Author Topic: Do you know the breed ?  (Read 2183 times)

Cobra

  • Joined Jun 2010
  • Somerset
    • Millers Of Sedgemoor
    • Facebook
Do you know the breed ?
« on: May 23, 2013, 05:25:59 pm »
Hi, Been a while hope your all well.
 I wondered if anyone can tell me the breed of the chicken in the photo please? These have been saved from the chop in a commercial barn environment.

Quite small but we have Orps so anything else is going to seem small lol. Brown couple have white feathers as a stripe and all fairly speckled. One thing I noticed was the tail was fairly long and quite upright.
« Last Edit: May 23, 2013, 05:56:57 pm by Cobra »

Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
  • Scottish Borders
Re: Do you know the breed ?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2013, 06:35:33 pm »
I have a few different hybrids eg Lohman Browns, Isa Warrens, and Hylines and they all look very like these
Anne

in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Do you know the breed ?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2013, 07:07:14 pm »
I was told by a local farmer (with big free range units) that all the commercial layers that look like the above are based on a "Warren type" bird. They produce different strains at times and give different names eg. hylines, lohman browns but all basically very similar.


I have hybrids that look much the same as yours. Some were described as warrens, others as hylines.


Before reading your text, I did look twice at the tail.  ;D  Does seem longer and more upright than most of mine over the years.

 

© The Accidental Smallholder Ltd 2003-2025. All rights reserved.

Design by Furness Internet

Site developed by Champion IS