Help, trying to identify

[cap1717]

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breed or mix for this pretty girl. . . her legs are slate blue/green

Thanks!

 

[Goose and Fig]

Ee?

 

[cap1717]

The guy I got her from didn't know what an EE was. . . but I suppose that is not "diagnostic". . .

 

[sherrydeanne]

I'm about 95% sure she's at least part Americauna (EE). Does she have muffs and/or a beard? She could be full EE.

 

[cap1717]

No muff or beard, although my (2 weeks) younger (supposed to be) Amerucana is developing nice muff and beard. I also suspect EE due to leg color, but that is the only similarity I see. she has smallwattles, no comb to speak of yet. . . I may have to wait to see what color eggs she lays. . . .the chook butt to butt with her in the 2nd photo is supposed to be Amerucana. ..

 

[danielbrown]

Those are not Ameraucana. Very often EE are sold as Ameraucana because many people can't tell or don't know there is a difference.

They both look like EE.

EE can look like anything, they have no SOP.

 

[cthrash1]

EEs aren't the only chickens with green legs. There is a breed that has green legs I saw the other day other than EEs (just can't find it right now, still looking), also some colors of games have green legs and also if you mix orange leg birds with dark legged like slate or black, the result can be green legs... So it is possible if this bird has green legs it could be a mix. Or possibly a gold Lakenvelder.

ETA: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Lakens/BRKLakenvelder.html

 

[cap1717]

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Thanks, I do not really think she is an EE. . . there is a resemblence to the Lakenvelders, but they have alot more "dark" feathering, even the hens, than she does. I am betting on some kind of mix, but can't even begin to guess.

 

[cthrash1]

One possibility is if she's a hatchery bird then she could be a poor quality Lakenvelder or yes a mix, but a very pretty girl regardless.

 

[danielbrown]

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Lakenvelder have blue legs, look at the pics in the link.
Buttercup and a few others have green legs.

I think she's closest to the buff Columbian color.
Lakenvelder have big white ear lobes, does she have white or red ear lobes?