Any ideas? I got her at a poultry show cause she was cute, but now I wish I asked what breed she is. No eggs yet, I guess she is about 5 months old. She has a single comb just like my RSL's, but smaller. 4 toes, grey legs/feet. Nice demeanor, standard size chicken.
not that i don't believe you, but that looks like a pea comb to me. she sure looks EE in every respect but the lack of a beard. you should expect eggs anytime.
Quote:The comb seems to get bigger every week. Has 6 points on it, like the RSL's, but it's 1/4 the size and just started turning red.
I would say EE - She looks young, and the rest seems to fit. My EE didn't get a fully developed pea comb until a couple months ago. Now it's nice and plump
For those of you who say EE - why EE? She has a clean face (no muffs/beard) and doesn't have green legs. She has wattles and a single/straight comb. It's a very pretty hen and I don't know what she is, but I also see no reason to suspect EE.
She looks a lot like my welsummer, who is lighter colored than usual. You'll know if she lays beautiful terra cotta colored eggs that she's that.
Quote:Well- that could be what she was crossed with- (the legs are the wrong color) so she might be an olive egger. I have an EE that doesn't have a beard. Pretty- love the wheaten/pheasant/partridge colored birds!
I say EE because her legs are the wrong color for Welsummer, ( infact they fit the color for an EE ) her "partridge" color is common for an EE (mine is about that color) and a lot of EE's don't have beards. From the looks of it, she already has a pea comb developing, and her eyes and overall face have the same shape as EE's. My white EE pullets used to look like this - They had no beard or muffs, so their head was small looking, and their body a little more thin like this. EE's have several leg colorings, several colors - Yeah, it could be a cross, perhaps even a Welsummer cross - I guess the most definite way to tell is when she lays you an egg.
