What breed of chicken is this?

[rhs7111]

EE roo.

 

[raising the roost]

Looks a lot like the EE rooster we returned to the feed store last week. He was about 10 weeks, and we were suspicious. When asked if they could sex the chicken, they glanced over and said it's a rooster for sure. Told me that by about 3 weeks old, when the EE develops white feathers, that's the tip off that it's a rooster. Wish I had known that sooner! This was the first I heard that the EE's could be color sexed.

 

[LittleChickenLady]

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I've never heard of sexing EE's by color either. Hmm.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

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EEs can't really be color sexed very early on. Once they really start feathering out, there are certain color patterns that will develop that are roo color patterns just like there is in many breeds. But white alone does not make an EE a roo.

He's not truly tailless since he does have an obvious tail head he just doesn't have any tail feathers. It looks like he was picked on a bit. How old is he?

 

[Bantimna]

I'm thinking a feather-legged EE pullet.

 

[LittleChickenLady]

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EEs can't really be color sexed very early on. Once they really start feathering out, there are certain color patterns that will develop that are roo color patterns just like there is in many breeds. But white alone does not make an EE a roo.

He's not truly tailless since he does have an obvious tail head he just doesn't have any tail feathers. It looks like he was picked on a bit. How old is he?

He's about two months old.

He's never grown a tail. It's been like that since he was little.
So no, he hasn't been picked on.
Actually, he picks on the other chickens.


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He doesn't have feathers on his legs.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

He's just very slow at growing his tail then.

But that's not too unusual since he's only 8 weeks old. A true tailless bird woudn't have a tail head at all. He's going to be a very handsome boy.

 

[desman]

It looks like a EE it could be mixed with a Araucana/?.The araucana has no tail.But it is a EE. Don't know the gender but if it a hen it could lay any color egg.

 

[LittleChickenLady]

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Yup, that's what I think. I don't really care whether or not he's got a tail, I just wanted to know what he was/was possibly mixed with.
I'm not keeping him, since he's a boy. Can't have roosters where I live.

I've got another one that I'm not too sure about.
Here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=500809