[elfirin]

We were given a few chickens when a local breeder died, and I've been able to identify all of them except one.
Its the chicken to the far left of the photo below - she's a bantam type.
The others are (I think) light sussex, silkie, black rock, rhode island red, and ancona (left to right in the pic), but if anyone disagrees I'd be interested to know what they are!

I think they are varying ages as we've had some eggs but they are moulting now and seem to have stopped laying.

Thanks!   

[SallyintNorth]

What a lovely multi-coloured group! 

The one on the left is certainly very pretty.  She looks rather like a Welsummer but somehow I think she's not.  Someone with a lot more experience than me should be along shortly to help. 

[Pheasant pharmer]

I agree with Sally that the necknfeathers look like a Wellsummer, but the rest of her doesn't so much 

[faith0504]

I havnt got a clue, sorry, but they are a lovely looking bunch 

[elfirin]

Thanks, they are pretty! No, I think she definitely isn't a Welsummer because we did also get given a very typical looking Welsummer, but sadly she was attacked by some predator in the middle of the afternoon when we'd gone out for an hour or so, and although it didn't kill her then, we couldn't save her  . Not sure what it was, but the dog is on guard now and we haven't had a repeat! (The dog was locked up in the house at that point so we know it definitely wasn't her!)

When you saw them next to each other, this bantam didn't resemble that Welsummer at all. She's very pretty but I really have no idea what she could be. Lays light beige-ish eggs. Anyone else got any ideas? 

[SallyintNorth]

No, I think she definitely isn't a Welsummer because we did also get given a very typical looking Welsummer
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When you saw them next to each other, this bantam didn't resemble that Welsummer at all. She's very pretty but I really have no idea what she could be. Lays light beige-ish eggs.

You can get quite a lot of variation in Welsummer colouring and marking, but the beige eggs are a give away.  LF Welsummers lay dark nutty brown eggs.    (I assume bantie Welsummer eggs are dark brown also?) 

[Fleecewife]

Definitely not a welsummer - wrong colour with a buff underside and dark tail, and wrong body shape. No idea what she actually is 

[little blue]

leg bar?  or some bar cross?

(am I looking at the right hen?!)

[colliewoman]

my first thought was dorking cross of some sort?

[Padge]

I can't see clearly enough  but poss Buff Sussex?

[DJ_Chook]

leg bar?  or some bar cross?

(am I looking at the right hen?!)

I did ponder the same. I have some commercial X cream crested legbars and as youngsters they were very similar looking. Black tail tips, red neck, pale breast with a beige/orange/brown/cream speckle back.

[ellisr]

she is very similar to my cream crested legbars. It always amazes me the different colours you can get in CCL

[Mel]

 Hi, Gorgeous group,maybe a cream crested legbar crossed with a welsummer? 

[elfirin]

Thanks everyone. I think they should all be pure-breeds (or more recognised hybrids like the black rock) as apparently the breeder was quite traditional and did lots of showing (there were lots of old prize-winning certificates etc in his possessions), so its probably unlikely to be a cross. His son isn't the slightest bit interested in chickens so we just got to pick some that we liked the look of (hence the varying ages).

From various suggestions it seems most likely she's a cream legbar but there haven't been any blue eggs as yet. She seems a bit light for a Buff Sussex, and doesn't have the feathery crest of a CCL. Perhaps there'll be blue eggs in the future!

Thanks again, 

[CameronS]

she looks very simliar to my Wellsummer/Light Sussex crosses - don't think she is a buff sussex though