what is she? When she was a baby i thought she was a prairie blue bell but not sure that's right. SHe is 8weeks old

[Green4candy]

 

[Peaches Lee]

She's cute! Why do you think she is a Prairie Blue Belle?

I think if you got some photos of her standing so we can see her body and a little better shot of her comb, that would be perfect!

 

[FunClucks]

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So far, looks like she could be a PBE (prairie bluebell egger), but need a better shot from the front of her comb. Also a side view picture of her standing normally in good sunlight in good focus would be super helpful. A picture of her from the top would also be helpful. PBEs have a certain body shape in addition to pea comb and coloring which we might be able to see with good pictures.

Where did you get her from?

I love my PBEs. They're pretty fun!

 

[Green4candy]

 

[Green4candy]

so these are what i could get this morning. When she was a chick she reminded me of a penguin and when i looked her up that what she looked like.

 

[house1917]

Looks like a blue/green hybrid- could be a Starlight, Whiting, Prairie...

Body and comb shape are pretty typical for the hatchery hybrids- where did you get her?!

 

[FunClucks]

Yea, odds are good you do have a prairie bluebell. Nothing strikes me as out of standard for her. If she lays blue eggs, and you got her from Hoover's hatchery, or someone who sourced them from hoover's hatchery, that's the cincher. However, they can lay eggs that are so light colored, you have to put them on top of a white piece of printer paper in the sunlight to see that they are "blue" and not white. And occasionally you'll get one whose egg looks a bit greenish. So be aware. Alternatively, you could have a non-standard easter egger without beard and muff - there's not a good way to tell the difference between these and a prairie bluebell if they both lay blue eggs.

Starlight green egger is not a possibility because those have straight comb, and don't come in black (that I'm aware of). Most look like red sex-links or partridge type.

Whiting true blue can look like anything - no way to tell if you have a whiting true blue or not unless you know exactly where your bird came from and its ancestry. They basically can look like easter eggers or not, the only thing distinctive about them is they lay large blue eggs and breed true for that. Can have any feather pattern. The only hatchery who sells these is Murray McMurray, so unless you sourced from there or a breeder, it's unlikely, IMO.

 

[house1917]

Yea, odds are good you do have a prairie bluebell. Nothing strikes me as out of standard for her. If she lays blue eggs, and you got her from Hoover's hatchery, or someone who sourced them from hoover's hatchery, that's the cincher. However, they can lay eggs that are so light colored, you have to put them on top of a white piece of printer paper in the sunlight to see that they are "blue" and not white. And occasionally you'll get one whose egg looks a bit greenish. So be aware. Alternatively, you could have a non-standard easter egger without beard and muff - there's not a good way to tell the difference between these and a prairie bluebell if they both lay blue eggs.

Starlight green egger is not a possibility because those have straight comb, and don't come in black (that I'm aware of). Most look like red sex-links or partridge type.

Whiting true blue can look like anything - no way to tell if you have a whiting true blue or not unless you know exactly where your bird came from and its ancestry. They basically can look like easter eggers or not, the only thing distinctive about them is they lay large blue eggs and breed true for that. Can have any feather pattern. The only hatchery who sells these is Murray McMurray, so unless you sourced from there or a breeder, it's unlikely, IMO.

Hoover site says Starlight green eggers are Prairies cross with a brown egg layer- so depending how far back the addition of Prairie genetics is- pea comb is definitely an option!

Other than the old school EEs, these hybrid green/blue layers are all over the map!

 

[Green4candy]

Looks like a blue/green hybrid- could be a Starlight, Whiting, Prairie...

Body and comb shape are pretty typical for the hatchery hybrids- where did you get her?!

At Tractor supply i never bought from there before but the chicks were so cute.

 

[Green4candy]

Looks like a blue/green hybrid- could be a Starlight, Whiting, Prairie...

Body and comb shape are pretty typical for the hatchery hybrids- where did you get her?!

tractor supply...