Buff Columbian Wyandotte?

[kwoody2000]

Is this chicken a Buff Columbian Wyandotte? Pullet or roo?

 

[junebuggena]

Not a Wyandotte. It looks like an Orpington mix with that single comb and white legs. How old?

 

[kwoody2000]

About 6 weeks old

 

[junebuggena]

Definitely a cockerel. Pullets don't start to turn red in the combs until about 14 to 18 weeks old, just before they are ready to lay eggs.

 

[kwoody2000]

Interesting. Thanks

 

[Michael OShay]

Not a Wyandotte. It looks like an Orpington mix with that single comb and white legs.

Definitely a cockerel. Pullets don't start to turn red in the combs until about 14 to 18 weeks old, just before they are ready to lay eggs.

I agree with both of junebuggena's posts.

 

[kwoody2000]

Thanks. We got five chicks from my sister-in-law's elementary school after the kindergarteners hatched them. They were straight run and they didn't know what kind they got, so we are trying to piece it together as they mature We are not breeders or anything. Does Orpington mix just mean a cross breeding of different types of orpingtons or one that is just not true to the breed characteristics?

 

[Michael OShay]

Thanks. We got five chicks from my sister-in-law's elementary school after the kindergarteners hatched them. They were straight run and they didn't know what kind they got, so we are trying to piece it together as they mature

We are not breeders or anything. Does Orpington mix just mean a cross breeding of different types of orpingtons or one that is just not true to the breed characteristics?

You're welcome. An Orpington mix in this case might mean either. It definitely does not conform to the breed standards regarding the various varieties of Orpingtons. It could be a cross of several varieties of Orpingtons, or more likely, it has some other breed in it besides an Orpington.

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

Could it be a brahma

 

[Michael OShay]

Could it be a brahma

No, Brahmas have pea combs and feathered legs. This bird has a single comb and bare legs.