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Aug
6

Funky Chicken

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WHAT IS THAT?!

This chicken, one I hatched from my incubator this year from my own chicken eggs, just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

Here is what that chicken looked like a month ago.
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At the time, I thought it looked like a part-Turken because it appeared to almost have a naked neck. My original chickens, the ones I hatched out of my incubator last year, came from eggs that were mixed breeds. I knew the farm they came from had a few Turkens. So when it came out of my incubator, from those chickens, I thought it must have some Turken in it.

Only its neck isn’t naked now.
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Oh no, not naked at all.
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In fact, it’s covered up with feathers. Almost too many feathers. And it’s getting more all the time!
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Can it even SEE?????
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Is it going to explode?
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And if it does, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO THEN?!

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Posted by Suzanne McMinn on August 6, 2009  

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  1. 8-6
    1:54
    am

    that chicken looks like your dog dookie!

    margiesbooboo - Reply to this comment Reply
  2. 8-6
    2:58
    am

    Cross between Polish and Easter Egger? What is it?

    Sheila Z - Reply to this comment Reply
  3. 8-6
    3:14
    am

    What a neat looking chicken !!
    Very pretty!!

    anne - Reply to this comment Reply
  4. 8-6
    3:42
    am

    Chickens are in my future. I know nothing. I’ll be back!! C

    C - Reply to this comment Reply
  5. 8-6
    3:47
    am

    :cowsleepOh my she is awesome….Can she see???

    Tracey in Paradise Pa. - Reply to this comment Reply
  6. 8-6
    3:57
    am

    where did you get your first batch of eggs??? it looks like an Aurucana or Americana cross of some sort – it doesnt look like a ‘Polish’ – no offense anyone that is a kind of chicken with a fuzzy head of feathers…..

    Heidi - Reply to this comment Reply
  7. 8-6
    4:34
    am

    Whatever he/she is, I think it is just too cute.

    Cece

    Cece - Reply to this comment Reply
  8. 8-6
    5:17
    am

    I made the husband look at your mystery bird. He agrees w/ Heidi about the Amerucana/Aurucana and he thinks it may have a bit of Salmon Favorella. Who knows, it’s an interesting look!

    Lisa - Reply to this comment Reply
  9. 8-6
    5:31
    am

    I haven’t a clue…….but it’s the cutest thing!! Chumpy cheeks and all! :chicken:

    CindyP - Reply to this comment Reply
  10. 8-6
    5:51
    am

    If it has extra toes, it’s a silkie, salmon favorelle or polish mix. It’s cute.

    Shell - Reply to this comment Reply
  11. 8-6
    6:02
    am

    She certainly has one of the polish breeds in her. Most likely the product of the “rare breed chick” that gets thrown in to some hatchery orders. I thinks she’s cute.

    Christine - Reply to this comment Reply
  12. 8-6
    6:22
    am

    It looks better with age! That poor thing looked pitiful when it was young.

    I think it’s cute and different. Just like me. :-)

    Jayme aka The Coop Keeper - Reply to this comment Reply
  13. 8-6
    6:58
    am

    I was thinking a Silkie/Easter Egger (Americana) cross. She sure is a lot prettier now that she’s got neck feathers!

    Nancy K. - Reply to this comment Reply
  14. 8-6
    7:04
    am

    Awwww, I love her muffs and beard! I have one Easter Egger that is more of a pet and I love to stroke her beard. It is so soft. You little girl is just adorable. :)

    Ang. - Reply to this comment Reply
  15. 8-6
    7:27
    am

    Probably would not be a good idea to let it free range, because it is an easy target for a critter. http://feathersite.com/ has a ton of pictures. http://www.kippengrabbelton.be/engels/ is another site that has a bunch of pictures. I have noticed with our chickens that they look different–I was starting to think one of the hens was really a rooster until she got out of the nestbox.

    monica - Reply to this comment Reply
  16. 8-6
    7:27
    am

    You seem to be very resourceful, Suzanne, and find something practical to do with all your resources. If your odd chicken should explode — or do anything else un-chickenlike — there is always the dehydrator to experiment with further.

    :devil2:

    Carol Ann - Reply to this comment Reply
  17. 8-6
    7:47
    am

    What a beauty she is!! I have no idea what kind but if your worried about her exploding just send her to my house and I’ll keep an eye on her for you.

    KentuckyFarmGirl - Reply to this comment Reply
  18. 8-6
    7:59
    am

    No, she doesn’t have an extra toe. She has the beard and muff like an Americana, but also something of a crest (which Americanas don’t have), though nothing comparable to the crest of something like a Polish. (I’m pretty sure it’s a hen, though not positive.)

    Suzanne McMinn - Reply to this comment Reply
  19. 8-6
    8:23
    am

    HAHA, I love her! I absolutely love her! That beard just makes her chickeny attitude so much funnier!

    Gini - Reply to this comment Reply
  20. 8-6
    8:35
    am

    Yeah…those cheeks look familiar. I have Americanas, and they’re fluffy cheeked, too. Very silly yet exotic looking! Not sure, either, about that crest, but I love that she’s white! I want to breed my white Americana, but she’s too young to lay just yet.

    Cate - Reply to this comment Reply
  21. 8-6
    9:02
    am

    I knew she wasn’t part Turken the first time I saw her. She’s very cute and fluffy.

    Marty - Reply to this comment Reply
  22. 8-6
    9:12
    am

    I just posted over on my blog a recipe for Chicken Piccata….you kow…should he explode

    Bev - Reply to this comment Reply
  23. 8-6
    9:18
    am

    Being different is cool..She’s cute :chicken: Any thoughts on a name ?

    Wheezay - Reply to this comment Reply
  24. 8-6
    10:09
    am

    I got….nothing! lol He/she is sooo cute.

    trish - Reply to this comment Reply
  25. 8-6
    10:58
    am

    She is beautiful no matter what …. part silkie maybe??

    Shells - Reply to this comment Reply
  26. 8-6
    11:10
    am

    Looks like it might be an EE (Easter Egger) and crossed with possibly a Houdan. Just a guess.

    S/he is adorable.

    It will be nice to see what it looks like when it’s full grown. :D

    Kristen - Reply to this comment Reply
  27. 8-6
    11:39
    am

    It’s so ugly! I love it!
    I think it could be a Sultan/Easter Egger cross. Or possibly a white Polish/Easter Egger cross. Maybe it’s a Sultan crossed with a white Ameraucana. It looks like it has a pea comb, so it couldn’t be an faverolle cross or it would have a straight comb or a v-comb like crested birds have. What kind of feet and legs does it have? If it’s an easter egger cross it will have green legs. If it has Silkie in it, it will have five toes most likely…faverolles also have five toes.

    Amy - Reply to this comment Reply
  28. 8-6
    11:48
    am

    I agree with some of the other comments…Definitely an EE or Ameraucana in there somewhere…She is beautiful no matter what she is :)

    johnmayersquare - Reply to this comment Reply
  29. 8-6
    4:45
    pm

    I like the little fat face…but then again, I’m partial to pudgy animals.

    Jennifer - Reply to this comment Reply
  30. 8-6
    5:49
    pm

    On the bright side, you’re back to 100% on the farm animal cuteness meter!

    SarahKoski - Reply to this comment Reply
  31. 8-6
    6:04
    pm

    Some Aurc/amer cross’s have that tuff on top – not sure why. I worked for the Mn. State zoo in Apple Valley – we raised purebred’s for the farm exhibit, but when you crossed them with ANYTHING else, they got that tuft on top – freak of nature I say!!! LOL

    Heidi - Reply to this comment Reply
  32. 8-6
    7:49
    pm

    He’s beautiful. puffy and fluffy and looks exotic. i love him.

    cranberry - Reply to this comment Reply
  33. 8-6
    10:22
    pm

    What a cutie! If those feathers grow any longer, you might have to start using mustache wax!

    Wendy - Reply to this comment Reply
  34. 8-6
    11:39
    pm

    She’s SO PRETTY!! :heart:

    SuzieQ - Reply to this comment Reply
  35. 8-7
    6:15
    am

    Suzanne…..things is gettin’ a little scarey on the farm…..Check everyone for feathers……………..

    cgReno - Reply to this comment Reply
  36. 8-7
    6:32
    am

    He looks like he’ll be fine. seriously dnt take it to heart. you may just have a new breed altogether …

    Rituparna - Reply to this comment Reply
  37. 8-7
    9:55
    am

    If it explodes? POPCORN CHICKEN!

    Ulrike - Reply to this comment Reply
  38. 8-7
    11:38
    pm

    It really is a “funky” looking chicken. Maybe it will mature with age. Looks kind of strange to me.

    Shelly - Reply to this comment Reply
  39. 8-8
    5:47
    am

    Suzanne
    That chicken has arucana in her bloodline. They get the poofy on their cheeks check out I have a lot of them. Cindy

    Cindy - Reply to this comment Reply

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