Help me identify the breed of these chicks from Meyer Hatchery

[Major_in_MS]

Supposed to be a pullets from their "Rare Breed Assortment"

Possible breeds listed on their website are:

Ancona, Easter Egger, Andalusian, Wyandotte, Dark Cornish, Delaware, Dominique, Jersey Giant, Brahma, Partridge Rock, Light Brown Leghorn, Hamburg, Sussex, German Spitzhauben Appenzeller, Buckeye, Sumatra, Cochin, Polish, Marans, Campine, Lakenvelder, Faverolles, Buttercup, Welsummer, Exchequer Leghorn, Sultan, or Penedesenca.

They are 3 weeks old here.

Thanks for any help offered.

Number 1:














Number 2:








Numbers 3 and 4

I think these are the same breed. Are they White Cochin?













Number 5











Numbers six and seven:

I guess these have to be Polish huh?








Number 8:

 

[Chris09]

Easter Eggers

Chris

 

[ChickenGrit]

I thought EEgers have greenish or slate legs.

 

[Chris09]

I thought EEgers have greenish or slate legs.

Easter Eggers can have any color legs, have any type of comb, lay any color egg, and come in any "color" they are just a chicken that may or may not carry the Blue Egg Gene.


Chris

 

[Major_in_MS]

Easter Eggers

Chris

Thanks Chris, I have more from this shipment that I need to photograph and post. Should I continue in this thread or start a new thread for each bird?

 

[Major_in_MS]

Easter Eggers can have any color legs, have any type of comb, lay any color egg, and come in any "color" they are just a chicken that may or may not carry the Blue Egg Gene.


Chris

So is this just a default for the chicks that don't fit into a pure breed?

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

it is an easter egger... (defenition of an Easter egger from wikipedia) An Easter Egger is any chicken that possesses the "blue egg" gene, but doesn't fully meet any breed description as defined in theAmerican Poultry Association (APA) and/or the American Bantam Association (ABA) standards. The name derives from the resemblance of their colorful eggs to Easter eggs. Araucana, Ameraucana, and Easter Eggers are descended from the same founder stock that spread around the world from Chile and the Falklands. Three main founder breeds were involved in the creation of what we today call Araucanas, Ameraucanas, British tailed Araucanas, and the Easter Eggers. These would be the Quechua, theQuetro, and the Colloncas. In about 1976 some Chilean Araucanas were imported to the United States and are still here today unchanged. They appear except for color to be Ameraucanas or British tailed Araucanas. Some Easter Eggers breed true to type and color over fifty percent of the time. Molecular data retrieved from specimens of known provenance in the Falklands, United Kingdom, Shetland Isles, and Canada proved to be closely related. Consequently, the Ameraucana is probably closer genetically to the South American founders than the North American Araucana. None of these, Araucana, Ameraucana, or British tailed Araucanas were actually a breed in South America.
Often confused with the rare, pure breeds of Araucana and the not so rare Ameraucana, the majority of chickens in laying flocks that lay blue or green eggs are Easter Eggers.[1] Even if a bird meets an APA or ABA Standard of Perfection breed description, but doesn't meet a variety description, or breed true at least fifty percent of the time, it is technically considered an Easter Egger. These chickens commonly exhibit muffs and beards similar to the Ameraucana. Easter Eggers come in many colors and most are duckwing at the E locus.
Easter Eggers are extremely friendly. They are great pets for families. They produce about 4 eggs per week ( which is very good). Their eggs are extra large too. They are hardy in winter, can be confined, very docile, and not broody. Plus they have a fun personality.

 

[hdowden]

Easter Eggers can have any color legs, have any type of comb, lay any color egg, and come in any "color" they are just a chicken that may or may not carry the Blue Egg Gene.


Chris

an ee should always carry the blue egg gene (one of the few times i don't agree with one of your statements)

http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html


The Ameraucana Breeders Club defines an Easter Egg chicken or Easter Egger as any chicken that possesses the blue egg gene, but doesn’t fully meet any breed descriptions as defined in the APA and/or ABA standards. Further, even if a bird meets an Ameraucana standard breed description, but doesn’t meet a variety description orbreed true at least 50% of the time it is considered an Easter Egg chicken.

 

[Chris09]

So is this just a default for the chicks that don't fit into a pure breed?

Anymore it's just what a hatchery calls a cross bred.

Chris

 

[hdowden]

Thanks Chris, I have more from this shipment that I need to photograph and post. Should I continue in this thread or start a new thread for each bird?

just add them to the first post and put numbers either above or below the pics