What breed is this rooster?

[nederbub]

He is almost four months old and I think he might be a Golden-laced Wyandotte

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66551844@N03/6059042609/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66551844@N03/6059589722/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66551844@N03/6059042031/in/photostream/

 

[punky rooster]

He's an "Easter Egger" (pretty sure, anyway). Very pretty. I had one that looked like him.

 

[Arookar]

Definitely an Ameracauna (Easter Egger). I have four, and thanks for the pic of a roo- now I'm pretty sure all mine are girls!

 

[key west chick]

I doubt he is an EE. He doesnt have a beard or muffs and usually, but not always, EE's have greenish legs.

 

[featherful]

Where did you get him?

 

[nederbub]

We got him from my school (some younger kids had a project of hatching and raising chicks). The teacher got random eggs and had no idea what breed they were. Could it be a crossbreed?

 

[slamine]

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That's where the hatcheries have screwed with the minds of their customers. Ameraucanas and easter eggers are NOT the same thing. Ameraucanas are a pure breed, recognized by the APA. An easter egger is a mutt that usually has ameraucana or araucana (another breed that ee's are also commonly and mistakenly referred to as) blood in their backgrounds.

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Take into account the above (the fact that they are a mixed breed) and that they can be mixed with anything and everything, there's no reason why an ee HAS to have muffs, a beard, or green legs. They can come in any color, many patterns, bearded or nonbearded, many comb types, any leg color, etc. There is no standard so simply because they do not have a beard or green legs doesn't necessarily mean they're not an ee.

This being said, he does appear to be an ee, not because he conforms to a "standard", but because he has many characteristics that are more commonly seen in ee's than any other "breed". He's just a barnyard mix that likely had at least one ee as a parent, thus making him an ee.

 

[mama24]

I would just call him a mutt.

He doesn't really look like an EE other than the pea comb, and there are plenty of breeds that have pea combs.

 

[rancher hicks]

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That's where the hatcheries have screwed with the minds of their customers. Ameraucanas and easter eggers are NOT the same thing. Ameraucanas are a pure breed, recognized by the APA. An easter egger is a mutt that usually has ameraucana or araucana (another breed that ee's are also commonly and mistakenly referred to as) blood in their backgrounds.

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Take into account the above (the fact that they are a mixed breed) and that they can be mixed with anything and everything, there's no reason why an ee HAS to have muffs, a beard, or green legs. They can come in any color, many patterns, bearded or nonbearded, many comb types, any leg color, etc. There is no standard so simply because they do not have a beard or green legs doesn't necessarily mean they're not an ee.

This being said, he does appear to be an ee, not because he conforms to a "standard", but because he has many characteristics that are more commonly seen in ee's than any other "breed". He's just a barnyard mix that likely had at least one ee as a parent, thus making him an ee.

I wondered how long it would take before someone pointed this out.

If you like him that's all that matters,

Rancher

 

[NC29mom]

My hatchery EE doesn't have GREEN legs either.......