Ameraucana chick with green around eyes?

[IndianaSilkies]

I stopped in at my local Rural King (like TSC) and they had some chicks she said were Ameraucana. Some did have the chipmunk look to them, some didn't, but two of them had green around their eyes. I didn't look like chalk or paint and the woman said she didn't know why it was green. Any ideas? I didn't have a camera on me to get a picture. Just wondering why it was green as I had never seen this before....

 

[Solsken Farm]

Sounds like an Easter Egger candidate.

 

[IndianaSilkies]

I would have bought them just to add to our flock and see what they turned into but the store has a crazy 25 chick minimum requirement. They wouldn't sell me just a few even though I practically live in that store!

 

[Solsken Farm]

What a strange policy for a store.

 

[klf73]

sometimes the hatcheries mark them, it could be residual from that...and yes, even though they say they are ameraucana, they are EE's

 

[DiVon80]

What exactly is an EE??

 

[Laura78]

Easter Egger. They look a lot like an Ameraucana to the untrained eye (mine still, lol). But they lay Easter colored eggs. I think Ameraucanas are suppose to lay blue eggs, or was that green? A lot of the hatcheries sell EE as Ameraucanas, I bought 5 thinking they were Ameraucanas, but I'm happy they're in fact EE, I got them for the variaty of egg colors.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Some states have minimum purchase requirements--it seems rather stupid to me--there are plenty of folks who have very small flocks and replace birds one at a time. I believe the requirements came about because of abandoned Easter Basket pets. Seems like there are other, better ways to regulate that--like maybe making it a crime to abandon animals? Like maybe requiring purchasers to sign a statement that the bird will be properly taken care of? Like ...

 

[Solsken Farm]

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Okay, so I can understand that policy, but 25 seems unfair to all those city folk, etc. I agree regulations make much more sense. Or do like the humane sociiety does and don't allow the sales around easter. (human society does this at Christmas in my area)

 

[IndianaSilkies]

The funny thing about the 25 chick minimum is that we are a farming community not a big city....