Olive Egger help

[OmahaChicks]

Last week our friends husband picked up 2 olive egger chicks, supposedly pullets. I'm not sure how old, they looked around 2-3 weeks when we got them. Anyway, she told him they were "black copper mixes" and they both have these little head tufts. So I figured Cream Legbar/Marans cross? But mine has the strangest comb, not a straight comb from what I can see. What kind of comb is this? And do you think it looks like a pullet?

 

[sassysarah]

Looks like a pullet. I looked up legbar comb type and says they have single combs.
Hope this helps. she is very pretty!

 

[KaylorFarms]

I wouldn't say female this early. Looks like there is a chance of cockerel.

 

[sassysarah]

Is a little young leaning towards pullet though.

 

[OmahaChicks]

Thanks for your responses

I sure hope pullet. I really like "her" and would love some olive eggs. What kind of comb is that though? It's like all flat with a weird little twisty bump?

 

[drumstick diva]

Really beautiful chick, looks like it's getting barring. I would love it to be a girl but, watch the wattles developing already. Maybe a few more weeks and the comb will turn into something we recognize.

 

[donrae]

I see a lot of Legbar hens here with wavy/funky straight combs, so it could be a carryover from that.

If you knew which bird was which, that would tell us if the chicks were sex linked. Not looking like a cockerel at this point, but it may simply be too early.

 

[OmahaChicks]

Thank you! I'm definitely keeping an eye on this one. I've had boys show themselves earlier than this, but I've also had a few late bloomers. That's good to know about the legbar combs, it's the strangest one I've seen.

I wish I knew which bird was which, unfortunately I don't. Our friends bird has the same barring and head tuft, but a different comb.

 

[sassysarah]

Good luck!

 

[OmahaChicks]

Thank you! I believe he/she is around 4-5 weeks, so I hope I'm able to tell soon. No boyish behavior so far. Kind of a little chicken butt, very cautious and a little skittish. Legs seem a little thicker, but so do some of our other pullets. I won't be surprised either way. This is today with my husbands TSC bargain bin pullets