I too am surprised how delightful raising and having chickens is! All their funny mannerisms, like the brown and white egg thing you speak of lol. My housemate was lying in the sun on a blanket yesterday and when my chickens came around the corner and saw her they all ran to check her out and...
Well that is what both brown leghorns and welsummers look like when theyre chicks! I'd guess it's one of those. white ears and eggs (plus a bigger comb) = brown leghorn and red ears and dark brown eggs = welsummer. It should be clear when she's a grown up chicken!
Ps Rachelm, that photo is so...
I have a couple of young wellies at home and the teen in question doesn't look awfully far from it! Maybe it is a cross, but also the photos are dark so can't see the exact colouring!
But then again, I don't know what else looks similar except the brown leghorn, but the only difference is the...