RCCheshire
In the Brooder
We bought Miss Eleanor along with a few other hens from a friend's farm. Is she a specific breed or just a mix? I love her to bits and am just curious as to what she is. Thanks in advance!!
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She lays an almost olive colored egg.Miss Eleanor is a very pretty crossbred. By any chance does she lay blue or green eggs? Even with those pale legs she may very well be an Easter Egger.
I'd not thought about white skin under the dermal layer on an Ee. Could very well be a Wyandotte/EE cross, with the Wyandotte having a recessive straight comb gene, so the pea comb dominated. The shape just says Wyandotte to me, and a nicer quality one at that. So maybe weird it would have the recessive straight comb gene, although I've seen some pretty nice shaped Wyandottes come from hatcheries on this board.
Truth is, you'll never know for sure what cross she is. We can give educated guesses but that's about it. As I said, she's a very nice looking hen---if you're tired of her, send her my way .
I love the mental exercise of trying to ID these mixed breeds.......just wish there was some way to know the "right" answer so we could know how we did!