Anyone ever heard of Speckledy hen

[lilshadow]

It's a hybrid. I have tried finding them here in US, but from what I have found they are mostly in the UK. I may be searching the wrong places, but I would really like some of them. Not sure what they are crossed with though.

 

[Mahonri]

Speckled Sussex?

I have three in the bator right now. Got them from bargain.

2nd picture on this thread....Orps and Speckled Sussex

And check this out here at Feathersite: Sussex

 

[lilshadow]

Do those lay a dark chestnut-brown egg? It looks like a Speckled Sussex, my book says it is a layer of a dark chestnut-brown egg. So I am assuming that it isn't that breed.

 

[Mahonri]

no. the Speckled Sussex I have in the bator are light brown eggs.

 

[lilshadow]

I will have to do more research on this breed. It's a very nice looking bird.

 

[cwc362]

This is what i found on the speckledy hen on a website in the UK.

http://www.cambridgepoultry.co.uk/poultryforsale.htm

Do you think this is the one you might be thinking about? It says it is a cross of RIR x Marans.
Hopes this helps--

Wayne
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Tennessee

 

[lilshadow]

I wonder if the book I have which is "A slice of organic life" if it has the wrong picture of the chicken. The hen actually looks like a Speckled Sussex, but that web site you put up says different so do others.

 

[cwc362]

Sorry don't know- Maybe you could write Barry at Feathersite.com , He's always taken time to answer questions that I couldn't find anywhere else. It could just be a name that's mostly used in the UK. I ran across a breed called "Allen Setter bantams" at one time and he was the only one who had ever heard of them and later he put them in his list of Chicken Breeds. Good luck in your search - If I run across any info on the web , I will post it here for you to read.

Wayne
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Tennessee

 

[blackdotte]

As stated it is a RIR X Cuckoo Marans sex linked hybrid.