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Edit: Solved. She's an Easter Egger. Thanks everyone! /edit

Hey everyone. Pretty new to chickens and a family member brought some random chicks home one day without any breed info. I've figured out most of them, but we have one mystery chicken. It is about 9 weeks old now and looks like this:



I can take more pictures if needed. Thank you for your help!
 
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She's an Easter Eggers. You're correct, Easter Eggers are Ameraucanas that don't fit any recognized color pattern.
 
vanillachai said:
Thank you! So an Easter Egger is an Ameraucana that doesn't meet official coloring standards? Thank you for the gender info as well!
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Actually Easter Eggers are hybrids bred by crossing blue egg layers with brown egg layers to produce offspring that lay eggs in colors other than just blue (olive, green, beige, and sometimes even pale pink). Ameraucanas, which are often crossing with brown egg laying breeds to make EEs are a true breed with a beard, muff, slate blue legs, and lay only blue eggs. There is a good article at http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/ameraucana-easter-egger-or-araucana.html explaining the difference between Ameraucanas, Araucanas, and Easter Eggers.
 
Michael OShay said:
Actually Easter Eggers are hybrids bred by crossing blue egg layers with brown egg layers to produce offspring that lay eggs in colors other than just blue (olive, green, beige, and sometimes even pale pink). Ameraucanas, which are often crossing with brown egg laying breeds to make EEs are a true breed with a beard, muff, slate blue legs, and lay only blue eggs. There is a good article at http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/ameraucana-easter-egger-or-araucana.html explaining the difference between Ameraucanas, Araucanas, and Easter Eggers.
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Thank you for all of the info! The article really helped me understand the differences and clear things up. I look forward to seeing how she will look when she's fully grown!
 

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