what color are these EEs?

[phasianidae]

here are some pics of my EE hens, are they duckwings, wheatens, or in between? #1:

#2:

#3:

also while your here is this roo a red necked birchen?:

and his full sister:

 

[coturnix2044]

IMO
The first one looks more like what they call a "partridge" color, the roo and hen like like blue with some uneven copper leakage so I'm not thinking it'd be classified as red-necked birchen.
Tyler

 

[ChickenWisperer]

They are all mixed color. None of them fit a real color profile.

The first is more of a wild type.

The second hen is closer to wheaton, but doesn't fit it.

The roo is just mixed. I called a simular roo "Red shouldered splash", but it's not accurate. He also had the same kind of leakage. It's not uniform enough to be called birchen, on either of them.

 

[punky rooster]

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[Illia]

The first one is not a partridge or even close. . .


As said, none have a true color, but the first one is a "wildtype" or BBR (gold duckwing) at best

The second looks like a Wheaten x Duckwing

The last pair of birds I doubt are Birchen. . . Notice how they both have rose-combs, I think they're just leaky blues. When you cross black with colors like wheaten, duckwing, birchen, - You get colors exactly like those that mimic brown-red/birchen very well.

 

[phasianidae]

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Thank you, btw what do Tolbunt colored chickens look like?

 

[michickenwrangler]

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So what doesn't make it a partridge?

I have partridge cochins. Here's a pic of the breeding pair.

The coloring looks alot like my partridge hen.

I'm not being snarky, just curious.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

EE's are mutt's. They are cross breeds. Therefore they have no true variety (ie: color or pattern) as defined by the SOP.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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That's what I thought but was keeping my fingers shut. We had an EE that we at first thought was a Delaware Pullet.

 

[draye]

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So what doesn't make it a partridge?

I have partridge cochins. Here's a pic of the breeding pair.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/11594_ppair.jpg

The coloring looks alot like my partridge hen.

I'm not being snarky, just curious.

I've been told that Partridge is Black Breasted Red (Red Duckwing).