Are these REALLY ameraucanas?

I got two of these littles at Farm Supply and they said they were Ameraucanas, I wanted give them a try for some blue/green eggs. Am I looking at real ameraucanas or easter eggers and what's the difference??

I can't tell you for sure if that chick is an ameraucana or an easter egger. I can give you some information to help you determine it yourself though as the chick grows older.

Ameraucanas lay blue eggs. Other traits include a pea comb, white skin, full tails, muffs, beards, and slate or black legs. They have no ear tufts.

Easter eggers are descendants of Ameracanas. EEs lay a rainbow of egg colors including blue, green and even pink. Other traits include pea combs and wattles that are either small or absent. Their legs are greenish or olive (check the chick's legs, are they green or black?) Their leg color can range from green to slate or yellow. All the EE's I've had though have had green legs.

Besides the fact that Easter eggers are not a recognized breed, there isn't much difference (to me) between the two birds. I love my two easter eggers.


I found this comment on line:
"While Ameraucanas are more common in the United States than Araucanas, they are available only through reputable breeders, regardless of advertisements by hatcheries and other large-scale, distribution sources. If you are in the market for Ameraucanas and see an advertisement for "Americanas," be forewarned: there is no such breed. There is no "I" in Ameraucana. The misleading spelling is usually intended to imply that that Easter Eggers are Ameraucanas, which is wrong on many levels."


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http://www.ameraucana.org/

this site may help you figure it out. I am going to say they are Easter Eggers, mainly because the farm stores get their stock from the bigger hatcheries, and they have Easter Eggers only I believe.

I'm glad I was able to help !

Have you figured out if they are EE's or ameraucanas yet? When I got my chicks (2 of 4 different breeds) the lady asked me if I could tell the difference between the breeds and the first thing she pointed out about the EE's were their green/olive colored legs. I posted a picture of a young chick that I found on google images so I take no credit for the pic



You can pretty clearly see the green legs on this easter egger chick. This chick is a little older than yours, but you should still be able to see the green legs. If you have any questions, post a picture of the legs and I can probably help. The legs are the easiest way to tell for me when they are young like this.