What breed?

[Lazy Farmer]

So reworded..maybe there is something else floating around in the genes?

 

[sassysarah]

Not sure what breed this hen is...

Red sex link hen

 

[junebuggena]

An Easter egger itself isn't a pure breed. It's usually an ameraucana mix

False. The vast majority of Easter Eggers are hatchery sourced and are not mixed breeds at all. Most hatchery breeding lines pre-date the recognition of the Ameraucana breed standard. They don't have other things bred in, they just haven't been selectively bred to meet a particular breed standard. The Ameraucana breed was derived from Easter Eggers, not the other way around.

 

[junebuggena]

So reworded..maybe there is something else floating around in the genes?

Dominant white doesn't hide, it only needs a single copy and always expresses. Must be dominant white and not recessive white because recessive white does not exist in Rhode Island Reds. The bird in question is not the offspring of either Easter Egger hen.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Dominant white doesn't hide, it only needs a single copy and always expresses. Must be dominant white and not recessive white because recessive white does not exist in Rhode Island Reds. The bird in question is not the offspring of either Easter Egger hen.

Interesting. I will reload my thoughts when I get some rest. Thank you

 

[Trish1974]

I thought it would be nice to have a real name instead of selling them as the ugly term.. Barnyard mix. I thought someone would see the yellow legs in the first pick. Red sex links don't have yellow legs. I was hopeful someone else has crossed hens of this nature and would answer something like " it's a yellow leg sex link" or something else. Barnyard mix is a dirty word when you sell birds in classified ads.

I'm pretty sure they do...

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Opppsie..
Hubby read this feed and laughed at me. He says I need to correct the pic of the parents. We breed a lot of birds and was confused. I swore up and down I was right and he was wrong. Then he whipped out the clipboard with the breeding records. We leg band every bird with color codes. He tossed the clip board onto my lap and said go get the flashlight and look at the birds... dumb***!
You know the rest of the story so I will spare you the details.
I took more pics and will update this thread in a little bit.
Good grief Charlie brown. It is a mother bird of some white nature as suggested earlier in this thread.
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