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Ameracauna? Easter Eggers?

post #1 of 12
6/26/12 at 8:46am
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Here are my 3 new chicks! Have any idea what they'll look like when they grow up? EE? Ameracauna? I know one is a Barred Rock!

 

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post #2 of 12
6/26/12 at 8:53am

I dont know much about them but from pictures it looks like those 2 are EE's Hopefully someone else will come and see if they are for sure.

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Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
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post #3 of 12
6/26/12 at 9:04am
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Thanks!

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post #4 of 12
6/26/12 at 10:06am

I think you have at least one Easter Egger - and the other light one could very well be one, too. Does he/she have puffy cheeks?

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The Dogs: Tipper (black Lab/Cocker) and Boaz (yellow Labrador Retriever)

The Cats: Trixxie (tortoiseshell) and Pumpkin (snow shoe)

The Ducks: Anconas in black, chocolate, and lavender: Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Lizzy, Jane

 

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The first of 11 kids in the bestest family in the world!

The Dogs: Tipper (black Lab/Cocker) and Boaz (yellow Labrador Retriever)

The Cats: Trixxie (tortoiseshell) and Pumpkin (snow shoe)

The Ducks: Anconas in black, chocolate, and lavender: Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Lizzy, Jane

 

"I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me." ~ Phil. 4:13

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post #5 of 12
6/26/12 at 10:53am
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I think you have at least one Easter Egger - and the other light one could very well be one, too. Does he/she have puffy cheeks?


x2. Ameraucanas will have greenish legs. EEs can have any colored legs (so far as I know!).

9 Ameraucanas, 2 Auracanas, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Light Brahma, 13 Golden Comets,15 EEs, 1 Delaware, 4 barnyard mixes

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9 Ameraucanas, 2 Auracanas, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Light Brahma, 13 Golden Comets,15 EEs, 1 Delaware, 4 barnyard mixes

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post #6 of 12
6/26/12 at 11:48am

It looks like you have at least one EE because of her "chipmunk" pattern. The other one has dark fluff, so I can't tell weather or not she's an EE.

 

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4 RIRs, 2 Partridge Plymouth Rocks, 3 EEs, 2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 1 Australorp, 1 RIR BO, 1 Pekin duck, and 1 adorable Guinea Pig!

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My Pets (Click to show)

4 RIRs, 2 Partridge Plymouth Rocks, 3 EEs, 2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 1 Australorp, 1 RIR BO, 1 Pekin duck, and 1 adorable Guinea Pig!

~R.I.P Our seven chickens killed by a bear on October 1, 2011- Foghorn Leghorn, Rodger, Mrs. New York, Regina, Buttercup, Chester, and Marilla. Sunshine, the sick chick that died on March 10, 2012. Frederick, too.~

 

 

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post #7 of 12
6/26/12 at 1:13pm

You have EEs because you have a variety of colors in the legs, and the fluff.  Ameraucanas only have slate legs.  That's it.  Any other color is EE. 

 

Not only that, but you'd be pretty aware of going waaaaaaaaaaay out of your way to locate a breeder, and pay good money for a purebred Ameraucana.  They're not usually something you just stumble across, like EEs.

 

 

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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
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post #8 of 12
6/26/12 at 2:16pm
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You have EEs because you have a variety of colors in the legs, and the fluff.  Ameraucanas only have slate legs.  That's it.  Any other color is EE. 

 

Not only that, but you'd be pretty aware of going waaaaaaaaaaay out of your way to locate a breeder, and pay good money for a purebred Ameraucana.  They're not usually something you just stumble across, like EEs.

 

 

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I mean I went to a breeder about 45 minutes away from here? They were like $8? Idk... I don't mind which one they are!! I just wondered!!! I love them all!!

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post #9 of 12
6/26/12 at 2:36pm
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Both have puffy cheeks! :) The darker one has dark legs and the lighter one has tan legs! Would the dark one be an Amerecauna and the lighter one an EE? I love them both! What color will they be when they grow up do you think? Thanks!

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post #10 of 12
6/26/12 at 3:38pm

Here is a good website if you are interested in Ameraucana breed standards and information:  www.ameraucana.org.

 

It is a rare breed with very strict standards of breeding.  It is highly unlikely that you have picked up a really rare purebred mixed with a bunch of EEs (mixed breeds).  Is it possible?  Perhaps.  It's also possible that I'll win the lottery that I'm fixin to enter this week, but I'm not going to quit my job and count on it (but I'll hope really really hard!).

 

I personally think EEs are a bit more fun than Ameraucanas because of their mixed nature.  You just don't know what color skittle they will turn out to be, and sometimes you get 3 skittles worth of color in one!

"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
Joey Santiago
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