Is my hen an Easter Egger?

[Michellep224]

She was given to me by a lady who could not keep her, along with 4 other assorted hens.
She is gray, with more feathers than the other hens. She seems to get hot faster. I don't know if it helps, but she is ALWAYS the first to dig a hole for dustbathing. She LOVES to wallow in the dirt, even more than the other hens.
Her legs are the typical tan/brown color of most chickens I've seen. At first I thought she could be Ameuricana, but her legs aren't blue. She has extra feathers around her face/head which led me to that conclusion.
Also what's throwing me is that she lays light brown or sandy colored eggs, like the rest of my hens. (Can't distinguish. Literally all the hens' eggs look the same light brown)
I have 2 Speckled Sussex, a hen I think is a Buff Orpington, and a hen that looks like one of these two:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/partridge-plymouth-rock.11414/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/red-sussex-chicken.11413/

 

[Alexander2000]

Ya they looks like Easter Eggers.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Your grey hen in question is an Easter Egger, and appears to be a mix of Ameraucana and another breed or simply hatchery line Easter Egger.

Easter Eggers can lay blue or green eggs, but because they are not a breed, and cannot breed true, you can also get brown eggs. It has to do with the fact that an EE bred to a non-blue laying bird (EE or otherwise) has only a 50% chance of passing down a blue shell gene. (Whereas a true Ameraucana carries two blue shell genes and will always pass one along...and blue is dominant).

So yours has the leftover facial appearance of the Ameraucana heritage (beard, pea comb) but has yellow legs rather than slate, and lays brown rather than blue.

Pretty girl anyways.

LofMc

 

[camochick96]

She is an EE, what beautiful hen!

 

[Michellep224]

Thank y'all SO much!
I've been wondering what she is. Is there a possibility her chicks could be blue-egg layers?

Also, that other hen I mentioned;
Does anyone know what she might be?

 

[Michellep224]

And this girl is a Buff Orpington, right??

 

[aglandaetap]

And this girl is a Buff Orpington, right??

Yes

 

[Michellep224]

The woman I get the hens from didn't have any breeding operation going on. More than likely she got her hens from tractor supply.
Is it possible she got these hens from the brown egg layer's chick package from there, including the Easter Egger?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Thank y'all SO much!
I've been wondering what she is. Is there a possibility her chicks could be blue-egg layers?

Also, that other hen I mentioned;
Does anyone know what she might be?

That hen is also an Easter Egger.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree