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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: waterbuffalofarmer on December 19, 2014, 12:02:44 pm

Title: What breed of chicken?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on December 19, 2014, 12:02:44 pm: Heya guys, I was at a national trust property the other week and noticed they kept a few unusual chickens. These chickens are a sort of medium brown colour with brown speckles and large bantam like tails. They are a very small chicken. Any ideas what they might be?
Thanks
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: nutterly_uts on December 19, 2014, 05:46:10 pm: I find this site pretty useful for ID'ing chooks http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/poultry/index.htm (http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/poultry/index.htm)
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: Marches Farmer on December 19, 2014, 07:03:51 pm: Barbu d'Anvers?
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: Stereo on December 19, 2014, 07:43:06 pm: Maybe fresians? I would suspect it would be an Rare breed of some sort.
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: devonlady on December 20, 2014, 08:18:59 am: Quote from: Marches Farmer on December 19, 2014, 07:03:51 pm
Barbu d'Anvers?

Barbu d'Anvers are tiny, about the size of a pigeon and make my other bantams look like giants. Sometimes cockerels of any breed look remarkably alike and nothing like the hens.
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on December 20, 2014, 12:21:47 pm: they have tails like the fresians, but they are a chocolaty brown with brown spots and are very small
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: Victorian Farmer on December 20, 2014, 07:27:32 pm: Are they mash daisey if its britanic
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on December 21, 2014, 07:53:20 am: Quote from: Victorian Farmer on December 20, 2014, 07:27:32 pm
Are they mash daisey if its britanic
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No theyre a darker a lovely brown chocolate colour, very small and have brown spots plus a tail like a fresian.
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: nutterly_uts on December 21, 2014, 09:54:07 am: Dutch?
http://www.poultryclub.org/breed-gallery/chickens/ (http://www.poultryclub.org/breed-gallery/chickens/)
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on December 21, 2014, 10:16:44 am: Quote from: nutterly_uts on December 21, 2014, 09:54:07 am
Dutch?
http://www.poultryclub.org/breed-gallery/chickens/ (http://www.poultryclub.org/breed-gallery/chickens/)
Thanks for that.... it is a sebright, the brown kind. I just compared my picture to pictures of a sebright. Thanks for all the help guys! I really appreciate it. :) :)
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: bumpkins on December 21, 2014, 10:35:20 am: I've just had a look at those - aren't they gorgeous? :thumbsup:
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: Marches Farmer on December 22, 2014, 09:34:33 am: I believe Sebrights are the breed most susceptible to Marek's Disease.
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: devonlady on December 22, 2014, 09:51:06 am: I've had Seebrights and they didn't have spots but looked as though someone had gone round each feather with a small paintbrush and black paint.
Title: Re: What breed of chicken?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on December 22, 2014, 02:28:38 pm: Quote from: devonlady on December 22, 2014, 09:51:06 am
I've had Seebrights and they didn't have spots but looked as though someone had gone round each feather with a small paintbrush and black paint.
sorry I mean't mottled!