What am I? EE? Mutt?

[RhodeRunner]

E.E is a common guess for any mutt chicken, but is possible as an E.E is a mutt. You will find out if she is or not depending on the color of her egg. However, due to the body shape, tail feathers, comb, and legs, she reminds me of a game cross. My Junglefowl X White Rock hens look a lot like that.
No matter what she is, she is very pretty.

Here is Catalinia one of my Junglefowl X White Rock pullets.

 

[rcentner]

Thank you all for your input! She definately has a single comb, but I can't get a pic..my camera is too slow for chickens! So, inconclusion...I will call her an EE but know that she is a mutt! Sound good? would I offend any EE owners? I will post an egg pic when I get one!

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

I wouldn't call her an EE yet - wait till she starts laying eggs.

Yes, some EEs do have grey legs, but so do many other breeds (and mixes). Some EEs have a partridge type coloring, but so do many other chickens - Take a look at RhodeRunners chicken (posted above) - that chicken has the same coloring as yours and even has green legs (common to EEs), but is not an EE (it's a junglefowl/rock mix). I'm sure that if RhodeRunner had posted her chicken asking the breed - she's get EE as an answer also, but her chicken is not an EE.
Unless this mystery chicken ends up laying blue or green eggs, I wouldn't call her an EE. Typically, EE's have muffs/beard and pea combs and lay colored eggs. They can lay brown eggs or be clean-faced, but that's more unusual and I wouldn't think she would be missing both and have a single comb.

If she does end up laying colored eggs (not brown, white, or cream) then you should call her an EE. If she lays blue or green eggs, she is probably an EE mix (EE crossed with something else), which technically is still an EE. If she doesn't lay colored eggs, she's some other kind of mix.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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EEs may be not be a 'breed', but they are also not just a concept. The hatcheries that sell chicks as ameraucanas / americanas / aruacanas (which we call easter eggers), do breed these chickens to have certain features. These hatchery easter eggers typically have pea combs, muffs/ beards and lay colored eggs. Sometimes they may lack a certain trait (egg color or fluffy face, etc.), but should still have some of the other EE features.

Some people do refer to EE's as mutts, since they are not a 'true' breed, but you can't just refer to any mutt chicken as an EE - the terms are not interchangeable. As an example; cockapoos are mutts, but not all mutts are cockapoos - You can call EEs mutts, but not all mixed breed chickens are EEs.

I've owned 35 EEs so far (from 2 different hatcheries & 3 different time periods) - the colors have varied, but all 35 have had muffs/beards and pea combs - the 4 that are old enough to lay are laying green or blue/green eggs. I know some people have hatchery EEs that don't have all the standard features, but I think that's the exception, not the rule.

 

[rcentner]

ok, beautiful mutt chicken it is. To add to my wide range of mutt chickens. My DH and I always laugh about what the guy I got the original flock from said when we asked him what kinds he had. He said "all kinds" . So I think I will have to say I have a new breed called "All Kinds"

I have to say I do like all the variety of color and egg sizes I get!

 

[Marlinchaser]

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EEs may be not be a 'breed', but they are also not just a concept. The hatcheries that sell chicks as ameraucanas / americanas / aruacanas (which we call easter eggers), do breed these chickens to have certain features. These hatchery easter eggers typically have pea combs, muffs/ beards and lay colored eggs. Sometimes they may lack a certain trait (egg color or fluffy face, etc.), but should still have some of the other EE features.

Some people do refer to EE's as mutts, since they are not a 'true' breed, but you can't just refer to any mutt chicken as an EE - the terms are not interchangeable. As an example; cockapoos are mutts, but not all mutts are cockapoos - You can call EEs mutts, but not all mixed breed chickens are EEs.

I've owned 35 EEs so far (from 2 different hatcheries & 3 different time periods) - the colors have varied, but all 35 have had muffs/beards and pea combs - the 4 that are old enough to lay are laying green or blue/green eggs. I know some people have hatchery EEs that don't have all the standard features, but I think that's the exception, not the rule.

If the hatcheries can call anything that MIGHT have muffs, MIGHT have peacomb, MIGHT have..... Then I can call anything with feathers an EE, because it might have any or all of those things, and as long as it lays eggs, it MIGHT lay a colored one. Since there is no definition of an EE other than a bunch of MIGHTS, if its a mutt its an EE in my book.

 

[rcentner]

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She started laying eggs last week and they are a very light brown egg, very good layer. She has layed almost everyday since she started! And her comb is soooo much bigger now than that pic.

 

[dappertophatter]

Not an EE (although a EE mix, maybe). Very pretty girl, however!