What breed is this blue egg laying hen???

[bribre]

Wow vary kool thank you everyone you guys are amazing. So I would just call her an EE??
Also I have a rooster that is her son the father was ether a black copper marans or road island red. What would I call him a mix breed or EE??
This is him vv

 

[Kev]

you couldn't go wrong with calling her ee, just realize some might 'protest' because no beard/muffs and her almost lacing is not common in the typical ee stock.

that roo looks just like what youd expect out of a dark cornish cross. now am wondering if your hen is like 3/4 dark cornish....

he is confusing, some traits point to RIR but some things are confusing like his breast is too dark for a pure rir cross and his legs seem white(?) white legs cannot happen out of rir and your hen, they would have yellow legs for sure. if his legs were clearly white, then it would point to marans- basically white leg is dominant over yellow so if you cross them, the offspring would have white legs.

forgot marans have feathered legs, if the marans roo had good leg feathering, that makes it less likely he's the father. leg feathering is basically dominant but very variable in how it shows up in crosses. rarely are they so clean legged though. are you sure the rir was pure.? if he was a rir cross then he would be perfect candidate for father...

would be best to call him a mix, as the gene that makes blue or green eggs is closely linked to pea comb(what your hen has), this roo has single comb and will not produce colored egg daughters unless bred to ee.

if you want more colored egg layers, keep the birds with pea combs.

 

[bribre]

Ok thank I'm going to say he's father is the marans because my mrarns rooster had clean lags. As for this crazy mix breed roo I found a vary good home for home. He will have 6 young pullets and a heated coop in the winter as of tomorrow. I do believe he is the luckiest mix breed rooster ever!! Lol

 

[missnu01]

You could call her an EE or a Dark Cornish X EE. Or a mix... Since EEs are mutts themselves.

 

[ThaiDye]

Ok thanks everyone!!
I just thought EEs all had beards and muffs...

I bought a dozen EE's last year. Of the 6 I kept, only 1 does not have a muff or pea comb. It is still a very small comb, but she lays a pinkish egg. All the others lay blue or green. Maybe she got mixed up in the brooder with another breed. Who knows, I love her anyway.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Are you sure its laying blue eggs, To me it looks like a Golden Laced Wyandotte but if it really is laying blue eggs then it is an EE.

 

[bribre]

Are you sure its laying blue eggs, To me it looks like a Golden Laced Wyandotte but if it really is laying blue eggs then it is an EE.

 

Yes for sure laying blue eggs.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Yes for sure laying blue eggs.

Must been an EE then. You have got your self a very unusual EE then.
Have fun with her!

 

[bribre]

She's one of my only two mix breed birds and I love her for the fact she gos broody a lot. She gos broody just as often as my silkies.

 

[missnu01]

She's one of my only two mix breed birds and I love her for the fact she gos broody a lot. She gos broody just as often as my silkies.

Another reason I'm thinking dark Cornish EE