What breed is this gray hen chick?

[MrsLarson]

Gracie is now 10 days old. She's a sweet little girl. Very docile, non-aggressive. Just seems to follow along where everyone else goes.

Here's some pics I took today. Maybe we're closer to an actual breed identification? She is really growing into a beautiful bird! Her feathers are almost blue!

 

[MrsLarson]

We got this little gray girl on May 19, 2020 from Murray McMurray Hatchery in a group of assorted layers. Can anybody help me identify her breed?

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These pics were taken this morning, 05/ 21/2020. She is about 3 to 5 days old. It looks like her legs might be turning gray.

Thank you.

Thanks everyone! Grace is now full-grown at a year old. She lays a pink cream egg and is a fairly good sized bird. We believe she is likely a Blue Australorp (at least that's what the hatchery suggested).

These are the eggs we get from our 4 hens. I love Grace's pretty cream pink ones.

Grace (Australorp)
Sophie (Buff-Laced Polish)
Mala (Americauna) eggshells are blue inside.
LuLu (Pearl White Leghorn)

 

[InterestingChickens]

Thanks everyone! Grace is now full-grown at a year old. She lays a pink cream egg and is a fairly good sized bird. We believe she is likely a Blue Australorp (at least that's what the hatchery suggested).
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These are the eggs we get from our 4 hens. I love Grace's pretty cream pink ones.
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Grace (Australorp)
Sophie (Buff-Laced Polish)
Mala (Americauna) eggshells are blue inside.
LuLu (Pearl White Leghorn)

Blue inside? That's interesting...

 

[MrsLarson]

Blue inside? That's interesting...

The hatchery said it happens in a small percentage of the Americauna breed. Leave it to me to get the oddball, LOL.

 

[dawg53]

Those are not BLRWs. They might be Blue Wyandottes, but definitely not blue laced reds.

You were absolutely correct, thanks! They are Blue Wyandottes. They turned out to be beautiful birds, but that's where it ends.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

She's an Andalusian!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The hatchery said it happens in a small percentage of the Americauna breed. Leave it to me to get the oddball, LOL.

er... AmerIcana isn't a breed. Its another name for an easter egger... which also isn't a breed.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Blue inside? That's interesting...

Totally normal! With brown shells, the pigment is only deposited on the outside, with blue it's all through the shell. Since they're caused by different genes pertaining to different parts of the shell, it's why green eggs exist due to the overlay of pigment! Here's an article!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/amp/

 

[MrsLarson]

The hatchery said it happens in a small percentage of the Americauna breed. Leave it to me to get the oddball, LOL.

Just to clarify... Grace does not lay green eggs, Mala (the brown bird) does.

 

[MrsLarson]

Totally normal! With brown shells, the pigment is only deposited on the outside, with blue it's all through the shell. Since they're caused by different genes pertaining to different parts of the shell, it's why green eggs exist due to the overlay of pigment! Here's an article!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/amp/

That's what I found, too. I've also found there's a lot of controversy among chicken-keepers regarding breeds. My Mala is an "Ameraucana", originally developed in the 1970s, derived from the Araucana. Due to genetic variations about 5% of hatchlings may lay eggs where the outside shell is green or brown instead of blue, but the interior of the shell is always blue. The "Ameraucana" breed was admitted into the standard of Perfection by the American Poultry Association in 1984.