bantam americana or sussex?

[mlrod1914]

I am adopting a new hen into our flock. She arrives Tuesday, but I was sent these pics today. My guess is she is a Buff Bantam Americana. But I am thrown off because of her white legs. Can she be a Sussex?
Thoughts?

 

[Sunshine0235]

Not a sussex, wrong comb type.

She is an easter egger, there is no settype since they are a fancy mix that lays blue/green eggs.

 

[junebuggena]

Bantam Easter Egger. Sussex have clean faces.

 

[Michael OShay]

She's neither a Sussex or a true Ameraucana. She's a mixed breed; probably an Easter Egger.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I agree with the other posters. Definitely a bantam EE.

 

[mlrod1914]

Got it.

EE because she doesn't fit the Americana breed type. I should have thought about that.

Thanks!

 

[Michael OShay]

Got it.

EE because she doesn't fit the Americana breed type. I should have thought about that.

Thanks!

You're welcome. True Ameraucanas have slate blue legs. Most Easter Eggers have greenish legs, but not always. If your hen lays colored eggs (blue, green, etc.) then she's an Easter Egger. If her eggs turn out to be brown, then she's just a mixed breed.

 

[BantamLover21]

Bantam Easter Egger.

 

[holm25]

Yeah a bantam EE