Welsummer or EE Rooster?

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

Definitely not a Welsummer rooster as others have mentioned. His comb stands out to me as a mix breed, as has already been mentioned. It looks like a mix between a pea comb and a single comb. (Ameraucanas don't all have beards, btw.) His body shape does look like he could be a game cross, as has also been mentioned. Perhaps an EE, game cross.

The hens, you do NOT have a Golden Campine, they look very different from what you have (I have kept Golden and Silver Campines). It looks as if one of the hens has double lacing, but it is hard to tell from the pic.

It looks like they all may be EE crosses.

 

[lotsablessings]

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I was thinking that with the golden colored hen and rooster. The Buff one has slight feathering, so I am assuming she has some cochin in her? This has been interesting. They lay well, so that is good. The eggs, like stated earlier, are creamy to creamy pink colored, so wonder if there is a white egg layer in the genetics somewhere? I really don't understand how all the egg coloration works, so I am probably completely ignorant in that.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

The roo has some very light "white" on the earlobes which is normally indicative of a white egg laying breed. I would almost go with brown Leghorn x with Yokohama for the roo. The one hen could be a brown Leghorn cross as well.

 

[crash0330]

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Just what I was gonna say, he has some kind of white on his earlobes, plus his stance reseambles a lot to a brown leghorn, but his comb is the one that throws me off looks like a cross between a pea comb bird and a straight comb and also his comb being too large and flipping to one side makes me think he has leghorn on him. Perhaps he does have some kind of EE on him. Perhaps EE/Leghorn

 

[akcountrygrrl]

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Just what I was gonna say, he has some kind of white on his earlobes, plus his stance reseambles a lot to a brown leghorn, but his comb is the one that throws me off looks like a cross between a pea comb bird and a straight comb and also his comb being too large and flipping to one side makes me think he has leghorn on him. Perhaps he does have some kind of EE on him. Perhaps EE/Leghorn

The weird comb and very long, abundant tail and saddle feathers are what made me think Yokohama cross. Yokohamas have a walnut comb so would produce an odd comb if bred with a single combed bird.

 

[lotsablessings]

I thought about a leghorn, but it's not really a pearl lobe. It's a really tight feather tufting, which does look a lot like the Cubalayas. I would say the head, except the exact comb, does look like the Cubalaya...his body is just not built like one. His tail is much more erect, and has feet are grayish in color.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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The bird you have pictured is NOT an Ameraucana. There is a distinct difference between Easter Eggers and Ameraucana - EasterEggers are mutts, with no standard of perfection, that have a blue egg layer in their ancestry (all hatcheries sell EasterEggers). Ameraucanas are a pure breed, that has a standard of perfection (standard for conformation and color).

It means he has a game breed (like American game) mixed in him. I personally believe he is a longtail (phoenix/yokohama/cubalaya) mix, with what I'm not sure.

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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I was thinking that with the golden colored hen and rooster. The Buff one has slight feathering, so I am assuming she has some cochin in her? This has been interesting. They lay well, so that is good. The eggs, like stated earlier, are creamy to creamy pink colored, so wonder if there is a white egg layer in the genetics somewhere? I really don't understand how all the egg coloration works, so I am probably completely ignorant in that.

The golden head/neck hen with the double lacing has some serious spurs! I can't tell by the pic, but does she also have a rose comb? Maybe a Wyandotte/? mix?

 

[aussieheelr]

Looks like a Heintz 57. And that hen with spurs, wow, I've heard of them but never seen it before... cool.

 

[lotsablessings]

I was thinking of a wyandotte. She does have double lacing...isn't there a breed of wyandotte that has double lacing? ~oh, and yes on the comb.

She does have some pretty long spurs. She is actually our second hen with them. THe other hen was a Black Australorp. She laid the HUGEST eggs. Seriously. The eggs were consistently over 3" tall!!