Black leg and combed birds

[Fallenone05]

Hi everyone!

I went to my local sale barn and ended up buying some chickens to start a flock again. Two of the ones I got are Easter Eggers, but the other two are a mystery. They've got dark black faces, combs and legs. They're gold and black, but don't have the face tufts of an EE or the pookie bits to be part Silkie.

Any opinions? Someone at the sale mentioned they might be black sex links, but I'm not sure.

Thank you!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

some sort of crosses

 

[sealer39]

My guess would be a Campine crosses with something. Did the seller tell you what they were supposed to be?

 

[Cyprus]

Crossbreds of some sort.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Mixed breed pullets/hens.

 

[Fallenone05]

My guess would be a Campine crosses with something. Did the seller tell you what they were supposed to be?

Unfortunately no! He ordered some Buff Orpingtons online from a hatchery and got these two in with his order. He has no idea what they are either.

 

[Fallenone05]

Sorry to revive this dead thread, but now that they're getting older, their wattles are turning red. Their combs are still black, though! Could they be low quality, hatchery Campine?

 

[Gray Farms]

I'm wondering if they are non-bearded Easter Eggers. Being hatchery birds its unlikely they are crossbreds "but not impossible". They are to heavily built for Campines, pattern is off too.

 

[Futuregreenefarm]

This my pullet. She looks similar to a campine but she is just a backyard mix from a persumed EE mother. I think she is pretty though like yours!

 

[Fallenone05]

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This my pullet. She looks similar to a campine but she is just a backyard mix from a persumed EE mother. I think she is pretty though like yours!

What a little beauty!! They definitely are VERY similar! I noticed though your girl has a (I think) pea comb. Mine have the pointed combs so far. They're very big birds, too. Campines look like a medium fowl and these two are almost the size of a New Hampshire Red.