Gamebird given to me..What is she/he?

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Aklady318 said:
He did buy all of the last birds from tractor supply but I looked at the Hoover hatchery site and was not able to find him.
He must be mixed with something else im guessing.
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If this bird was bought from Tractor Supply, then he's probably a pure breed, or a hybrid that was created for a specific purpose, not just a random barnyard mix.

It's apparently common for chicks at Tractor Supply to get mis-labeled, so I'm going to assume that by now no-one really knows what this guy is ;)

Looking through Hoover's site, I think he might be a "Prairie Bluebell Egger." For a hen, it would be easy to wait until she lays eggs, and use the egg color to help figure it out. For a cockerel, that won't work :lol:

Other possibilities could be:
--Black Breasted Red Old English Game Bantam
--Brown Leghorn
--Welsummer
--Mystic Onyx

His dark legs are wrong for the first three of those breeds, and his comb color is wrong for the fourth, but sometimes a chicken does have the wrong leg color or comb color, so I think any of those is still a possibility. When he finishes growing, his size can also help figure it out.
 
NatJ said:
If this bird was bought from Tractor Supply, then he's probably a pure breed, or a hybrid that was created for a specific purpose, not just a random barnyard mix.

It's apparently common for chicks at Tractor Supply to get mis-labeled, so I'm going to assume that by now no-one really knows what this guy is ;)

Looking through Hoover's site, I think he might be a "Prairie Bluebell Egger." For a hen, it would be easy to wait until she lays eggs, and use the egg color to help figure it out. For a cockerel, that won't work :lol:

Other possibilities could be:
--Black Breasted Red Old English Game Bantam
--Brown Leghorn
--Welsummer
--Mystic Onyx

His dark legs are wrong for the first three of those breeds, and his comb color is wrong for the fourth, but sometimes a chicken does have the wrong leg color or comb color, so I think any of those is still a possibility. When he finishes growing, his size can also help figure it out.
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Wow thank you! I've not heard of some of those breeds and excited to look them up. He makes a very distinct noise that I listen for in videos as well. Pretty red crown at 3 months old for a hen is my first guess but again, I'm a newbie so only time will tell. I appreciate you taking the time to research that out even further for my info. 😊
 
Aklady318 said:
He makes a very distinct noise that I listen for in videos as well. Pretty red crown at 3 months old for a hen is my first guess but again, I'm a newbie so only time will tell.
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The one with pictures in the first post is definitely a male.

You're right, he's got a large red comb.
And crowing is also a good sign of him being male :)

But he's also started to grow some skinny, pointy saddle feathers (they grow from his back, just in front of the tail, and when they finish growing they will be long and hang down to both sides). Those are normal for a rooster, but not for a hen.

Also his coloring (mostly red, with a black breast) is common in roosters, but almost never happens in hens.
 

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