Hmm, well, if the chick does have yellow legs and a pea comb then turns out to lay eggs in the blue color family, probably the best you could do is call it an Easter Egger. I do seem to recall, back when I was doing some breeding with Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucanas, I had a chick who popped up with some yellowish legs once, out of white skinned parents-that would be the hidden genes someone mentioned earlier in the thread.
Somewhere back in the lineage of even the best lines of birds, there could have been an outcross to a different breed to create a new color or trait and that gene pops up suddenly many years later. It happens and surprises even the most reputable breeders. I have a hen now who came out of a nice blue egg from a BBS Ameraucana flock, but as she got older, her body type and tail set seemed slightly "off". Then, she grew spurs and began laying brown eggs, even though her skin color, leg color and comb type are correct for Ameraucana. Just looking at her, you can tell that she has Sumatra in her lineage way back somewhere, though her parents look to be pure Ameraucana. Genes can be tricky things!
You may want to see how these chicks develop a bit. Sometimes, you have to wait awhile to see what you have.
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