What kind of breed are my hens? 🤔

Amazing_chicks27

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Hey yall, I have been wanting to know what kind of breed my chickens are ever since I've got them🧐 But, now I really have to know. I want to know what to expect from these hens. So, I've got this friend of my mine that has seen my hens and he has told me that he has never seen them before; despite him being a chicken owner himself. I have neighbors and people in my area that have the same kind of breed. But, after my friend saying he has never seen them before up until a few months back, I have been even more curious. So here I am, asking the chicken community. I've got a mixture of cream and light brown hens, brown and yellowish hens, one black hen, and used to have 2 white hens with light brown speck on their neck. I have heard that these chickens are great fighters, kind of like roos. I have seen them fight before and they are quite tough. (Especially when 2 hens want to kill each other to death 😣(seen it before)). But, just like any other hen, hens are still pretty tough fighters. They aren't very tame, they aren't like other hens that let people touch them, carry them, don't jump on laps, etc. My hens can be near me sometimes but tend to run away. My hens lay white, light cream, and pinkish colored eggs. I used to have a hen that would lay beautiful light blue eggs. I say USED to because my stupid dog killed her while she roamed around free ranging. I am not sure if this breed lays light blue eggs but I once had a hen that would. Not sure if light blue eggs are common within this breed. I have only seen white, light cream, light pinkish eggs for now. Anyway, since my friend has never seen these kind of hens before up until a couple months ago, I have been even more curious. I took some pictures of them and will upload them down below. Do any of you have a clue on what kind of breed they are? 👀
 

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If that is what they are then the blue egg in this picture is from one of that breed and some examples of what they look like
 

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Your rooster and a few of your hens make me think american game chickens. The thin neck and longer bodies with that long tail. Your one blue egger could have been a whiting true blue mix or maybe a legbar?

The chicken in the second photo looks like a dark cornish mix maybe? The leg color looks wrong which makes me think that.

Honestly, not all too good with breed IDing chickens that don’t have extra feathery features haha.
 
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Those two seem to be wheaten colored, same along with your roosters.

This one seems to be some sort of duckwing pattern? Golden or silver duckwing.
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Cross referencing images of american games with your current birds, I do believe a large amount are american game. Well, or at least have that in their bloodlines.
 
Your rooster and a few of your hens make me think american game chickens. The thin neck and longer bodies with that long tail. Your one blue egger could have been a whiting true blue mix or maybe a legbar?

The chicken in the second photo looks like a dark cornish mix maybe? The leg color looks wrong which makes me think that.

Honestly, not all too good with breed IDing chickens that don’t have extra feathery features haha.
Thanks, the one on the 2nd pic. does look like a dark cornish mix. And for the hen that would lay blue eggs could be a whiting true blue mix.
 
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Those two seem to be wheaten colored, same along with your roosters.

This one seems to be some sort of duckwing pattern? Golden or silver duckwing. View attachment 4056996


Cross referencing images of american games with your current birds, I do believe a large amount are american game. Well, or at least have that in their bloodlines.
Wow! I am impressed, I have actually never heard of these kind of breeds. I searched the the kind of breeds you mentioned and yes, they do look like American games breed one. The other mostly likely is a Silver duckwing. Thanks for the explanation.
 

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