Is this an Easter Egger Silkie or what?!

[drumstick diva]

EE's are not a breed, they are mixed. Also they don't have feathered legs. I'm not sure what your birds are but, they are beautiful and look to be blue.

 

[rebrascora]

I'm not seeing any Silkie traits either.
Feathered shanks are a dominant trait and will most likely be from the Marans influence in the olive egger parent(s). Blue is also quite a common Marans colour. It has the beard of an EE but a single comb rather than a pea comb, which is often linked to the blue egg laying gene, so you may get ordinary brown eggs from her rather than olive eggs. Bonny bird though!

 

[debid]

That's not a single comb. There are no points on it at all. EEs often have mixed looking combs like that. I take it as evidence of modifiers. Anyway, there is pea in there.

You'll need to wait for eggs to see what color she lays. It's not a given with crosses, no matter what the comb may look like

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I do have a few EE/Silkie mixes...with the one I was shocked to see her back was black! She lays a pinkish/tan egg with small spots. The other is more silkie. What is base skin color of your bird?

Below is Cynthia, she's an EE that has hidden silkie. I didn't realize until I saw her like this and put it together that it's where the Silkied chick came from. I have a couple like her.

Babygirl is more silkie.

I've got a cuckoo marans (I believe) and a Black copper marans cross (olive egger) and both crossed over my EEs give my the blue but with combs.

To me she looks like she has faverolle crossed with EE which would explain the feathered legs. Her face, the comb and the cheeks scream faverolle to me.

 

[2mnypetz]

This is a (spoiled) silky. Yours looks like my ameraucana marans cross olive egger. An ee is just any mix that may have the blue egg gene. They are often sold as ameraucana but they are not the same.

Yours is a lot more fluffy than mine! And very pretty! Thank you for sharing. I think the general concensus is a maran/EE mix, so I'm going with that.

 

[2mnypetz]

I do have a few EE/Silkie mixes...with the one I was shocked to see her back was black! She lays a pinkish/tan egg with small spots. The other is more silkie. What is base skin color of your bird?

Below is Cynthia, she's an EE that has hidden silkie. I didn't realize until I saw her like this and put it together that it's where the Silkied chick came from. I have a couple like her.
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Babygirl is more silkie.
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I've got a cuckoo marans (I believe) and a Black copper marans cross (olive egger) and both crossed over my EEs give my the blue but with combs.

To me she looks like she has faverolle crossed with EE which would explain the feathered legs. Her face, the comb and the cheeks scream faverolle to me.

Thank you! I'll have to look up faverolle. I've never even heard of that breed. I don't know what color her skin is, I'll have to look. And you have very cute chickens!

 

[2mnypetz]

I'm not seeing any Silkie traits either.
Feathered shanks are a dominant trait and will most likely be from the Marans influence in the olive egger parent(s). Blue is also quite a common Marans colour. It has the beard of an EE but a single comb rather than a pea comb, which is often linked to the blue egg laying gene, so you may get ordinary brown eggs from her rather than olive eggs. Bonny bird though!

That's very interesting! Thank you!

 

[2mnypetz]

Oh my gosh, thank you for all the responses! I have learned so much! Based on the information I received, I'm thinking she is an Olive Egger/Maran mix. And I found out what a silky & EE actually are. lol!
Obviously, I don't know a lot about chickens, but I have done (and continue to do) all my research on raising them. I don't want anyone to have the idea I just brought a bunch of chicks from school & dumped them in my backyard without knowing what I was doing! But I haven't gotten into the different breeds much, and when I looked it up it was overwhelming. There are so many types of chickens! I'll need to get more into it, because it is all very interesting.
Thank you all again.