Leghorn / Ameraucana cross?

[ChickPooh]

What do you think? She's so.... "shaggy"!!!

 

[ChickPooh]

Anyone???

 

[Simpson Farm]

Judging by the muffs it looks to be an Ameracana.

 

[ChickPooh]

Judging by the muffs it looks to be an Ameracana.

Her color is not correct for the breed standards. More like an EE than Ameraucana. But I was wondering why she is so shaggy, like she always has a bad hair day... LoL

 

[dretd]

Her color is not correct for the breed standards. More like an EE than Ameraucana. But I was wondering why she is so shaggy, like she always has a bad hair day... LoL

Judging by the lack of tail feathers, loose feathers and spotty areas of new feather growth, looks like your girl is molting.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

She is an easter egger going through a bad molt

 

[Wyandottes7]

She is an easter egger going through a bad molt

I agree.

 

[donrae]

I don't see any leghorn in her, just an Easter egger hen molting. How long has she looked like that? Is she a new bird for you?

 

[ChickPooh]

I got her at the auction for a friend of a friend... The leghorn idea was because of the color - someone said at the auction she was a leghorn cross.

Thank you all!

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I got her at the auction for a friend of a friend... The leghorn idea was because of the color - someone said at the auction she was a leghorn cross.

Thank you all!

If she was a white Leghorn cross, she'd be white. I suppose she could be a brown Leghorn cross. When she starts to lay eggs, a Leghorn cross would most likely lay blue eggs, so that's one way to find out. Leghorn cross or not, her "breed" would be considered EE--and her weird feathers are from moulting, as stated above.