Araucana?

[dcsharpe]

This is one of 6 birds purchased as "Easter Eggers" but I swear, it is looking like an actual araucana. It looks like it has the tufts. Hen or cockerel? Mutt? Just puffed up for having its pic made? LOL! Whadya think?

 

[BlazeJester]

That is a pretty classic easter egger pullet. Those are muffs, not tufts - muffs are the poofy clumps of cheek feathers, whereas tufts are individual feathers sticking out from the face. Araucana are also rumpless (they don't have a tailbone or tail), which your bird definitely is not.

Edited to add that Ameraucana have beards & muffs, while Araucana are rumpless and have tufts. They are quite different breeds when it comes down to it, though hatcheries have a horrible tendency to confuse just about everyone on the topic.

Pretty girl - you should get plenty of green eggs from her (hopefully)!!!

 

[nurse_turtle]

Typical EE gal. Green eggs for everyone! "Fatty" agrees!

 

[BlazeJester]

Oh wow, fatty is gorgeous!

 

[BlueCamas]

Definitely an EE

 

[dcsharpe]

I LOVE FATTY!!!! LOL!!!! She is beautiful! Does anyone else think chickens think we are crazy?

Edited to add.... Thank you for the education. I only wondered because none of my other EE's seem to have any muffs or tufts. It seemed odd to me I guess

 

[Coop de Grille]

Did your chicks look like this as babies? Is this coloring indicative of a female? I have this little four and a half week old EE and i was wondering if its a pullet or a roo.




She is facing the camera, the only one with the light colored chest.

 

[dcsharpe]

It does look a lot like mine. They could be sisters! The green legs that show on the picture are not that green in real life. I didn't even notice that they were green until I saw the pic!

 

[Coop de Grille]

This one does not have green legs at all. She has the muffs coming in though, that is what clued me in that she is an EE. Could this be a pullet? Is this the coloring for a pullet?

 

[Stacykins]

That color is a pullet color it seems, yes.

Here is am example of Araucana tufting, for the OP. Much different than muffs or beards. The tufts originate on a fleshy peduncle. Some chickens have one tuft, or two, sometimes even three. Much different genetically from beards/muffs, too.