What Breed Is This Friendly Hen?

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

This is my friendly little hen. Her legs are grey and she has a pea comb (I think). She has large tail feathers compared to her body. She lays a medium sized white egg almost every day. She is small compared to my barred rock but not a bantam (I don't think so anyway). We rescued her and she is probably about 2 years old. Does anyone have any ideas what she might be? She has me stumped!

 

[ginbart]

I"m sorry I can't tell you what kind she is but I can tell you she is beautiful.

 

[smarsh]

she is almost certainly an EE but apparently not one that lays blue/green eggs

 

[SaraFL]

Yours looks kinda like mine: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6490034#p6490034

It was sold to me as an Ameraucana, but is not tufted and does not have greenish legs like the other one I bought it with. Mine hasn't started laying yet, so don't know about egg color.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Thank you! I love my little girly. All of the other chickens we rescued from the same place are easter eggers, so maybe she is one who just lays white eggs.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

Yep, a pretty Easter Egger. They can lay any color of egg from white to blue/green to brown to "pink". That's part of why they are so popular. Not only do you get a wide variety of colors in the birds themselves but you also can get a wide range of egg colors.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Sara, the birds we rescued with her have beards and muffs and look almost exactly like those! She does have a little bit of a beard and muffs.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Thanks and neat! She is a special little girlie!

 

[Lothiriel]

She is a beautiful EE! Can't wait to see what color eggs my 2 will lay.

 

[sunnyvera]

Erin~TheChickenLover :

This is my friendly little hen. Her legs are grey and she has a pea comb (I think). She has large tail feathers compared to her body. She lays a medium sized white egg almost every day. She is small compared to my barred rock but not a bantam (I don't think so anyway). We rescued her and she is probably about 2 years old. Does anyone have any ideas what she might be? She has me stumped!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/98009_juneedited.jpg

I have a hen almost the same looking - sold to me as an EE from a hatchery. She laid an olive green egg as her first a few days ago. Yay, an Oliver Egger and I didn't even expect it. Her sisters have not started laying yet.​