Easter Egger?

[Yard Farmer]

No. Not a silkie. A friend gave us eggs to hatch. He said it was an Easter egger.

Ah, i see. To me that looks like a white frizzled cochin. I could be wrong though.

 

[Chickeroo63]

Ah, i see. To me that looks like a white frizzled cochin. I could be wrong though.

Someone else thought that also but apparently cochins have feathered legs and mine doesn't. However, he is frizzled.

 

[Yard Farmer]

Someone else thought that also but apparently cochins have feathered legs and mine doesn't. However, he is frizzled.

Maybe it's just a Cochin then. Because in my opinion that is not an Easter Egger. That's just my opinion though.

 

[Chickeroo63]

Maybe it's just a Cochin then. Because in my opinion that is not an Easter Egger. That's just my opinion though.

Thank you, I appreciate your opinion.

 

[Yard Farmer]

Thank you, I appreciate your opinion.

No problem! Hope i was able to help.

 

[Matts-angel7]

Frizzled Cochin. I have one, found out here as well

Cochin's have feathered feet. This one doesn't.

 

[NatJ]

Maybe it's just a Cochin then. Because in my opinion that is not an Easter Egger.

Cochins have feathered feet. That bird does not. So he is not a Cochin.

"Easter Egger" refers to whether the chicken has the gene to produce blue or green eggs-- which we cannot tell from looking at pictures of the chicken.

It's easy to check whether a female is an Easter Egger (look at her eggs), but for a male the only way to tell is by knowing the genetics of at least one of his parents, or checking what color eggs his daughters lay, or getting a genetic test.

I would say OP's bird is a "maybe Easter Egger," with frizzled feathers, but I don't think we can be any more precise than that with the current information.

 

[Yard Farmer]

Cochins have feathered feet. That bird does not. So he is not a Cochin.

I'm sorry, I meant to say Frizzle.