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JennieRD said:
I might be completely wrong, but my first impression on theses two are Splash Orpingtons, color, shape build, legs, heads, feathering ....They don't resemble easter eggers to me. They look young, 16-20 weeks maybe? I have a yard full of Orpingtons, Splash, Blue, Black, Buff and Lavender as well as EE....There is definitely a big difference in my opinion. But my ideal EE (AKA Americana) look like eagles or a cross between Ameraucana's and Araucana's with beareds, or tuff's or muff's ect.

Again this is an opinion, I love the EE personally, but I do not see that in these two!
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I went back and read the breed thread discussing your girls, I see why you are so confused! I would be too! Yes orpingtons can have dark shanks/legs, my All of mine that have the black or blue gene in some shape form or fashion have (blacks, blues, splash and lavenders) have dark legs. My lavenders orpingtons sometimes have yellow beaks with black when they are young. My buff's have light colored beaks/shanks/legs.

I do agree yours could have lavender and breeding them back to a black may resolve some color clarification. You could wind up with a Blue/Black/Splash or Lavender chick!
 
JennieRD said:
I might be completely wrong, but my first impression on theses two are  Splash Orpingtons, color, shape build, legs, heads, feathering ....They don't resemble easter eggers to me. They look young, 16-20 weeks maybe? I have a yard full of Orpingtons, Splash, Blue, Black, Buff and Lavender as well as EE....There is definitely a big  difference in my opinion. But my ideal EE (AKA Americana) look like eagles or a cross between  Ameraucana's and Araucana's with beareds, or  tuff's or muff's ect.

Again this is an opinion, I love the EE personally, but I do not see that in these two!
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I agree! I didn't think they looked like any of the EEs I've seen, but like I said over there I still get really mixed up. I can't tell a Delaware from a light brahma, or a barred rock from a Dominique from a cuckoo marans.

I took more pictures this morning and one opinion now is mixed color orpington, maybe a lavender/splash cross. They have some yellow tinting that is unexplained, and reminds me of parakeet feathers. I think some of it is staining (they tend to get really poopy?) but I have them out in the yard today, so maybe a few good dust baths will help. The bottoms of their feet are pink. There was a suggestion to put them under a black rooster to offset any recessive genes and see what comes out. I have a very tenuous grasp of how chicken genetics work, but it's super fascinating.

I'm terrible at guessing age and often mistake young cockerels (no pointed feathers) for adult hens. So... I'll trust your guess on that. ;)
 
JennieRD said:
 I went back and read the breed thread discussing your girls, I see why you are so confused! I would be too! Yes orpingtons can have dark shanks/legs, my All of mine that have the black or blue gene in some shape form or fashion have (blacks, blues, splash and lavenders) have dark legs. My lavenders orpingtons sometimes have yellow beaks with black when they are young. My buff's have light colored beaks/shanks/legs.

I do agree yours could have lavender and breeding them back to a black may resolve some color clarification. You could wind up with a Blue/Black/Splash or Lavender chick!
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Haha, we posted at the same time. Glad to have your insight. Maybe next fall I'll try to find a black roo. We work in camping, so spring and summer are out.
 
I have a little insight, I don't know everything, just a little bit about a lot of different things...What I post is what I've learned first hand, its not from any book. Its from a lot of mistakes....im sure Ill learn a lot more as I go along....I just don't mind sharing what I've learned...wish I had known about this site years ago when I first started with chickens, boy did I ever make a lot of mistakes, and I am still learning everyday.

Just as a note, If they are a lavender splash cross, don't be surprised if they feather out slowly or even mature slower...That is the only thing I don't like about Lavenders....Its almost a necessity to breed back to black, or you wind up with very poor feathering. I have a set of 2 weeks olds, 4 week olds, 5 week olds, and 9 week olds Lavender Orpingtons. The 4 week olds were a breeding of black x lavender. They are feathering out nicely. However the 2 and 5 week olds were lavender x lavender and look like giant chicks that just hatched. They look awkward, still showing their down feathers without any feathering at all. I supplement with "kicking chicken" hoping they will feather out before the first frost. If you do end up with Lavender try to avoid Lavender x Lavender. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't. The same thing happened with my Cochin Bantams, one a result of Lavender x Black has beautiful feathered out at 10 weeks, another from a Lavender x Lavender breeding looks like he stuck his beak in a light socket. All he has are wing feathers, not body feathers....He is definitely UGLY.....and that is being kind. His name is Diablo for a reason, he torments everyone including me....I see him attending a BBQ one day soon!

Ill try to take a few Orpington pics of my pullets for you this evening if I get in before dark, just as a reference..I don't see Marans in your birds either that kind of throws off the Olive Egger Theory in the Breed Discussion. You mentioned a yellow feathering on one of the hens. In one of my 9 week old splash pullets I just noticed an oddity, her chest has a brown/reddish streak down the chest with three red feathers one on her shoulder, back, and tail. The odd thing, there is nothing in her bloodline that I am aware of that could have caused the discoloration or red feathers. She comes from a strict Blue/Black/Splash bloodline. So I guess you never know, she might have a red in her past I am not aware of.
 
campingshaws said:
Well, consensus in the breeds thread is that my mystery girls are olive eggers or EEs. At the auction there were about five cages of lavender birds, a splash bird, these two, then more lavenders. The only lavender birds I know of are orpingtons? So I'll just keep hoping I guess. ;)

Not that it matters. I just like to call them by the right names when I tell people what I have. I wanted beautiful girls and that they definitely are.

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I've had many Easter eggers I wouldn't think that's the breed. What color is the bottom of their feet? Pam
 
JennieRD said:
I might be completely wrong, but my first impression on theses two are  Splash Orpingtons, color, shape build, legs, heads, feathering ....They don't resemble easter eggers to me. They look young, 16-20 weeks maybe? I have a yard full of Orpingtons, Splash, Blue, Black, Buff and Lavender as well as EE....There is definitely a big  difference in my opinion. But my ideal EE (AKA Americana) look like eagles or a cross between  Ameraucana's and Araucana's with beareds, or  tuff's or muff's ect.

Again this is an opinion, I love the EE personally, but I do not see that in these two!
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I think we all like Easter eggers we just don't like it when people sell them as amercaunas. Pam
 
campingshaws said:
Haha, we posted at the same time. Glad to have your insight. Maybe next fall I'll try to find a black roo. We work in camping, so spring and summer are out.
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Easter eggers have slate feet top and bottom. Amercaunas have yellow on the bottom. So that rules out those two breeds. I don't have experience with Orpingtons . Pam
 

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