Can Someone Help Me Identify this Bantam Hen

[meepANDpeep]

Hi,

I bought what were supposed to be silkie/cochin mix eggs off ebay. The people I got them from have lots of other types of chickens, though, too.

What hatched out was a tiny chick that grew into a very tiny, feisty, genius bird. She's smaller than my silkies, the smartest bird I have. The quickest bird I've ever seen, and she can fly effortlessly - high and far.

She lays eggs that are not much bigger than quail eggs (maybe the size of jumbo quail eggs) - I'll attach a photo of her egg next to a large quail egg.

She's obviously not a silkie or cochin because she does not have feathered feet, has only the normal 4 toes, has a comb type that's too small for me to tell? Maybe single or pea or rose? Can't tell. Very little wattles.

Her feathers are sleek and tight to her body, and she has a prominent tail (also unlike cochin). I suppose it's possible she could be a silkie or cochin mix if those silkie/cochin parents were not pure, but she doesn't have a crest, muffs, beard, or feet feathering, and like I said, she only has 4 toes.

She's a beautiful hen, but what is she? I was thinking she looks kinda like an old english game bantam, maybe a rosecomb or dutch bantam, or japanese bantam, maybe even a serama? Any ideas?

What does she look like?

 

[meepANDpeep]

This is a photo of her egg next to a somewhat large but not even abnormally large coturnix (japanese) quail egg

 

[meepANDpeep]

 

[Painted Calls]

She's a mixed breed. What color are her ear lobes?

 

[Iluveggers]

She looks sort of like a smaller skinnier Australorp...wonder if she’s mixed with one?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

She is a cutie. I do not see much silkie or cochin in her, and if she is a genius like you say, then very doubtful she has any silkie.

 

[meepANDpeep]

She's a mixed breed. What color are her ear lobes?

I can't tell yet - they're just coloring (she's 4 months and 3 weeks old). They seem white, but I suppose I'll have to look closer - I know silkies' are blue, so I'll check for a silver/blue tinge. What would you guess she was a mix of looking at her?

She looks sort of like a smaller skinnier Australorp...wonder if she’s mixed with one?

She does, doesn't she, but aren't australops large? She's so small - tiny.

 

[Painted Calls]

I would say possibly Dutch/Rosecomb mixed with each other or something similar.

 

[meepANDpeep]

She is a cutie. I do not see much silkie or cochin in her, and if she is a genius like you say, then very doubtful she has any silkie.

I have a bird that's 1/4 silkie and he's a genius too, so you never know. He's 1/2 sablepoot and 1/4 OEGB, though. She's even smarter though - knows any time I'm trying to trick her and learns really fast. If I use one tactic to get her back in the coop she doesn't fall for it again I'm always on my toes

 

[meepANDpeep]

@Overo Mare she does look a lot like a rosecomb, I thought, too