Breed question- EE? Rhode Island Red?

[HalfMileLaneChickenMama]

I bought her from a local farmer- he said she was an Easter Egger. She (she IS a she, right?) looks nothing like my hatchery Easter Eggers. She does have feathered feet

 

[Tookie]

Looks more like a mixed breed to me.

How old? It looks like a male...

 

[Theorrin]

definitely not a RIR. EEs are mixed breeds

 

[HalfMileLaneChickenMama]

Looks more like a mixed breed to me.

How old? It looks like a male...

18 weeks old.

 

[ShotgunDog]

Don't know anything about breed, but comb and wattles look right on par with my 18 week old RIR pullets.

 

[mydaisy]

Very pretty! Looks like a RIR but those feathered feet! Would love to know what she is mixed with. And yes, she is a she

 

[FunClucks]

I think its female, if it's about to lay, bright red comb and wattles are typical. She's 18 wks, so just about to lay. Don't see any male feathering, which would have showed up by now usually.

Mixed breed for sure. Now, does she lay colored eggs or brown? Can't tell from looking at her. If she lays blue, green, or olive, she is a non-standard EE (if you define EE as a mixed breed that lays colored eggs). If she lays tan or brown, she's a brown egg laying mixed breed chicken. Her parents may very well have been EEs, but if she lays brown, then she missed the blue egg gene.

 

[RisingPhoenixFarms]

Rhode Island Red don't have feathered feet. It looks like a mix to me. Easter Egger seems to be an interchangeable description. Some people use Easter Egger to describe any barnyard mix. Others use it to describe specific mixes.

 

[-Chanticleer-]

I bought her from a local farmer- he said she was an Easter Egger. She (she IS a she, right?) looks nothing like my hatchery Easter Eggers. She does have feathered feet

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The slate legs are throwing me for a loop. What color are the pads of her feet? Definitely thinking an EE though. Also, EE is just a name people give chickens that have crossed with a blue egg layer and a brown layer together which gives the offspring a good at laying a colored egg.

 

[Tookie]

Don't know anything about breed, but comb and wattles look right on par with my 18 week old RIR pullets.

Oh then definitely a pullet!