Free Surprise chick from McMurray Id Help

[TyTrammell]

Could anyone please help me identify this chick from Murray McMurray. 4 weeks old. Thanks for any help. I was thinking it might be a Whiting True Blue, but I really have no idea.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Easter Egger.
Which mean it could be any of those varieties….Whiting True Blues, Whiting True Greens, Olive Egger, Easter Egger…etc. All are mutts so we can never be sure which one.

 

[TyTrammell]

She is a pullet so far.

Well thank you! I thought she could be. I'm still learning.

 

[cherrynberry]

Well thank you! I thought she could be. I'm still learning.

Yeah, the three row comb is suspicious, but it doesn't indicate a cockerel. She is still on the younger side at this point. Update once she is 6-8 weeks old for better gender identification.

 

[cherrynberry]

Right, MM doesn't use the label Easter Egger, but I have seen others call their Amerucaunas EE. My bird there didn't have cheek tufts, so I ruled that out. Now I see that the other colored egg birds fall in the same category

Ameraucanas are a purebred, but often hatcheries will sell EEs as Ameraucanas or spelled like Americanas. EEs don't need to have beards, I have plenty without one.

 

[cherrynberry]

EE. Likely will lay blue/green.

 

[TyTrammell]

Thank you both. I'm thinking it might be a rooster too.

 

[cherrynberry]

Thank you both. I'm thinking it might be a rooster too.

She is a pullet so far.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

MM doesn't really have one they call an EE. Does this category cover all these, Whiting True Blues, Whiting True Greens, Olive Egger, Easter Eggers?

Yes. It really just means colored egg laying mutt.

 

[TyTrammell]

Yes. It really just means colored egg laying mutt.

LOL, thanks! I love it!