What breed please very light brown meant to be one of the commercial egg layers the guy only stocks brown commercial egg layers

[JedJackson]

I don't know about in the UK, but those girls do not look like the hatchery buff Orpingtons we have here. Too small, too tight feathered, and the coloring is way off. Orpingtons wouldn't have those white speckles in the hackle. Those are a product of the dominant white gene and are found in red sex links and similar hybrids.

So I think they are a layer hybrid of some kind, probably something like red sex link crossed with light Sussex. There are so many types of hybrids these days that it's difficult to keep them all straight.

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

I don't know about in the UK, but those girls do not look like the hatchery buff Orpingtons we have here. Too small, too tight feathered, and the coloring is way off. Orpingtons wouldn't have those white speckles in the hackle. Those are a product of the dominant white gene and are found in red sex links and similar hybrids.

So I think they are a layer hybrid of some kind, probably something like red sex link crossed with light Sussex. There are so many types of hybrids these days that it's difficult to keep them all straight.

Thank god for that I was gonna say that they don't even look like hatchery orpingtons to me after doing some looking around and I got them for 15 GBP each even here in England cheapest I've seen is 40 GBP for any buff orpingtons, plus I really do think they look like the pic of that really light golden comet in one of my last posts in this thread..

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

I don't know about in the UK, but those girls do not look like the hatchery buff Orpingtons we have here. Too small, too tight feathered, and the coloring is way off. Orpingtons wouldn't have those white speckles in the hackle. Those are a product of the dominant white gene and are found in red sex links and similar hybrids.

So I think they are a layer hybrid of some kind, probably something like red sex link crossed with light Sussex. There are so many types of hybrids these days that it's difficult to keep them all straight.

See what I mean? Remember mines only a young 4month old the golden comet is clearly an adult bird with big red comb and wattles already and much chunkier as older.. but same feathers and markings.. and golden comets are known as commercial production egg layers...

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

I don't know about in the UK, but those girls do not look like the hatchery buff Orpingtons we have here. Too small, too tight feathered, and the coloring is way off. Orpingtons wouldn't have those white speckles in the hackle. Those are a product of the dominant white gene and are found in red sex links and similar hybrids.

So I think they are a layer hybrid of some kind, probably something like red sex link crossed with light Sussex. There are so many types of hybrids these days that it's difficult to keep them all straight.

Plus it don't make sense for em to be buff Orpingtons or hatchery orpingtons as they came off a breeder that just breeds with and sells only brown/gold/red commercial production line egg laying varietys

 

[Chicken_Geek]

Thank god for that not that I have anything against buff orpingtons they look like beautiful birds but end of day I only want top egg producing genetics In My back yard coop that lay an egg basically every day to feed me n my family and I was getting worried I had been sold 3 buff orpingtons with my mix of 5 brown production egg laying hens..

Australorps are VERY good egg producers and lay until quite old too. i would highly recommend them to any one looking for good laying birds.

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

One of em on my list when iv built another run n coop tbo just to see for myself.. are they as good as isa brown as in lay every day even thru the winter??

Australorps are VERY good egg producers and lay until quite old too. i would highly recommend them to any one looking for good laying birds.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

One of em on my list when iv built another run n coop tbo just to see for myself.. are they as good as isa brown as in lay every day even thru the winter??

First winter, probably. Next winters, no