Pretty hen! If the legs have a green cast the pads of the feet are probably yellow which would indicate yellow skin, not white and thus a cross. She's got alot of purebred Ameraucana traits though so so you have a pretty good chance of blue eggs in a few weeks.
You can never go wrong with a breed club. Many of the BYC members are part of the Ameraucana Breeders Club. Check out the directory if you havent. Ordering chicks is painless. It costs more than eggs, but you have a sure thing and its way more fun to get them. Id make some calls/emails...
Hatcheries focus on making money. They are filling orders. Even the ones that are selling purebred Amers are doing it on a mass production level so there is no selection for correct breed characteristics. And while a step in the right direction as far marketing a purebred product this will...
So if you are talking non-standard Ameraucanas they are still going to have those traits and might have a recessive gene pop up so one of those things would be off. Having a bearded, muffed bird with some type of peaish type comb but lacking red earlobes, white, skin, bay eyes, and proper...
When is an Ameraucana not an Ameraucana?
Having a bird that "looks like an APA color Ameraucana" does not make it thus.
To meet the Breed Standard set forth in 1984 for the Ameraucana the bird must have the following:
COMB: Pea.
BEAK: Curved, horn colored NOT yellow.
FACE: Nearly hidden...
Araucana have a gene that will make the chicks die before they are hatched. The goal of a hatchery is to make money. These two dont mesh.
There are some hatcheries that sell purebred Ameraucanas,(as opposed to the mixed breed Ameraucanas they all sell) but you have to keep in mind this is...