Any guesses on what breeds this chicken might be?

[Lyris]

I got little Velveeta at a chicken show along with two bantam wyandottes. The only thing I know about her is that she was bred to trill/squeak instead of bwak. She's an incredibly twitchy little girl, is always trilling, and walks almost like a rooster with her head back and chest puffed out. It's been suggested that she's an Easter egger, but I guess her cheeks aren't puffy enough and her stance is wrong. I've never seen her exact coloring before either. She's a really light cream/brown, and almost pink on the sun. She lays light brown eggs. I'm sure she's some kind of mutt, but I'm so curious what her genetics could possibly be. If only to know where she got her coloring/stance from.

Despite my best efforts she refuses to pose for a picture and hates being too close to humans. I have a few videos instead, but I can try to corner her for pics later. I'm waiting for the sun to come out so I can really get her bright cream coloring.

You can hear her trill a bit here. And her twitchy behavior. She's been to the vet and is healthy, just twitchy.

Here's her squeaking. (Shed was a temporary home while I built a safer coop to prevent more racoon attacks)

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Hard to see her in the video. A photo may be more helpful to help identify her.

I would probably catch her and check her for mites and lice. Twitching can sometimes be from external parasites.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

From what I can tell, she does look to be an Easter Egger, though close up photos would help ID her breed. The noise she makes is just her voice, she's got a high squeaky voice

 

[Lyris]

I've been sick but I'll get a picture today! She's a bit paranoid and doesn't like being handled. My EE laid green eggs. I thought they didn't lay pink? I know cats have "paint" patterns to describe them (calico, black, tortoise shell, etc) do chickens have the same thing?

 

[Lyris]

She realllllly didn't want her photo taken, so these are the best I could get for now. If you need close-ups I can catch her in the coop tonight if I can get a second person to help


This one you can kinda see her stance. Her head is usually a little further back making her chest puff out more.

This one you can see how her face is darker. Gray instead of cream I think.

Her tiny puffy face. Her legs are gray like a Silkie. You can also see how small she is compared to my RIR.

Side profile with bonus cat.

And her tiny egg. It's a bit more pink in person.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

She’s definitely an Easter Egger! They do come in all different colors, and I’ve seen some that look a bit like her. If she’s super tiny she could be a bantam.

 

[rural mouse]

Bantams have a whole slew of breeds unique to bantams. Browsing through various bantam breeds, build and shape make me think of a Belgian d'Anver. From what I read, they're supposed to lay cream colored eggs? And come in about 14 different colors. Mix or full blood, not sure as I've got no experience with bantams. She's a cute little thing.

If she's more full sized, just small compared to the light Brahma, then some salmon faverolle could be in her mix.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Looks like a bantam Easter egger to me as well. Not all lay green eggs.

 

[Lyris]

Bantams have a whole slew of breeds unique to bantams. Browsing through various bantam breeds, build and shape make me think of a Belgian d'Anver. From what I read, they're supposed to lay cream colored eggs? And come in about 14 different colors. Mix or full blood, not sure as I've got no experience with bantams. She's a cute little thing.

If she's more full sized, just small compared to the light Brahma, then some salmon faverolle could be in her mix.

She seems very similar to a Belgian d'Anver! The stance is very similar. She's a bit more relaxed in posture, but the cheeks are right.

She’s definitely an Easter Egger! They do come in all different colors, and I’ve seen some that look a bit like her. If she’s super tiny she could be a bantam.

I know Easter Eggers are considered a mutt. Are they all created the same way or are they a bit of a mix of everything?

She's definitely a bantam for sure. She's smaller than my white wyndotte bantams.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Shes a very cute Easter egger!