Unsure what this chicken is

[Rhodebar Lover]

I think mutt...

@Rhodebar Lover What do you think?

Olive Egger. I'm thinking Marans x Cream Legbar

 

[Little Baby Bean]

Olive Egger.

That's what I thought of at first.

 

[ruraldocfarm20]

Is that a wee crest on the head? Or just some feathers out of place?
If you can name the hatchery - that will help people narrow down the possibilities as most hatcheries have a specific list of birds they sell.

It came from Meyers hatchery.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Olive Egger! Black Copper Marans roo x CCLB hen, which = barred cockerel with crests and black pullets with crests.

 

[cherrynberry]

Olive Egger. I'm thinking Marans x Cream Legbar

That would explain the white skin color and crest...

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Olive Egger! Black Copper Marans roo x CCLB hen, which = barred cockerel with crests and black pullets with crests.

How do know all this!?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

How do know all this!?

It’s just genetics and logic. Assuming the hatchery was using Marans and Legbars to create Olive Eggers, they probably mixed in a bunch of males and females of both breeds. It would make sense that if a Marans rooster fertilized a CCLB hen’s egg, it would result in either this pullet or a barred, male chick.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

So she has a mix of traits.
The Marans side of her family gave her pink legs, black copper coloration, and possibly a few leg feathers.
The CCLB side give her that lovely crest and her comb also might go floppy/twisted as she matures (that’s a trait of CCLBs). Plus those earlobes look whitish. And *probably* she has the blue egg gene.