Ameracanas and Araucanas

[cajunlizz]

OK question about Ameracanas and Araucanas

they both lay colored eggs ..............

I have 2 Ameracanas .............. ONE has blue legs and the other light green legs . DOES that distinguish the color of eggs that they will lay ?



ALSO , what what age to they start laying ?

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Auracanas and Ameraucana will both lay colored eggs of blue most of the time if they are pure... IF your Ameraucana isn't actually an EE like most hatchery's sell they will have green legs. Those will lay greenish eggs...leg colors don't have anything to do with the egg color from what I was told.

From the threads I have been seeing they start laying around 22 weeks.

 

[speckledhen]

IF your Ameraucana isn't actually an EE like most hatchery's sell they will have green legs.

Maybe we should rephrase this a bit and clarify. EEs do not always have green legs, however, IF your bird does have green legs, it IS an Easter Egger as opposed to an Ameraucana. The leg color has nothing to do with egg color.​

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

YUP Thank you speckled hen...after rereading that It does sound better to rephrase it that way

That is what I meant to say LOL

 

[speckledhen]

Yup, I knew that's what you meant.

 

[hatchaholic]

Okay, this may be a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway... I ordered two Ameraucanas from Ideal. What is the difference between the Ameraucana and the Auracana?

 

[speckledhen]

First of all, from Ideal, you wont get Ameraucanas. You will get Easter Eggers. Ameraucanas have muffs and beards, only come in a few standard colors and have slate legs (except maybe the white ones, cant remember). Araucanas have tufts and are rumpless and really look nothing like an Ameraucana. This may help:

http://creefarm.fateback.com/ameraucana.html
http://www.araucana.net/
http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/lfbluef.jpg

 

[hatchaholic]

Thanks for the link. When I bought them, I thought it would be cute to have colored eggs. Didn't know that I wasn't getting exactly what I thought I was. But, if you are not planning on showing the birds, does it matter that you have EE's?

 

[speckledhen]

No, EEs are fun birds! I have one EE and several true Ameraucanas and love them all. It's just that EEs may not lay blue or green eggs; they can lay plain old tan.

 

[hatchaholic]

I hope I get blue eggs. My girls are really looking forward to it. All of our others lay brown eggs, so they will be disappointed.
I did get a couple of naked necks, too. Don't they lay colored eggs?