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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: piggy on July 29, 2010, 10:03:58 am

Title: What am i?
Post by: piggy on July 29, 2010, 10:03:58 am

My neighbour has just given me this cockeral,but any ideas what he is?.

(http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz152/northcove/chicken002-1.jpg)

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: Samantha on July 29, 2010, 01:54:52 pm

Oh Oh I know ... he is ... PRETTY!!! :)

He looks like a welsummer to me but i'm not that great at identifying things :)

I also found this which looks very similar
http://www.mypetchicken.com/about-chickens/chicken-pictures/Black-Breasted-Red-Cubalaya-Cockerel-X107.aspx

Try google images :)

Sam

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: pikilily on July 29, 2010, 06:18:28 pm

Mmmmm!! ..... dont think he is a Welsummer....or if he is, he is not true to type. Welsummers should have yellow legs, it looks as if he has slate grey ones...he has a white lobe in front of his ear too- not seen on Welsummers....also his back feathers look longer than my Welsummers,  could he be a Rhode Island Red???   He looks as if he is a bantom size, is he quite small. Anyway he is handsome....and dont he know it!!!!
Emma T

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: piggy on July 29, 2010, 08:38:26 pm

He is not a welsummer as i have some of these and hes nothing like them as he is alot finer,he is very pretty so thats why i wanted to find out what he is so i can get him some ladies!

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: CameronS on July 29, 2010, 10:38:34 pm

Marsh Daisy i think

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: doganjo on July 30, 2010, 12:23:52 am

It's amazing how similar the Marsh Daisy is to the welsummer - are they related?

Cubalayas too

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: piggy on September 20, 2010, 10:07:42 pm

Good news have now found out from the breeder of the cockeral he is a Yokohama.Anyone keep them?

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: CameronS on September 20, 2010, 10:44:00 pm

shall have to look them up  ;)

Title: Re: What am i?
Post by: BAKEWELL11 on September 21, 2010, 08:05:16 am

aren't they a  japanese gamebird?   very exotic! :chook
blind test is scheduled for today...  i have gathered enough eggs of all colours, hubster is primed and ready,  ;D not sure what he thought when he found me searching the airing cupboard "for a blindfold"  :-*