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Yes that comb will pass onto his offspring. The worst thing is that the pea comb is highly associated with the blue egg gene. So he may not produce blue egg layers. His comb should look like this.

Ameracauna are supposed to have a pea comb not a straight comb.

You are correct that there are no bloodline requirements for chickens. The Standard of Perfection lists characteristics that a bird of a certain breed must have. They further break them down to color variations for varieties of the breed. I have never seen a hatchery Ameracauna that met breed...

This hen looks like an Australorpe.

Just because they claim that they are purebred does not mean they actually are. The way you could tell is breed some of them together. EE will be heterozygous for blue eggs and heterozygous for brown. That is why the hatchery Ameracauna lay a light olive or green colored egg. So when you breed...

I would not use an EE rooster on my EE hens. Unless you don't care what color eggs you get from the next generation. You do not know what genetics are behind an EE rooster and you could get pink or brown from him. I want blue and green eggs exclusively so I use a purebred Ameracauna to retain...

I would use a pure blue or blue wheaten roo on your EE hens to increase your chances of blue/green eggs.

I bought my first EE from a feed store that ordered from Ideal. They have been phenomenal layers of large/extra large light to dark greenish/blue and olive eggs. The hens have been heat resistant, cold resistant, super healthy and tough. They are easy going, are great foragers and are still...