Is this an Ameraucana?

[ManedWolf]

I got this hen back in July as a chick from a feed store claiming she's an Ameraucana. I don't know anything about differentiating Easter Eggers from Ameraucanas. She lays blue eggs, not green. She has slate colored legs, as you can see in the picture.
Regardless of breed, what color is she? I can't find a color title that would fit her.
I've included a picture of her as a couple day old chick.

 

[sjango]

She looks more Ameraucana than not, but most commonly what feed stores have are Easter Eggers that have Ameraucana crossed into them. My guess would be she includes Blue Wheaton. She might have some eumelanin enhancers or some other genetics at play making her darker than Blue Wheaton. Her color actually looks closer to Buff but the Blue is throwing it off from standard Buff.

 

[JedJackson]

She's not blue wheaten or an Ameaucana. She's an Easter egger.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Do any hatcheries offer Blue Wheaton?

 

[ColtHandorf]

She's not blue wheaten or an Ameaucana. She's an Easter egger.

But also this. She's very type-y, but even if she was an Ameraucana that didn't meet one of the breed SOPs, she'd still be referred to as an EE.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

She's not blue wheaten or an Ameaucana. She's an Easter egger.

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[EmmaRainboe]

Easter Egger.

 

[ManedWolf]

Thank you everyone! Doesn't really matter to me which one she is, I was just curious. She came with another hen (who passed away from Sour Crop/Impacted Crop). I assume she was also an Easter Egger?

 

[JedJackson]

Do any hatcheries offer Blue Wheaton? That was my first thought too.

I'm not sure, but that is not the right color for blue wheaten in Ameraucanas. It's much paler, like wheaten OEGBs.

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you everyone! Doesn't really matter to me which one she is, I was just curious. She came with another hen (who passed away from Sour Crop/Impacted Crop). I assume she was also an Easter Egger?
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Yep, she was an EE too. They are excellent birds, good layers, usually nice personalities, too.