Can you verify breeds for me? Picture heavy

[sophiaw00]

Hmm...has more of the body of a marans. Does look just like Daisy but she's probably just a mix of things if you found her in a barnyard mix box. You'll know when she starts laying. Brown eggs:marans white eggs:andalusian

 

[mbailey78]

She lays brown eggs. My girls started laying this month, was very exciting! Thanks!

 

[donrae]

Also, with the rooster...if he were an Easter egger, wouldn't his legs be green? I included a picture of them but you can't tell the color that well. They are grey...very similar to my blue Andalusians leg color.

Not necessarily. I've had hatchery EE with slate to grey to willow to a dark forest-ish green. Hatchery EE are basically a genetic soup, so pretty much anything goes. There does tend to be an overall look to them, but it's by no means universal.

 

[sophiaw00]

Sorry, forgot to mention...they are all hatchery chicks EXCEPT the rooster. He was bred and hatched out at the farm I got him from, so not sure why he wouldn't have the green legs? Maybe he's just a bad representation of the breed. Who knows.

 

[sophiaw00]

Daisy has officially verified our suspicions that she is a marans!

Here's her first egg:



It's not very dark but she's a splash AND a hatchery chicks so the odds of a dark egg are not in her favor