Easter Egger Breed?

[Chick CJ]

Anyone want to venture a guess as to the breed of this chick. She was in a bin marked "easter egger layers" at the feed store. She is so beautiful!! I can't begin to make a guess so I am hoping someone out there can!

 

[Spartan22]

She does look like an Easter Egger! Slate greenish legs/feet and those tufts on the side of the cheeks.

 

[JurassicBawk]

Yup, that's an Easter Egger. At least they marked the bin correctly and didn't try to sell it as an Ameraucana/Americana like most do.

 

[Chick CJ]

She does look like an Easter Egger! Slate greenish legs/feet and those tufts on the side of the cheeks.

Easter Egger I know, I was just wondering what her mix breed might be.

 

[JurassicBawk]

If it is from a hatchery, there's likely not a "breed" there for several generations other than Easter Egger. When I first got my EEs 3 years ago I did lots of research trying to find out specific mix they could be, and basically learned that hatcheries have their standard EE stock basically as their own breed instead of crossbreeding other breeds. They occasional throw in a different blue egg gened rooster for new blood. If they are a specific breed cross, they're usually labeled as such and given a fancy breed name.

Yours has the fuzzy cheeks, splash color, and slate legs, so she's more than likely has an Ameraucana bloodline somewhere.