What small chicken breeds have black faces?

[Anime2lover]

I have a mystery chick that was supposed to be full barred rock. Not only has she stayed the size of a silky but she also has a black face, comb, and feet. We think she is a mix between the barred and a small chicken breed (not sure wich) we bought her egg from a barred rock breeder (not sure who) and are positive she isn't full barred because she's smaller and doesn't have that pattern. So I want to know what other breeds have the black face so we can narrow it down.

 

[chickenlittle21]

Can I see a picture of her?

 

[britesidefarm]

Picture would help

 

[NatJ]

I have a mystery chick that was supposed to be full barred rock. Not only has she stayed the size of a silky but she also has a black face, comb, and feet. We think she is a mix between the barred and a small chicken breed (not sure wich) we bought her egg from a barred rock breeder (not sure who) and are positive she isn't full barred because she's smaller and doesn't have that pattern. So I want to know what other breeds have the black face so we can narrow it down.

Photos of your chicken help a lot.

A Barred Rock hen can produce not-barred daughters if the father of the chicks is not-barred. So it could be an honest mistake on the part of the egg seller, if some other rooster got in with the Barred Rock Hens. (Although they really should be more careful.)

Barred Rocks usually do NOT have black face and comb, and the bottoms of their feet are usually yellow even if the legs and tops of the feet might be dark.

Small chickens with black faces: Silkies, Sumatra bantams, even standard-sized Sumatras are fairly small. Ayam Cemani are on the small side, and well known for being black all over. There are probably a few more that I'm forgetting, too.

Silkies have odd feathers, but when crossed with other chickens you get normal feathers on the chicks. Silkies have feathered feet, crest on the head, an extra toe on each foot, and often muff/beard under the chin, in addition to the black skin. Chicks that are part silkie usually have at least some of these extra features. So if she's part silkie, it will probably be pretty obvious.

Do you have any idea what other breeds the breeder has? For example, if you bought the eggs on ebay, you could look at what other breeds the seller lists.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Pictures please!

 

[Anime2lover]

This is her, the one behind theme little rooster. The little rooster is a dutch, japanese or old english bantam. She is sex link, that we figured out. The little black rooster is two months younger then her and is pretty close to her size. She has little for a tail. Her face looks brighter in the pic due to the flash but her coloring there is more like that of our silky roo when it comes to the color of the comb and wattle. She has tiny specks or red here and there but you can't really see them unless your up close. Her feet are dark throught.

 

[NatJ]

She's pretty, but I really don't know what kind of mix she is.

I see what you mean about dark face, seeing her next to that cockerel. I don't know which breeds look like that. The ones I named earlier have much darker faces (often actual black all over), but I don't know what breeds would be like your chicken.

 

[Anime2lover]

She's pretty, but I really don't know what kind of mix she is.

I see what you mean about dark face, seeing her next to that cockerel. I don't know which breeds look like that. The ones I named earlier have much darker faces (often actual black all over), but I don't know what breeds would be like your chicken.

I am hoping to investigate myself and narrow it down like i've done with the rooster.

 

[Anime2lover]

Photos of your chicken help a lot.

A Barred Rock hen can produce not-barred daughters if the father of the chicks is not-barred. So it could be an honest mistake on the part of the egg seller, if some other rooster got in with the Barred Rock Hens. (Although they really should be more careful.)

Barred Rocks usually do NOT have black face and comb, and the bottoms of their feet are usually yellow even if the legs and tops of the feet might be dark.

Small chickens with black faces: Silkies, Sumatra bantams, even standard-sized Sumatras are fairly small. Ayam Cemani are on the small side, and well known for being black all over. There are probably a few more that I'm forgetting, too.

Silkies have odd feathers, but when crossed with other chickens you get normal feathers on the chicks. Silkies have feathered feet, crest on the head, an extra toe on each foot, and often muff/beard under the chin, in addition to the black skin. Chicks that are part silkie usually have at least some of these extra features. So if she's part silkie, it will probably be pretty obvious.

Do you have any idea what other breeds the breeder has? For example, if you bought the eggs on ebay, you could look at what other breeds the seller lists.

My mom bought the eggs so I don't know.

 

[NatJ]

I am hoping to investigate myself and narrow it down like i've done with the rooster.

You can try looking at hatchery websites--they usually have photos of the various chicken breeds they sell. Here are three that I've noticed have nice photos:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html
https://www.cacklehatchery.com/
https://hoovershatchery.com/