what breed and gender in your opinion

[pkitten60]

Hi all I have 4 chickens not to sure on sex or breed I could use all the help I could get. they are 4 months old.

 

[kera!]

Iam going to say pullets and all EE's except the all black one I would say a black australorp.

 

[mama24]

Pullets. First one looks like it may be a mixed breed to me. 2nd is a black Austrolorp, 3rd looks like a brahma/EE mix, last one is a black sexlink.

 

[pkitten60]

Okay What is a EE??? As I said I am VERY new to this. I had a broody hen I got fertile eggs for her to sit on and these are what I got, plus 2 roos. Wasnt so sure on these 4. what about the one with feather legs we call her Chaps.

 

[mama24]

EE is Easter Egger. They usually have pea combs, puffy cheeks and green or slate legs. They are related to the Ameraucauna breed, but are not a recognized breed themselves, as a lot of them are actually crosses. Your 3rd one pictured that you said you call Chaps is the one I think looks like an EE/light Brahma cross, due to her coloration, pea comb, beard and muffs, and furry feet.

She has similar colors to your first one, but that one has a straight comb and no muffs/beard, so I would just call the first one a mixed breed, while the 3rd one would be considered an EE, and may carry a blue or green egg gene.

 

[mama24]

Btw, the 3 who have red combs already are likely to start laying soon. Your EE still have a very light comb. THey tend to take longer to start laying, so that's typical.

I have 3 EE's that are 4 mos old. 2 have gotten red combs in the last few weeks, and I'm hoping they start laying soon! I can't wait to see what color eggs I get!

Oh, and I looked more closely and it looks like Chaps has a straight/pea comb cross like one of my EE's has. So, I change my guess from Brahma to cochin cross for where the feathered feet came from.

She may still lay green eggs, but since she doesn't have a pea comb, the blue egg gene is less likely. I'm really hoping for green eggs from my pea/straight comb girl.

 

[Lothiriel]

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[chickiepie]

EE = Easter Egger

 

[Msbear]

the EE has feathered shanks.. may be a faverolle

 

[JulieNKC]

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x3 except 3rd might be a favorelle mix.