Am I REALLY an EE?

[Roo on Harley]

My guess would be dark brown leghorn,,,read my disclaimer below.

 

[tinychicky]

not a wellie, wrong color legs. i vote PR

 

[tellynpeep]

Ummm... don't Partridge rocks have lacing? This bird has barred feathers. Looks like a mix to me. Could be an EE.

 

[tinychicky]

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yes they do, but i'm *pretty sure that they don't get thier lacing until a later molt

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

What color earlobes does it have? If the earlobes are red, it is not a Leghorn.

Welsummers do have yellow legs - here's a pic of mine at 11 weeks:

And this week at about 8-9 months (same Welsummer -- her legs faded after laying for awhile)

and here's a young Partrige Plymouth Rock:

 

[bustermommy]

She has red earlobes. I'm more confused than when I started.

My understanding is that they lay the color eggs of their lobes. So, she should lay brown eggs, right? However, this doesn't hold true for EEs or other blue egg gene chickens? (Although there is a picture in this forum of a chicken with green ear lobes.) I'd actually rather she laid brown as I have two who are definite EEs and two Americaunas coming and only 1 other? brown layer.

 

[chichick]

I'm guessing a Partrige Plymouth Rock, but I'm not the best with chicken breeding.

 

[chickenfinatic14]

looks kind of like a welsummer, or some kind of partridge

 

[VelvettFog]

All the EE's I have ever seen have had grey/blue/green legs. From what I've been told, an EE has to have the blue-egg gene to be considered an EE, and that gene is always passed with the leg color gene because they are so close to each other on the DNA chain.

But I am often mistaken

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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Okay - that elimates the possibility of a Brown Leghorn. My first hunch when I saw the first photo was a Welsummer, but it would help to have a close-up photo of her (side view and also one including her face). Easter Eggers can have yellow legs (but uncommon), they can be clean-faced (no beard), but since she is both clean faced and has bright yellow legs, plus the coloring of a Partridge Plymouth Rock or a Welsummer, I'd guess her to be one of those 2 breeds.

Try posting a couple more pics (close-up side view and one that includes the side of her face) and maybe we can pinpoint her breed for you.