My two EE girls looked like your two brown ones as chicks - see profile pic - one ended up with cheek muffs and one without but both lay pretty blue-green eggs
Thanks for the quick reply JB. Love Lucy's iridescent feathers and great personality but still anxious my 4yr old chicken farmer won't get herself a blue egg layer...
Will try to hold on another few weeks!
Ok. I have 2 Easter eggers that came from Murray McMurray, now 18 weeks old and hopefully getting ready to lay soon.
Ethel ended up classic puffy cheeks and single comb. Lucy ended up with a cushion comb, no cheeks and dark black/green iridescent head and neck.
My follow up: Lucy is an...
Thank you for the encouraging reply! Fingers crossed for blue eggs!
Mine came from a farm... who we later found out just orders them from McMurray and resells them...
Updated now at approx. 8-9 weeks
We no longer know for sure which was Ethel vs Lucy - Lucy had atypical chipmunking as a chick so suspect she is the one now with no cheek fluff and without the usual single peacomb - she must be mixed?
You guys still think pullets?
Maybe a rosecomb? And...
Thank you so much to all who replied. My 3 1/2 year old daughter REALLY wants colorful eggs so have just been a little anxious about these two :) will repost in a few weeks when they are a bit older.
2 EEs in my growing mixed flock. Lucy and Ethel. I suspect Ethel may be a cockerel but I know it's hard to tell this early. Ethel has the orange tinted neck feathers and darker chipmunk stripe on her head.