Trying to ID breed on a couple of these.....

[lizanne]

I'm trying to figure out breeds on a couple of my pullets. I bought Shadow, Coco, and Cinamon from a lady that said they were Olive Eggers. I've heard that is a general term for an Aracuna mixed with anything that lays a brown egg.



This is Shadow, and she is about 18 Weeks old.



Shadow with Coco in back.
Cinnamon and Coco look exactly alike, and all three came from the same hatch.

Then I have Gina, and Lulu, who are 3 weeks younger. We bought them from the feed store, and they were both said to be Silver Laced Wyandottes. Lulu obviously isn't. I was thinking Australorp, or maybe Black Jersey?

Gina

Lulu

 

[Panth]

WOW beautiful "lacing" on that blue one....I love her

 

[wordgirl]

I'd guess that Shadow, Coco, and Cinnamon are Oliver Eggers or Easter Eggers. They're very pretty!

Gina's a Silver Laced Wyandotte (and a really beautiful one, too!) and yep, Lulu definitely isn't! Look at the bottoms of her feet - if they're yellow, she's probably a Jersey Giant, if they're white, she's probably a Black Australorp. This isn't always a for-sure way to tell, especially if a chicken is from a hatchery, but it might help. If you wait till they're all the way grown, you can probably tell by size - a JG will be very big.

 

[hdowden]

first 3 are ee's the next is a silver laced wyandotte and the last looks like a ba

 

[ChickenExtreme]

I see 3 EE's a Silver Laced Wyandotte, and a Black Australorp as well.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

first 2 could be either or easter eggers or olive eggers. combs look like my olive eggers.

 

[hdowden]

first 2 could be either or easter eggers or olive eggers. combs look like my olive eggers.

olive eggers are EE's

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Easter Eggers (or Americana) are as a mish-mashed breed with definite Araucana, so technically they can lay any color of egg, but "Olive Eggers" have been bred to lay Olive Eggs.

The Ameraucana lays ONLY blue eggs and has a pea comb.

 

[hdowden]

an EE is any mixed chicken that has araucana or ameraucana in its background some wheres, more specifically the breed club says

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to make an olive egger you cross a blue egg layer with a brown egg layer thus making an EE. an example is a blue egg layer (araucana, ameraucana, or ee) over a marans or welsummer the resulting pullets should lay green (olive) colored eggs thus also resulting in an EE

 

[hdowden]

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