Help identifying breed

Ebethohlhaut

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Mar 22, 2024
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We lost 4 chickens to raccoons over the last 2 nights, and this is the only one we have left. My son is in 4H and was planning on taking birds to the fair. We don’t know what breed this one is. He was planning on taking other breeds, but we’re out of options now! Anyone able to help?
 

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She looks a bit like my olive egger except yours has white legs and no crest.
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The only breed with the same coloring that comes to mind is Bielefelder, but I think they're supposed to have yellow legs?
 
It looks close to a Bielefelder but has white legs, which isn't right for that breed. I am thinking she is an olive egger.
Google has said either Bielefelder or cream legbar, but I’m not sure either is right! We got her from our local farm supply store, and we paid attention to every other breed we bought that day but can’t remember this one!
 
Google has said either Bielefelder or cream legbar, but I’m not sure either is right! We got her from our local farm supply store, and we paid attention to every other breed we bought that day but can’t remember this one!
Does she have any yellow tint to her legs or feet at all? It could be that it is later in the laying cycle so they look paler from here.

She's definitely closer to a Bielefelder than a Legbar. What color eggs does she lay? Bielefelder eggs are light brown and CCLs' are blue.
 
Does she have any yellow tint to her legs or feet at all? It could be that it is later in the laying cycle so they look paler from here.

She's definitely closer to a Bielefelder than a Legbar. What color eggs does she lay? Bielefelder eggs are light brown and CCLs' are blue.
They don’t appear to have any white. She isn’t currently laying. We had a raid on the coop, and she’s the only one left. She’s been incredibly skiddish, so we think maybe the raid has caused her to stop laying.
 
They don’t appear to have any white. She isn’t currently laying. We had a raid on the coop, and she’s the only one left. She’s been incredibly skiddish, so we think maybe the raid has caused her to stop laying.
What doesn't have any white? Feet? What color are they?

Some of my Bielefelders have real pale color to their legs right now, but you can still see some yellow.
 
What doesn't have any white? Feet? What color are they?

Some of my Bielefelders have real pale color to their legs right now, but you can still see some yellow.
I’m sorry! I’m at the fair now, so I’m super distracted. I mistyped that. They are completely white and appear to have no yellow.
 
I’m sorry! I’m at the fair now, so I’m super distracted. I mistyped that. They are completely white and appear to have no yellow.
No problem! I'll see if I can find a points system based on the judging, but I'd imagine she'd do better if you entered her as a Bielefelder with white legs rather than a Cream Crested Legbar with the wrong leg color and no crest. Hopefully others with showing experience might chime in with their best advice. Have fun at the fair! Did you enter her in this one or will it be a different fair she is being shown at?
 
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