My purchased on a Whim chicks - curious which breed

[MrsWinterWheat]

Hi!
In May my daughter and I were in Peavey Mart getting a new incubator. Well it was a week after their “chick days”. April-July every Wednesday chicks purchased online are delivered to the store plus extra for walk in purchases. Some how these cute little chicks made it into our car…lol. They were already a week old so we even got a discount.
At the time those 4 were going to be our only chicks…I think this is when chicken math comes in lol…but we have purchased more and they are due for pick up today. But this for me curious as I forgot to look at the sign for the breed and let my daughter pick.

They always list what was provided (see photo) at the store. My daughter swears they were in the Americana/Sapphire Gem area. While I know Americana is another name for Easter Egger so it is possible (just a no muff one).
But when I was looking at Hoover’s Hatchery (where they get their chicks). I was thinking it was a Starlight Green Egger.

Thoughts?

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

They could be either, honestly. I would lean towards them being Starlight Green Eggers, because they all look pretty uniform in color and type. You could ask if your feed store ever carried SGEs. If not, they're likely just EEs, because they don't look like any of the other breeds on the list.

 

[21hens-incharge]

They look just like my group of Starlight green layers.

They are a fun mixed breed to have. Most of mine are curious and all are very active birds.

 

[MrsWinterWheat]

They could be either, honestly. I would lean towards them being Starlight Green Eggers, because they all look pretty uniform in color and type. You could ask if your feed store ever carried SGEs. If not, they're likely just EEs, because they don't look like any of the other breeds on the list.

Thanks!
They do bring them in, they were not on list of I’m store available chicks for that week. But it is possible that either the store mixed them up in someone’s order or they were a no show.

 

[MrsWinterWheat]

They look just like my group of Starlight green layers.

They are a fun mixed breed to have. Most of mine are curious and all are very active birds.

Thanks! They are quite fun birds to watch. Always busy doing something

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Either way, they would still be Easter Eggers. There are multiple strains of Easter Egger, and among them are what is named the "Starlight Green Egger." The Starlight Green Egger is nothing more than an Easter Egger that is bred to lay light green eggs, so you can call them either. I see two of them that might be no-eggers (because they appear to be cockerels, LOL).

While I know Americana is another name for Easter Egger so it is possible (just a no muff one).

Easter Eggers are a mixed breed that carries the blue or green egg gene and has Ameraucana somewhere in their lineage. With that being said, Easter Eggers can have any appearance due to being a mixed breed. It just so happens that more often than not you will find Easter Eggers with muffs and a beard, because this is a trait that is preferable and bred into many strains. Why is it preferable? It makes the chickens look so much cuter and therefore makes customers buy them more often. Thus, the absence of muffs and a beard does not mean the chicken is not an Easter Egger, it only means that the trait was not bred into that line.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Either way, they would still be Easter Eggers. There are multiple strains of Easter Egger, and among them are what is named the "Starlight Green Egger." The Starlight Green Egger is nothing more than an Easter Egger that is bred to lay light green eggs, so you can call them either. I see two of them that might be no-eggers (because they appear to be cockerels, LOL).


Easter Eggers are a mixed breed that carries the blue or green egg gene and has Ameraucana somewhere in their lineage. With that being said, Easter Eggers can have any appearance due to being a mixed breed. It just so happens that more often than not you will find Easter Eggers with muffs and a beard, because this is a trait that is preferable and bred into many strains. Why is it preferable? It makes the chickens look so much cuter and therefore makes customers buy them more often. Thus, the absence of muffs and a beard does not mean the chicken is not an Easter Egger, it only means that the trait was not bred into that line.

I agree....to a point.

I have found far less issues with egg laying, cross beak and far higher egg production than I had with the bearded/muffed EE's.

Whatever the mix is I prefer the Starlight green mix.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I have found far less issues with egg laying, cross beak and far higher egg production than I had with the bearded/muffed EE's.

That is because they use different things in the mix.

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is because they use different things in the mix.

Yup. That's why I stick with the distinction between SGE and EE. Similar yet distinctly different.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Yup. That's why I stick with the distinction between SGE and EE. Similar yet distinctly different.

Yes, different strains of Easter Egger are mixed with different things to look certain ways, but the strains are still Easter Eggers. I was just explaining how a Starlight Green Egger is still an Easter Egger to clear any confusion that the poster has.