Olive or Oliver Easter Egger?

[fatsGREENgarden]

We’re hoping she’s a girl so we can keep her, but can anyone tell us for sure? I’m not sure how old she is, but was told she was a Bantam Easter Egger.

 

[orloffer]

It looks like a pullet to me, but not an Easter Egger. I am not an expert, though.

 

[house1917]

Looks like a pullet- and could very well be an EE. The good news is she's a she, and time will tell if her eggs are green or blue!

 

[fatsGREENgarden]

Looks like a pullet- and could very well be an EE. The good news is she's a she, and time will tell if her eggs are green or blue!

Great news! Thank you! The comb had us second guessing.

 

[fatsGREENgarden]

It looks like a pullet to me, but not an Easter Egger. I am not an expert, though.

Relieved she’s a she! What breed do you think she looks like?

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

Looks like a Speckled Sussex to me . Does it have a single comb?? If it is a Sussex, it'll lay brown eggs. If it's a EE, it'll lay blue/green.

 

[Doc7]

An EE is not a breed, just a mutt. Same as an olive egger. You can only tell by parentage what they are. Even then, not really - two EEs will have 25% offspring that are not EE (mutts with no blue egg gene) and 75% EE (mutts with 1 or 2 blue egg genes). To be guarantee an EE you need to mate a for-sure 2 blue egg gene chicken with another chicken.

 

[15WildTurkey]

Both my mutt EEs have prominent beards.

 

[orloffer]

Yes, usually EEs have beards/muffs. I am not sure if some don't. Your bird does look somewhat like a Speckled Sussex, especially in the second photo.

 

[Doc7]

Yes, usually EEs have beards/muffs. I am not sure if some don't. Your bird does look somewhat like a Speckled Sussex, especially in the second photo.

usually they do as the genetic traits are closely related, however an EE by definition is a chicken of any type that is not an accepted breed with a blue/green egg gene, so you could have an EE that for all visual appearances is 100% identical to a Barred Plymouth Rock or a Leghorn, for example.