Search results for query: *

Feed stores only sell EE's. Breeders sell Araucanas or Ameraucanas. There is no such thing as an Americana. Your other birds look to be EE's, but the white bird has a different appearance, so I suspicion something else but can't tell for sure without better photo. LofMc

Hi, Welcome to BYC. You have Easter Eggers (a hybrid or mix) derived from Ameraucanas not Araucanas. They have the tell tale willow (green) legs and beards and tails, traits from Ameraucana. Ear tufts are on the side of the head by the earlobes rather than at the side of the beak. US Araucana...

My head is not around all the genetics for rumplessness (say that fast 3 times). It appears mostly a dominant trait, unless the "normal" parent has genes which inhibit its expression and cause tail growth (which most chickens have). Other sources I have read indicated tails required more genetic...

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what your disagreement is with. Their is no other original land race stock that is used in America to produce EE chicks. What is used in breeding in America are the developed descendant breeds known as the Ameraucana and Araucana. Also used is the hybrid Easter Egger...

Could you link a source for your information? From what I've read from the Ameraucana Breeders Association, and all other research I've come across on this topic, Ameraucanas were an outcropping from Araucanas due to the difference in opinion as to whether the Araucana should have beard/muff...

There's no way of looking at her and knowing exactly what her background is as she is a mixed breed hen...Easter Egger by definition is a mixed breed chicken. With all hybrids, the offspring takes the characteristics of both parents with the outcome a crap shoot, knowing that certain...