I would like to say that I have just spent far more time this morning than is helpful trying to pinpoint the exact breed of Foghorn Leghorn, and have come to several conclusions.
https://twitter.com/etcet/status/1452068267875442689
1. He is definitely not a Rhode Island Red, as Wikipedia claimed. Our Lorge Rooster is a RIR and they are a dark red. 
2. Nor is he a white leghorn, a solid white breed. Note lack of colored tail and hackle feathers.
So what IS he? Is there in fact a Leghorn breed that matches, with brown hackle feathers and tail?
Eh…not really, so far as I can find. If you squint very hard at some bad photos of Blue Leghorns, you could maybe convince yourself.
Eh…not really, so far as I can find. If you squint very hard at some bad photos of Blue Leghorns, you could maybe convince yourself.
This is the closest I could find, and it’s listed as a Blue/Splash Leghorn. Most blues don’t look like this. Also the sickle feathers on the tail are dead wrong.
We must now expand our scope outside the titular Leghorn breed and look for others.
Oddly, there aren’t many. There are plenty of dark roosters with pale necks, and a few of the reverse, but I am coming up nearly empty on brown-on-white roosters.
Oddly, there aren’t many. There are plenty of dark roosters with pale necks, and a few of the reverse, but I am coming up nearly empty on brown-on-white roosters.
But what, I ask you, if the dark red was for the sake of animation? What if those feathers should have been black, but solid black makes the character look like a cut out, so it was colorized and lightened?
Well, then we have more options, such as this magnificent Lakenvelder!
Well, then we have more options, such as this magnificent Lakenvelder!
Also known as “Shadow-on-a-sheet.” Truly, any chicken would be proud!
Still, that’s a pretty stark contrast to handwave away. What about the Colombian Wyandotte?
The back of the head isn’t as sharp, but that does get us yellow legs and a mostly yellow beak. Definitely a contender.
Except…oh dear. That’s a rose comb, not a single, a common feature of Wyandotte chickens. I guess the Wyandottes are out of the running.
Foghorn is an immense chicken, as far as the cartoons show, which is an argument for the Light Brahma, but he doesn’t have feathered feet and the comb is still wrong.
In conclusion: I cannot find an exact match for Foghorn. Unless one of you clever souls can locate one, I think he’s probably a backyard mutt chicken, possibly with a white Leghorn ancestor.
Though I’m still secretly in favor of the Lakenvelder.
Though I’m still secretly in favor of the Lakenvelder.
Possibly our strongest contender yet!
https://twitter.com/llynquennel/status/1452320205091360775
A SHOCKING ACCUSATION IS LEVELED!
https://twitter.com/krin_o_o_/status/1452323692390854662?s=21
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