So I guess if an Ameraucana doesn't breed true 50% of the time it becomes an Easter Egger. And as you said, only certain colors breed true. So you CAN cross Ameraucanas and get an Easter Egger. To me, that means they aren't really a breed, and makes me wonder how the breed continues on...but we...
Hi all! I would love to have the opinion of you good people...is this an Ameraucana or EE? I ordered EE's and a rare mix, so I was never sure if some were Ameraucanas that came in the rare breed mix or not. Do Ameraucanas ever have green legs? Or is that a result of mixing slate and yellow legs?
Thanks guys! I guess this means that all my EE's survived because I ordered 6 and the other 9 were "assorted rare breeds". I think that buff EE is so pretty.
I started my flock almost 8 weeks ago, bought 15 chicks + an extra free one through the mail, lost 4 over the next few days, so now I'm left with a dozen hens. I'm pretty sure I have the following:
2 Egyptian Fayoumis
3 Polish, two silver laced, one white crested black
1 Delaware
2 Easter...
Hi everyone, I'm just starting out my flock on our acreage in ND. I lived on a farm back home in Canada for quite a few years as a kid and had lots of experience with farm animals, including chickens. I was a city girl for many years after that. This is the first time I've had any animals, other...