What breed are these two?

baabaamilker

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I bought chickens from a local feed store a while back and I have identified all but two. Could you help me out?

There are two pictures of each one.

Thank you.






 
My guess is easter eggers. Sometimes they have wattles instead of beards or a mix of both. If the hen lays blue or green eggs then they are definitely easter eggers.
 
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She lays a light brown egg and has neither wattles or a beard. I don't know that the rooster is the same breed as she is. Her coloring is so very similar to the brown leghorn but she has a completely different comb. Her body structure is different as well, she is more plump compared to the leghorns.
 
They both look like non-bearded Easter Eggers to me. Easter Eggers usually lay blue or green eggs, but one of their defining characteristic is that they lay colored eggs--including brown.
 
They are both mixed breeds. Others are saying EE- very reasonable guess as they are extremely common..... but to me they have the look of American/Old English Game mixed with a dual purpose bird. Possibly Buff Orpington, New Hampshire or less likely, Rhode Island Red.

It's the tight, clean Game-ish faces with pea combs and the very long tail on a 'heavy' body. Most EE have short or medium tails. Long tails are characteristic of Games.

The hen especially has strong Game blood look about her. As if she's maybe 3/4 game with the extra weight from the dual purpose ancestor?
 
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