Hen or Roo?

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Definitely an EE....
Hopeful Pullet!

EE, possible Lavendar color

I think it is a male

This bird is clean faced and has a single comb.

 

[Cyprus]

This bird is clean faced and has a single comb.

Fyi, not all Easter Eggers have beards/muffs and pea combs anymore.
People are using Legbars now and there are such things as F2 and beyond EE that will lack beards/muffs and pea combs.

 

[Cyprus]

I still firmly say it is an easter egger.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Fyi, not all Easter Eggers have beards/muffs and pea combs anymore.
People are using Legbars now and there are such things as F2 and beyond EE that will lack beards/muffs and pea combs.

I'm aware of that. But, considering that it doesn't have muffs or a pea comb, the legs are slateish colored, and it's almost solid in color (most EE's are multicolored of some sort) what are you basing your guess off of?

 

[Cyprus]

What makes you guys say EE? It is clean faced with a single comb. I accept the legs may possibly be green and I know EEs don't have to have facial tufts/beards or pea combs but they usually have one or both. I'm just seeing a mixed breed bird. Just curious to understand your thought process....

Where did you get it? Was it a hatchery (normally they sell particular breeds or hybrids) or somewhere else where a mixed breed bird would be more likely or even home produced?

I'm not seeing anything obviously male about it at this stage but that is no guarantee it is a pullet. The comb looks quite orange rather than pink. Unfortunately none of the photos are the right angle to see if there are any wattles developing.

Legbars are being used more and more for crosses. Legbars have yellow legs. Therefore, if crossed with a dark leg breed the offspring will have green legs. And, depending on the other parent, the chicks will be clean faced with single combs.

 

[Cyprus]

I'm aware of that. But, considering that it doesn't have muffs or a pea comb, the legs are slateish colored, and it's almost solid in color (most EE's are multicolored of some sort) what are you basing your guess off of?

A cream legbar cross can still be solid in color. And so can an F2 and beyond EE. It doesn't take much to breed a green leg back to a slate leg.

I'm basing my guess off of the leg color shape.

 

[rebrascora]

Legbars are being used more and more for crosses. Legbars have yellow legs. Therefore, if crossed with a dark leg breed the offspring will have green legs. And, depending on the other parent, the chicks will be clean faced with single combs.

But it doesn't have any legbar traits like a crest or colouring.

 

[Cyprus]

But it doesn't have any legbar traits like a crest or colouring.

There are non crested Legbars. And the typical coloring can breed out in a few generations.

I'm not making the point that this is a first gen EE.

 

[rebrascora]

I'm not making the point that this is a first gen EE.

So in that case, we should all be in agreement that it is a mixed breed bird.

 

[Cyprus]

So in that case, we should all be in agreement that it is a mixed breed bird.

I was just about to say that.