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You have Easter Eggers (EE's) not Ameraucanas. Easter Eggers are various colored basically mutt chickens that lay different colored eggs and are sold by hatcheries and feedstores as Ameraucanas, falsely. Ameraucanas are a purebred breed that come in 8 true-breeding recognized colors and lay...

Purple barring? I thought that all had to due with diet and growth, little to nothing to do with actual genetics.

I don't know what their rate is, I agree with you, however - If the rate of the flaw was, say, 1 in 10 sorry I'm gonna cull the parents. That or try both parents with another bird and see if it continues. Test mating. I'm not saying one should cull no matter, I'm mainly referring to if this is a...

If you have a sport with an unwanted trait such as white, best thing to do honestly is cull out both her parents too, otherwise it will continue happening.

From what though? I see so much birchen and ER talk floating around to me it makes no sense, (to me, so perhaps someone help me out here?) as the only Ameraucana with ER are Brown-Reds, which, are pretty rare. The "birchen" talk going around is (no offense, but to me is what it looks like)...

That may be the case, confusion or relation of colors, but remember that anything can happen. Wheatens have been known to get feathered shanks. Some Lavs out there are Orpington-like in type and have egg color issues so I wouldn't be too surprised to see white legs happen now and then. It is a...

Sorry but leg color is very, very important. Sure it isn't too important of light blue vs dark blue but any yellow soles or truly white shanks - goners.

Wheaten in Ameraucanas looks similar to Welsummers because Wheaten and Duckwing (found on Welsummers) in most cases is indeed practically identical, although in the hens there is a difference. Wheaten females like found in Ameraucanas are a creamy light tan color especially on the main body, and...

The chalky green ones I've had before. They weren't as green when wet like yours but yes I've had some pretty bad ones, and yes, they were BBS stock. The birds themselves weren't the greatest in type either, who knows, maybe it is old stock or maybe it's just poorly bred. The farthest I can...

Slightly edged, still, nearly full-on black, not like the Blue Wheaten's, which by the way I don't understand why it is asked to be so little blue.

Wheaten Ameraucana hens should have black tails.As in solid, pure BLACK. Only the top most pair should have smudgy/smuttiness of wheaten on the outer web. I'd agree with the owner, however honestly, I've seen very very few Wheaties these days who truly do have good black tails, so, don't...

Yep, pickers are often pullets. I thankfully don't have any anymore, I think my picker a while ago was either a Wheatie (but all the wheaties were plucked) or a Marans I sold. . . However just recently within the last few days my EE pullet has been plucking my EE cockere's beard, obviously in...

Happymtn - Who are the parents? Any possible fence jumpers?

That's an Easter Egger. Wrong color for an Ameraucana, and the vault is definitely a vault, as in, from a crested breed. Are its nostrils different from your other chicks' ? They look possibly cavernous from here.

x2 I think Leonidas' color is just awesome though. It reminds me more of the SOP illustrations of Self-Blue, whereas (and I don't know why) they're more of a deep titanium gray instead of a pale steely gray. But I must admit I think Poseidon's type rocks. I really wish I got some babies...

I think they are too, I had a gorgeous blue once (went to Cloverleaf, then to, umm, wolftracks? rainwolf?) AquaEyes just knows that I like more complicated/patterned colors more than solid pastels like Lavender, Blue, Splash, etc.

Oh I think Lavenders are just adorable as chicks, and I think a well colored adult male is really pretty looking, but, from what I see otherwise, the hens especially look grey to me. If they didn't so commonly have weird feather etching/quality issues I'd love them more, but, to me a freshly...

Nope. Got pictures? You sure it's a vaulted skull? Is there a crest going on, or just a bump?

Adorably cute indeed!! Are those whiter faced black ones splits or just blacks with randomly whiter faces?