What breed?

[Rhodebar Lover]

I agree on Olive egger. She looks just like my Penny (avatar) did as a chick, like a little chipmunk. I believe she’s a cross of Legbar and Leghorn and believe she came from Hoover as well, she came from TSC. Your babies are so cute!!!

Since Leghorns lay white eggs and Legbars lay sky blue, if she's laying olive eggs, she has a brown egg layer in her lineage Very likely a Welsummer Pretty girl!

 

[stm_96]

I agree on Olive egger. She looks just like my Penny (avatar) did as a chick, like a little chipmunk. I believe she’s a cross of Legbar and Leghorn and believe she came from Hoover as well, she came from TSC. Your babies are so cute!!!

Thank you! I'm starting to lean towards an olive egger! Its just crazy to me because they didn't advertise that they had any olive eggers, just easter eggers! I think maybe a employee there wasn't sure what any of them were and just put them in the box. The friend of mine who picked mine up for me bought her a few also and she ended up with what she is thinking is a barred rock instead of an easter egger! Which they didn't have barred rocks labeled on any of the brooders they had them in!

 

[LCsAChickenLover]

Since Leghorns lay white eggs and Legbars lay sky blue, if she's laying olive eggs, she has a brown egg layer in her lineage Very likely a Welsummer Pretty girl!

Thank you!!! Whatever she is mixed with I love it Her eggs are a light minty green and not really an “olive” color. I guessed maybe crossed with leghorn because they’re HUGE eggs, poor girl

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Thank you!!! Whatever she is mixed with I love it Her eggs are a light minty green and not really an “olive” color. I guessed maybe crossed with leghorn because they’re HUGE eggs, poor girl

Very cool! Legbars are actually know for their odd egg shape, I don't believe every single Legbar lays eggs like this, but many lay large eggs that are almost round! Mine layed very distinctive eggs compared to my Easter Eggers. I bet that's where she's getting that trait from. Legbars also very good layers like Leghorns because they were originally derived from them! You're lucky with the mint green eggs, such a special girl!

 

[LCsAChickenLover]

Thank you! I'm starting to lean towards an olive egger! Its just crazy to me because they didn't advertise that they had any olive eggers, just easter eggers! I think maybe a employee there wasn't sure what any of them were and just put them in the box. The friend of mine who picked mine up for me bought her a few also and she ended up with what she is thinking is a barred rock instead of an easter egger! Which they didn't have barred rocks labeled on any of the brooders they had them in!

I’m sorry that happened! I think it is unfortunately very common for breeds to get mixed up, especially if the employees are not knowledgeable or don’t care. Penny was part of a flock of 5, 2 of which were actually the breeds I asked for the others were oopsie mysteries I had to figure out along the way.

 

[-ChickenLover-]

Buckeyes have pea combs. That chick has a single comb.

True...I always mess up when it comes to combs-

 

[CSolis]

Funny, they look just like my Calico Princess chicks at the same age.

 

[CSolis]

You know what, I feel like it looks like a Buckeye

Buckeye's have pea combs and black tipped feathers. TSC was selling "Cinnamon Queens" that were actually Buckeyes. I doubt they read the shipping manifests.. just make an EWAG.

 

[-ChickenLover-]

Buckeye's have pea combs and black tipped feathers. TSC was selling "Cinnamon Queens" that were actually Buckeyes. I doubt they read the shipping manifests.. just make an EWAG.

I know, @The Moonshiner mentioned it already. Combs are my weak point when identifying breeds-

 

[CSolis]

I know, @The Moonshiner mentioned it already. Combs are my weak point when identifying breeds-

I hadn't seen moonshiner's post when I posted that... I'm an ignoramus..