Can you identify my 16-week-old free rare breed?

[Michelle Shiflet]

We thought we had a flock of ladies until this big guy started crowing early this morning!
Well, I'm new so I can't post a picture!

 

[Michelle Shiflet]

 

[shandiane78]

Cool looking easter egger! Hatcheries usually call them Ameraucanas, but they're not. He should carry genes for colored eggs.

 

[Michelle Shiflet]

Oh wow, an EE?? He looked so different from the others, I figured he was the rare breed. All the others are definitely EE's, so the one that died early on must've been the free one!

 

[speckledhen]

Actually, quite often, they do send EEs as the "rare" breed, which, of course, they are not. McMurray does this more often than not, it seems to me.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Yep, looks to be an EE. Certainly not a real "rare" breed, but boy is your rooster gorgeous!

 

[Kathryn4629]

He looks just like my EE Roo (when he was a but younger) Very pretty boy!!

 

[NitaAZ]

Very handsome boy! I wouldn't mind one like him!

 

[allcrackedup]

really cool nice looking bird

 

[Minniechickmama]

Kathryn, That is one very weird looking comb on that boy!
Both roos in the pictures here are very cool. Love the color and have never seen one like those before.
In my experience, when hatchery says they will send you a rare chick, they just mean free. They have extras and so you get what they got, and chances are you will get a cockerel. But, not always, I did get a Red Star pullet once. Too bad my dog killed her when she was about 8-weeks old.