelle. Looks a little leghorny to me but she isn't pure.

[Mollie333]

I be keeping her anyway if no one claims her.

Tom did you get my mail?