Easter Egger? Whiting True Blue? Other?

[montanabirdlady]

IMO, that is totally a PBB. My PBBs stand like that too, often very erect. Crazy pants is a good way to describe it. Flying across my 10x20 covered greenhouse run regularly, as opposed to my ISA Browns and BOs that will flap up when startled but don't really fly anywhere. My PBBs get excited to see me (the scratch distributor!!!) and fly across the length of the run and try to perch on the hardware cloth at my head height (they can't, but they'll hover there and try).

Your hen's feet look like mine do. There's a body shape they have when you look from the top, and she has it, comb is right, and feather coloration. Tail is right. Ear is right. She looks about a month or two from point of lay based on color and shape of her comb. My first PBB laid today(!) at 20-23 weeks. In person, it looks slightly less blue, but if you hold it in a white paper towel, it's clearly light blue. Keep us posted on how things turn out, now I'm really curious if my prediction is correct. The proof is in the egg color.

(L-R) Pic is of a leghorn egg (from the store), Prairie Bluebell Egg (slightly less blue in person), Starlight Green Egger egg, and a Buff Orpington egg.

Wow that's truly awesome! Glad to know she is not a loner. Their stance cracks me up especially when running/half flying and darting as fast as physically possible. Very different from my Black Cochin's waddle.

She is very curious of me and seems to understand I am a provider/protector, as long as I don't touch her. Which is funny because she sure thinks she can touch me or peck me or literally all the other pullets. Hence her nick name, Crazy Pants.

I also agree she seems to be 4-6 weeks off from POL at least based on what I have seen. Do they calm down a little when they start laying? My other hens do.

I will make sure to make a post with the egg color as well, thank you for sharing yours.

 

[FunClucks]

Wow that's truly awesome! Glad to know she is not a loner. Their stance cracks me up especially when running/half flying and darting as fast as physically possible. Very different from my Black Cochin's waddle.

She is very curious of me and seems to understand I am a provider/protector, as long as I don't touch her. Which is funny because she sure thinks she can touch me or peck me or literally all the other pullets. Hence her nick name, Crazy Pants.

I also agree she seems to be 4-6 weeks off from POL at least based on what I have seen. Do they calm down a little when they start laying? My other hens do.

I will make sure to make a post with the egg color as well, thank you for sharing yours.

I don't know if they calm down a little when they start laying - I hope so. I've only had one start laying so far, we'll have to see after she's got into the routine. They've always been more curious, agile, and active than my other hens (BO, golden comet, ISA Brown). I actually started out with 8 hens, one of which was a PBB, and I loved her personality so much, I went out and got 6 more PBB.

I think they stand upright so much to make themselves look bigger. And they don't hesitate to engage in the chest bumping dominance dances or literally fly away just because. Crazy chickens!

As far as temperament and liking people, it seems to me to depend on the bird, and the person. I can slowly walk up to most of my PBB birds (in my enclosed run) and pet them or pick them up. Sometimes they panic if I move the wrong way, but most of the time they let me do it. Especially at night when it's roosting time, I'm their favorite person because they want to roost on my head. So I get to pet them all a lot then. I had one PBB that no matter what I tried refused to think I was okay - she wouldn't even roost if I was close enough to touch her. That didn't fit with my management technique - I have to be able to handle all my birds so I can be their vet, and I refuse to spend 40 minutes at roosting time (when I'm tired and have many other thing to do) chasing one pullet. It's traumatic to have to pounce on them, especially in front of the others, and it was creating stress in the flock because she wouldn't let me pick her up calmly. So I found her another home where she could free range to her heart's content with an owner who doesn't care so much about being able to handle them often. 6 out of 7 pullets who let me handle them isn't bad I think. And of course anytime I feed them I'm their best friend.

 

[montanabirdlady]

I don't know if they calm down a little when they start laying - I hope so. I've only had one start laying so far, we'll have to see after she's got into the routine. They've always been more curious, agile, and active than my other hens (BO, golden comet, ISA Brown). I actually started out with 8 hens, one of which was a PBB, and I loved her personality so much, I went out and got 6 more PBB.

I think they stand upright so much to make themselves look bigger. And they don't hesitate to engage in the chest bumping dominance dances or literally fly away just because. Crazy chickens!

As far as temperament and liking people, it seems to me to depend on the bird, and the person. I can slowly walk up to most of my PBB birds (in my enclosed run) and pet them or pick them up. Sometimes they panic if I move the wrong way, but most of the time they let me do it. Especially at night when it's roosting time, I'm their favorite person because they want to roost on my head. So I get to pet them all a lot then. I had one PBB that no matter what I tried refused to think I was okay - she wouldn't even roost if I was close enough to touch her. That didn't fit with my management technique - I have to be able to handle all my birds so I can be their vet, and I refuse to spend 40 minutes at roosting time (when I'm tired and have many other thing to do) chasing one pullet. It's traumatic to have to pounce on them, especially in front of the others, and it was creating stress in the flock because she wouldn't let me pick her up calmly. So I found her another home where she could free range to her heart's content with an owner who doesn't care so much about being able to handle them often. 6 out of 7 pullets who let me handle them isn't bad I think. And of course anytime I feed them I'm their best friend.

I agree! All other 6 pullets let me pick them up and pet them pretty much any time of day. Crazy pants just doesn't seem to trust me, and I am not sure she ever will. I have learned a tactic that let's me catch her more easily. The problem is once I catch her.

 

[montanabirdlady]

I agree! All other 6 pullets let me pick them up and pet them pretty much any time of day. Crazy pants just doesn't seem to trust me, and I am not sure she ever will. I have learned a tactic that let's me catch her more easily. The problem is once I catch her.

Yup, you are correct. This seems to be an colored egg layer.

Alright! We have a blue/teal egg layer in the coop, and it could only be her. Her earlobe has the same hue, and all the eggs she's laid so far have been this size and color. Pretty big eggs compared to my BR hens. PBB is my final guess due to size of egg, color, behavior, feathering, etc. Woohoo!!

 

[FunClucks]

Alright! We have a blue/teal egg layer in the coop, and it could only be her. Her earlobe has the same hue, and all the eggs she's laid so far have been this size and color. Pretty big eggs compared to my BR hens. PBB is my final guess due to size of egg, color, behavior, feathering, etc. Woohoo!!

FWIW my PBB egg looks the same color, but is a regular egg shape (not elongated oval). The eggs may become less oval and more egg-shaped as she gets used to laying - I've had that happen before with a different breed.

Glad you got a cute blue egg!!! Enjoy the crazy antics!