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  1. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    I doubt they have Ameraucana in them. Silver Ameraucana are one of the rarest varieties. More likely they are just silver partridge 'pure' Easter Egger. Beaks are yellowish, and the legs are green, with yellow showing through. Ameraucana have white skin, and it's a dominant trait.
  2. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    Those are close to 'Silver' Ameraucana, but not quite.
  3. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    The Silver in Ameraucana is the Silver Duckwing of other breeds. Males are black and white, and the hens are penciled, with a rosey breast. They consistently reproduce the same kinds of birds, each gender with their specific coloration. And all the chicks will have fairly uniform markings...
  4. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    I understand that, but until you get something that is breeding consistently, it's an Easter Egger. And 'wild-type' partridge birds do not breed true. They have so much going on, genetically, that it's kind of impossible to get them to breed true. The bird I'm questioning looks just like many...
  5. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    Please explain to me how a bird that is not a recognized color/variety is an Ameraucana? She looks like a wild-type partridge, and as such, won't breed true.
  6. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    Sorry. It's something that is happening all over this site, the intentional misspelling being pushed by a few people as a replacement for the term Easter Egger... Kind of drives me crazy when people who know better, perpetuate the confusion.
  7. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    The list him as an Easter Egger, not a misspelled version of a breed name...
  8. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    Both are actually Easter Eggers.
  9. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    Technically, and Easter Egger is any bird with the blue egg shell gene. Hatchery sourced "Ameraucana" are actually descended from the original imported stock that true Ameraucana are derived from. It's the hatchery birds that most people know as Easter Eggers. But your bird would also fall into...
  10. junebuggena

    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger debacle

    Going Left to Right I see a Red sexlink, Black sexlink or Easter Egger, New Hampshire Red, Red sexlink, Easter Egger, Easter Egger.
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