What color is my chicken?

[Leaux]

Can someone one identify what color this chicken's feathers would be classified as? He/She is either an Easter Egger or Olive Egger, but I have never seen a color pattern quite like it.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

There is no name for an Easter Eggers color pattern, they are mutts

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The best way to describe your Easter Egger pullet’s coloration is a very leaky Columbian. Here’s a Columbian Marans hen from google.

 

[21hens-incharge]

While technically a mutt that bird is pretty!

A similar pattern would be called columbian.

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/columbian-wyandottes.html

 

[Gray Farms]

@crazy4ChickensNducks is correct. The vast majority of Easter Eggers don't fall into a color pattern due their crossbreeding. If I had to call it something it would be Columbian with a lot of leakage "wrong color in wrong places".

 

[Leaux]

While technically a mutt that bird is pretty!

A similar pattern would be called columbian.

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/columbian-wyandottes.html

Thanks for the compliment and link 21hens! I actually got this chicken from Cackle Hatchery, so the link seemed sort of perfect in the moment. It’s by far my favorite in the flock. I think the pattern and color are just so interesting! I’m glad I can stop referring to it as my tuxedo colored chicken and start calling it something a little more refined like columbian with leakage, lol.

 

[Leaux]

Thanks for the replies everyone! The help is truly appreciated. I know EE’s are mutts, but I wanted to try and figure out what breeds contributed to make this particular color pattern. I thought that by identifying the color, I might be able to narrow down the breed options that got thrown into this gene pool. It sounds like any breeds with columbian pattern are a great place to start! I need to figure out how to duplicate this fluffy butt about a million times because I love it that much. I’m rooting for a hen which means I’ll end up with a rooster, lol! If anyone has more tips, hints, knowledge, or kind words, I’m all ears!

 

[Leaux]

@Brahma Chicken5000 so you are thinking I have a hen? The saddle feathers are fairly prominent, like a roo, but the tips are rounded, like a pullet. I literally change my mind on its gender at least 3 times a day. You have given me hope!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Brahma Chicken5000 so you are thinking I have a hen? The saddle feathers are fairly prominent, like a roo, but the tips are rounded, like a pullet. I literally change my mind on its gender at least 3 times a day. You have given me hope!

You have a pullet.

 

[drumstick diva]

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