8 month old chicken breed?

[CluckerFamily]

Does she have green legs? It looks like that in some of your pictures. Easter eggers have green legs.

 

[frostic]

How many do you have? If you don't like eggs you can sell them and earn back part of the feed bill.

i had 5 but 2 was killed by my black sex link because they was 2 months younger.
she went rogue and killed them while i was trying to integrate them to the older chickens..
i made a post about the experience somewhere here. now down to only 3 chickens.

 

[NatJ]

my friend said she never seen an easter egger like her. she said she looks more like a aracana etc

Araucana is one particular breed of chicken. They are supposed to have ear tufts, which yours does not have. They often have no tails. They have pea combs, lay blue eggs, and only come in certain specific colors.

Ameraucana is a different particular breed of chicken. They are supposed to have muff & beard, which your chicken has. They also have pea combs, lay blue eggs, and only come in certain specific colors.

Easter Egger is being used as a term for any chicken that is likely to lay blue or green eggs. Many look like wanna-be Ameraucanas, with the pea comb, and muff & beard. But Easter Eggers can come in any color. Hatcheries and feed stores sell them with many different labels (sometimes they even label them as Araucana or Ameraucana). Some Easter Eggers lay brown eggs, but most do lay blue or green ones.

I think the feed store label was correct, and you have an Easter Egger. She has a pea comb, and muff & beard (fluffy face), and her coloring is fairly common among Easter Eggers. She is likely to lay blue or green eggs, although that's not guaranteed.

 

[frostic]

Does she have green legs? It looks like that in some of your pictures. Easter eggers have green legs.

not green. they are dark grey and shiny like they are made of silver. they are very cool. my other chickens have yellow/orangish legs.

 

[black_cat]

I can't look at a chicken and say it is the same breed if they don't have the same color feathers. @CHlCKEN you might be able but i'm not....

The thing is, the same breed often comes in different colors anyway.
For example.....

Those are both orpingtons, but one is buff and the other is lavender.
Easter Eggers are technically all mutts, so they can all come in any colors. Some EE pics....

 

[black_cat]

Does she have green legs? It looks like that in some of your pictures. Easter eggers have green legs.

Easter eggers can have any color legs because of their mixed heritage.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Easter eggers can have any color legs because of their mixed heritage.

Yes you are correct but hers looked green in the pictures and I needed clarification.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Easter eggers are not a breed.
We tell people this literally every day, but easter eggers are not a breed of chicken. They are a mixed breed or a landrace at best. They have no consistent body shape. Many never have cheek puffs, many lay brown eggs. They show up in a wild variety of shapes, sizes and feather colors. For example, every single one of these chickens below is an easter egger;

The easiest way to understand it is they're a bit like the "doodle" family of dogs. You got your poodles, labradoodles, cockapoos, peekapoos, goldendoodles, bidoodles, cavapoos, yorkiepoo.... Eatser eggers are like if you took those and tried to call them all a single animal type. And anyone who knows them well can look at the group of those dogs and see they all have some similarities, with the curly fur and droopy ears and leg shapes and such and identify "Yes, that is a doodle dog".

The same thing is happening here. Easter eggers have a few consistent traits but others are random. You chicken is showing all the most common traits of being an easter egger. We can't tell you her exact genetic makeup, but we can tell you she's an easter egger. And every single person here is 1000000% confident you have an easter egger. I've been breeding EEs for about 6 years now, personally. I am confident you have an easter egger.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

She is 100% an EE.

I don't know how you've never seen an EE with cheeks, they are one of the most common features. Although not all have them.

 

[frostic]

Easter eggers can have any color legs because of their mixed heritage.

her legs are dark grey but in light look like faded silver or grey metal. her name is chickie but might rename her T1000 because her legs look robotic haha