Help identifying please !

newtochickens1234

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Feb 15, 2025
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I was told they were possibly Americana, Starlight green egger, easter egger, sapphire gem. Curious if that is correct and which ones would be which
 

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Technically all but the sapphire gems are EEs as it is a generic term for non-pure bred colored layers, but they do indeed all look to be colored layers, with the exception of the sapphire gems.

Americana and EEs are pretty much the same thing and they typically have muffs and beards with a pea comb. They come in a variety of colors so I would say 3, 4, 9-10 are all the EEs/americana

Sapphire gems are usually blue/grey birds with a single comb and no crest, so 5, 7, 13. Starlight green eggers are a light brown bird with a single comb, so looks like that is number 11. Your barred crested birds look like the new “fancy egger” called a diamond duchess from Hoovers hatchery. Your blue crested birds are likely the sapphire olive eggers or similar breed. I have 2 of those myself.

Of all your birds, number 8 looks like it could be a crested cream legbar or simply one of the many crosses with CLB parents. Most colored layers with a crest and barring have a CLB parent, like the diamond duchess and sapphire olive eggers.

The first bird looks neat but doesn’t really fall into any category above. Quite possible the “EEs” you were given are all the crested birds seeing as diamond duchess and sapphire OE were not on your list.
 
Americanas and Easter eggers are the same thing.

All of the birds with the little crests are Easter eggers or olive eggers, with cream Legbar as one parent in the mix. None are purebred Legbars.

All of the birds with beards are regular Easter eggers.

There is one blue one without a crest. She could still be an olive egger, but she could also be a blue Australorp. I do not think she's a Sapphire Gem.

The red and white bird in picture 11 is either a Starlight Green egger or a red sex link.

I think two of them at least are cockerels. The black and white one in picture 3, and the red and white one with beard in picture 9. The barred one in picture 6 could also be a cockerel, but time will tell on that one. I think the others are all pullets.
 
Pictures 2, 5, 8, and 11, look like they all have ether barred rock or Plymouth rock.
Pictures 4, and 10, look like easter egger.
pictures 9, and 11, look sorta like golden comets to me
all the other breeds I am not as familiar with.
 

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