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and this is my boy!

this is my araucana. another one looks the same but younger. they don't lay yet but the eggs I saw at the breeder are strange colour, neither blue nor green. and they were pale. those eggs were laid by older hens.

I want to create EEs. was thinking to use araucana cockerel with different breeds. now I will use this beautiful guy with 2 araucana girls. and my araucana boy will get 1 araucana girl and 1 NN who just laid a purple egg - I am after grey eggs in this case. a bit of fantasy and all the problems...

update: crowing! mystery solved. thank you all for your time. I will keep him anyway.

thank you, I hope it is. but will see as this is such a mystery bird!

4+ months old

at this point looks like pullet to me: any opinions? or I will wait for the first egg/crow?

it seems that saddle feathers are less pointy as they grow. these are new pics of my chicken:

I will try to take another pic soon. although the saddle feathers that are coming out look pointy.

the hen at the breeder was slightly different. her tail was like a ball, feathers a bit untidy. are there different types of orpingtons? I live in europe.

the black one is BCM cockerel almost the same age. his comb is much bigger and redder, I am not familiar with orpingtons.

I bought it as a pullet 2 weeks ago. only the wattles are red, comb is very pale (pics are not good). but the tail is funny - looks like the crest of polish chicken - the feathers are going in the circle. and a few feathers on the neck are up, look untidy - you can see it on the last pic. I...