help! i don't know what my chicken is!!greenspun.com : LUSENET : Countryside : One Thread |
It is a white Bantam, with a red thing on it's head and a red face (not the feathers, the skin) it is completely white.what breed is it?
-- stephen (stephen@thebeetroot.com), April 16, 2002
Probably a bantam White Leghorn, You can almost certainly find out by going to:I hope that link comes out - the address under the link may be too long for lusenet to handle. If not, it's:
http://cyborganic.com/People/feathersite/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html
-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), April 16, 2002.
Well, the link works, but my head doesn't - if all the skin on the bird's head is red, I don't know - but there's almost certainly a picture of it at Feathersite.
-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), April 16, 2002.
a turkey ???
-- Stan (sopal@net-pert.com), April 16, 2002.
Just a guess but could it be a Turken?
-- Trisha-MN (coldguinea@netscape.net), April 16, 2002.
well done, mr. don! [even if your head is not working right]translyvanian naked neck?
the first pic. id-ed my tiger headed mystery chicks as silver campines! thanks! my ornamental layer collect. has been driving me mad trying to guess what is which whenever i get the time to just sit & watch them. 9 diff. breeds! so far i've id-ed brown leghorn, s. campine, e. fayoumis,various cochin & polish.
-- bj pepper ,in central MS. (pepper.pepper@excite.com), April 17, 2002.
I had a chicken like that before. He was a plain white chicken like a plain white duck is a pekin. He was a big chicken too.
-- Sarah in OK (Princessmeatballhead@yahoo.com), April 21, 2002.