As usual I\'ve managed to misplace the I.D. on a recently acquired new male. I am horrible at correctly identifying Red birds that come into my possession from others.
Here, however, are a series of very poor photographs (they would be poor too if your mother threatened to leave you to walk a mile back to your house in some cold wet drizzle if you didn\'t get in the vehicle!)
This bird is a Minorca hen which I have had in the egg flock (non breeding) for a few years. My question is, is she a Brown Red? She is jet black except for on her hackles. I have used Minorcas as outcrosses in the past for Ameraucanas because of the simplicity of reestablishing Ameraucana characteristics within only one or two generations.
If she\'s not a brown red, what is she?
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I will try to get better pictures tommorow if feeding the horses goes more smoothly. I was thinking of selling her this spring because she doesn\'t particularly have a place in any breeding flocks and is in the wintry mix pen (for eggers and polish)