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[RoostersAreAwesome]

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I have had this hen for several years and I think she is some sort of cross. We got her for free from somebody who was moving. She lays cream eggs and has blue earlobes, blue feet, blue skin, and an extra toe.

Silkie mix

 

[grayjay11o]

Thanks, I knew she was half silkie, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on the other half.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thanks, I knew she was half silkie, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on the other half.

It's very hard to tell what both halves of a mix are. It's also very possible that she's a mix of mixes. Saying that, I would guess that she has cochin in her.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

View attachment 1857000 View attachment 1856999 This girl might be tricky for you. Hint - She has some light brown feathers under her chin area.

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Where did you get her? Age?

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Looks like my two girls. One is an Isa Brown and the other is a leghorn cross Isa Brown.

I was going to say leghorn cross. Guess I was right.

 

[iamrobotbug]

Here are four 12 week old chicks that one of our hens hatched; the fertilized eggs I got were blue and blue-green, and the lady said that her colored layers were Easter eggers and True Blue Whitings. One chick seems to me to be a clear Easter egger, but the two black chicks (which are identical, and have beards) are much smaller, and the white cockerel doesn’t seem to have any characteristics of either breed, though he definitely hatched from a matching egg to the brown chick. Just curious as to what your thoughts are! Going down a wormhole reading about chicken genetics online.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

View attachment 1861355 View attachment 1861356 View attachment 1861357 View attachment 1861358 View attachment 1861359 View attachment 1861360 View attachment 1861361 View attachment 1861362 View attachment 1861363 Here are four 12 week old chicks that one of our hens hatched; the fertilized eggs I got were blue and blue-green, and the lady said that her colored layers were Easter eggers and True Blue Whitings. One chick seems to me to be a clear Easter egger, but the two black chicks (which are identical, and have beards) are much smaller, and the white cockerel doesn’t seem to have any characteristics of either breed, though he definitely hatched from a matching egg to the brown chick. Just curious as to what your thoughts are! Going down a wormhole reading about chicken genetics online.

The black ones are Easter eggers. Or maybe olive eggers. Whiting true blues have a lot of leghorn in them, so that's why your rooster looks like that.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I love the black EEs! Is there Australorp in them, d'ya think?

 

[iamrobotbug]

The black ones are Easter eggers. Or maybe olive eggers. Whiting true blues have a lot of leghorn in them, so that's why your rooster looks like that.

Thanks! I appreciate it! The white and the brown hatched from larger, pale blue eggs and the black ones hatched from smaller greenish blue.

 

[iamrobotbug]

I love the black EEs! Is there Australorp in them, d'ya think?

The black chicks started out with white chins and bellies but evened out into solid black over subsequent weeks, though I don’t know if that indicates anything. I’m pretty new to this hobby but trying to learn more.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I love the black EEs! Is there Australorp in them, d'ya think?

I doubt it. Other than their color, they don't share any similarities.