Breed question- EE? Rhode Island Red?

[sybonbon]

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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I'm guessing she will lay a dark brown egg with possible BCM and RIR mix. Just my non science prediction.

 

[HalfMileLaneChickenMama]

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.

I will be very curious to see what color egg she lays! She hasn't started laying yet but I'm hoping soon.

 

[Theorrin]

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

rir are darker red and dont have feathered feet

 

[HalfMileLaneChickenMama]

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.

Her feet pads are greenish.

 

[ShrekDawg]

EEs can look pretty much any way possible so it’s still quite possible she’s an EE. Maybe she’s just a homemade EE like a barnyard mix.