Ordered 5 EEs, 3 have noticable beards... others dont :/

[happyhens44]

I ordered 5 EEs, 3 have chubby cheeks. 2 dont seem noticable, are they still easter eggers or possibly a mistake?

 

[Illia]

They're still Easter Eggers. Easter Eggers are mutts, so it doesn't matter if they have beards or not, green legs or yellow, or green eggs or blue, really - They can vary.

It is the Ameraucanas that NEED beards/muffs.

 

[happyhens44]

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Does that mean I have Ameraucanas? One is pure yellow with a big beard/muff

 

[Illia]

No.


Hatcheries do not sell Ameraucanas, they sell Easter Eggers and Easter Eggers only. Easter Eggers in most cases have beard/muffs like Ameraucanas, but that doesn't make them such. The pure yellow one is likely either a color similar to Red Pyle, or a White EE.

 

[happyhens44]

ok, thanks.

 

[sweeterdeeter42]

There is an EE thread on here. There are a bunch of pictures of EE's without beards.

 

[NewHopePoultry]

My EE doesnt have a beard and she still lays pretty green eggs

 

[AinaWGSD]

It's possible there could have been a mistake, but more likely the two without beards are just clean-faced EEs. EEs are a type of chicken rather than a specific breed and have no breed standard. The majority of them have beards/muffs and green legs, but not all of them. I ordered 5 EE's last year, and one did not have the poofy cheeks that the others had (although she did have green legs from day one, while the others started off with pink legs and turned green over the course of about a week or two). She lays me a lovely large light green egg almost every day.