Ameraucana x Welsummer Cross

[stephanieshim]

This is Penny, she was sold to me as an Ameraucana (which she is obviously not) but I was wondering if she's part Welsummer and if she'll possibly have a beard in the future! Kindly disregard the Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Your EE is a typical wild type pattern, very common to pullets.

So, sadly I can't say there is Welsummer in her. There is nothing showing Welsummer over anything else.

If she develops a salmon chest, then you can think back to Welsummer, or if she develops white ear lobes, you can think to Brown Leghorn.

But she is generic EE of the typical wild type pattern featherwise.

If she lays olive, then yes, she likely has Welsummer in her, although it could still be another dark layer in her background such as Penedesenca or even Barnevelder....other partridge type dark layers that would not interfere with the wild type produced in her.

LofMc

 

[Rye]

Very good reply by Lady.

It is very hard to guess the background of non-standard Ameraucana/Easter Eggers.