"Surprise Chick" Identification Has Me Beat

[JRV0955]

Hey all -

I have 4 week old chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery. I'm having a hard time identifying the mystery/surprise chick. Maybe someone has seen this breed at 4 weeks and can easily identify it.

Rose comb, maybe? Darker, almost greenish shanks. Blackish Fluff and Hocks. Gold Wing Bow, Gold/Maybe Reddish wing barring over black to black and white in the flight feathers.

Chick is very large winged and generally large for 4 weeks. Brooding with mix of Barred Rock, Salmons, and some various rare breeds. Is almost double the size of Salmons at 4 weeks.

 

[Alexandra33]

Pretty little Easter Egger, and most likely a cockerel.

~Alex

 

[JRV0955]

Pretty little Easter Egger, and most likely a cockerel.

~Alex

Thanks Alex! Easter Eggers have so much variation in appearance it's hard for me to make a conclusion when I haven't had any before!

 

[A.M. Eggs]

It is an Easter Egger cockerel. The comb is called "pea" and males tend to have what I like to call "three rows" on their comb. The pea combs of roosters are noticeably red with these three rows. Female's comb are usually non-existent for a while. EEs also have green legs.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Someone on another post was arguing with me about MMM free exotic chicks. I said in my experience they were usually males... like 19 of 20! And he/ she said no, they were unsexed and just as likely to be female...I am highly skeptical for 2 reasons. 1, I think they sex everything but bantams and 2, if it was a 50:50 crapshoot I should get more than 1 pullet of 20...right?

 

[A.M. Eggs]

I got a female from murray mcmurray's free chick. It was a silver spangled hamburg.

 

[rascal66]

Definitely looks like an Easter Egger

 

[JRV0955]

It is an Easter Egger cockerel. The comb is called "pea" and males tend to have what I like to call "three rows" on their comb. The pea combs of roosters are noticeably red with these three rows. Female's comb are usually non-existent for a while. EEs also have green legs.

Thanks! It's a beautiful bird!

 

[Folly's place]

He'll be very handsome!
My last extra chick from MMcM was a Fayoumi cockerel, adorable.
Mary

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Oooohhhh...I had the sweetest EF hen but she insisted on flying over the electric fence every morning. Two days ago I found a pile of black and white feathers Poor Gypsy.