Ameraucana or Easter Egger?

[Tall Chick]

5 weeks old- ameraucana or Easter egger? Any guesses on gender?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Easter Egger. I see green toes in the second picture

 

[Izzychicky]

Easter Egger k

 

[SteveWin]

Easter Egger. I see green toes in the second picture

I second... My Blue Ameraucana chicks have dark grey legs, and (mostly) toes - a couple have toes where the grey ends and they become pink/nude. As white as yours is, I would expect no color (flesh pink) on the toes. The cheek muffs and comb look right for Ameraucana though. Did you buy from a local breeder? If not, if you bought mail order, revisit their website. If you see "Not for show", "Lays many shades of blue, green, pink, and sometimes brown", or if they called it "Ameraucana" without listing a color (i.e., not "Blue Ameraucana", or Black, Splash*, Lavender*, White, Buff, Silver, Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, or Brown Red), or if the price was closer to $4/bird than $10/bird... you probably have an EE or an Olive Egger.

* Splash and Lavender are not APA recognized colors for Ameraucana, but if you have two known true Blue Ameraucana, and breed them, you'll hatch about 25% Black, 50% Blue, and 25% Splash, because two Blue genes together cause the Splash color. So why isn't Splash recognized? Beats me! Anyway.. every true Ameraucana is sold as a specified color, but I think the breeders selling EE as "Ameraucana" justify that by telling themselves "there's SOME Ameraucana in this one, because its mom was a White Ameraucana." Sort of like how a person can be "Irish" without being born in Ireland or ever visiting there, because one parent was Irish.

Bottom line - though blue eggs won't prove that it is, any other color eggs will prove that it is not an Ameraucana. I guess you'll have to wait and see. Beyond that, you have a really cute chick... who has no idea what "Ameraucana", "Orpington", "Leghorn" or "Marans" means... she just wants to eat, drink, poop, chirp, avoid predators, and lay eggs. Whatever she is, is just fine... enjoy!

 

[RodNTN]

Looks pullet to me

 

[Tall Chick]

I second... My Blue Ameraucana chicks have dark grey legs, and (mostly) toes - a couple have toes where the grey ends and they become pink/nude. As white as yours is, I would expect no color (flesh pink) on the toes. The cheek muffs and comb look right for Ameraucana though. Did you buy from a local breeder? If not, if you bought mail order, revisit their website. If you see "Not for show", "Lays many shades of blue, green, pink, and sometimes brown", or if they called it "Ameraucana" without listing a color (i.e., not "Blue Ameraucana", or Black, Splash*, Lavender*, White, Buff, Silver, Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, or Brown Red), or if the price was closer to $4/bird than $10/bird... you probably have an EE or an Olive Egger.

* Splash and Lavender are not APA recognized colors for Ameraucana, but if you have two known true Blue Ameraucana, and breed them, you'll hatch about 25% Black, 50% Blue, and 25% Splash, because two Blue genes together cause the Splash color. So why isn't Splash recognized? Beats me! Anyway.. every true Ameraucana is sold as a specified color, but I think the breeders selling EE as "Ameraucana" justify that by telling themselves "there's SOME Ameraucana in this one, because its mom was a White Ameraucana." Sort of like how a person can be "Irish" without being born in Ireland or ever visiting there, because one parent was Irish.

Bottom line - though blue eggs won't prove that it is, any other color eggs will prove that it is not an Ameraucana. I guess you'll have to wait and see. Beyond that, you have a really cute chick... who has no idea what "Ameraucana", "Orpington", "Leghorn" or "Marans" means... she just wants to eat, drink, poop, chirp, avoid predators, and lay eggs. Whatever she is, is just fine... enjoy!

Thanks for the education. Yes I got from a local store so I was thinking along the lines of what you explained. I thought it’s cute too! Hoping it’s a she

 

[SteveWin]

Here are mine - I bought 6 Blue Ameraucana from Cackle Hatchery. Two came in as Blacks, 3 are Blue, and one is a bit lighter than the other three, but I still think Blue, not Splash. They are 8 days old in the photos, and 4 weeks old today. The two with the most sharply defined white "spectacles" around the eyes, seem to be developing into roos. Altogether, I think I have 2 hens out of 6.

The chick on the perch above is one of the hens, she's my little sweetheart. She's also the lightest colored one of the bunch. This is her below:

She is a Blue (possibly a Splash) - which means she has Black genes, which are suppressed by at least one Blue gene. She's definitely darker than yours... but her toes are only pigmented halfway. And, as light as her feet are, she still has solid black in her beak.

 

[Tall Chick]

Here are mine - I bought 6 Blue Ameraucana from Cackle Hatchery. Two came in as Blacks, 3 are Blue, and one is a bit lighter than the other three, but I still think Blue, not Splash. They are 8 days old in the photos, and 4 weeks old today. The two with the most sharply defined white "spectacles" around the eyes, seem to be developing into roos. Altogether, I think I have 2 hens out of 6. View attachment 1391672

The chick on the perch above is one of the hens, she's my little sweetheart. She's also the lightest colored one of the bunch. This is her below:
View attachment 1391675
She is a Blue (possibly a Splash) - which means she has Black genes, which are suppressed by at least one Blue gene. She's definitely darker than yours... but her toes are only pigmented halfway. And, as light as her feet are, she still has solid black in her beak.

Awww

very cute... I love the way the black ameraucanas look! This is my other Easter egger that is my sweetheart

 

[SteveWin]

Awww, she's gorgeous!

They grow so fast, don't they? Here's mine today...

 

[Tall Chick]

Here are mine - I bought 6 Blue Ameraucana from Cackle Hatchery. Two came in as Blacks, 3 are Blue, and one is a bit lighter than the other three, but I still think Blue, not Splash. They are 8 days old in the photos, and 4 weeks old today. The two with the most sharply defined white "spectacles" around the eyes, seem to be developing into roos. Altogether, I think I have 2 hens out of 6. View attachment 1391672

The chick on the perch above is one of the hens, she's my little sweetheart. She's also the lightest colored one of the bunch. This is her below:
View attachment 1391675
She is a Blue (possibly a Splash) - which means she has Black genes, which are suppressed by at least one Blue gene. She's definitely darker than yours... but her toes are only pigmented halfway. And, as light as her feet are, she still has solid black in her beak.

And that’s a lot of makes

Awww, she's gorgeous!

They grow so fast, don't they? Here's mine today...
View attachment 1391763

What a beaut! Love the blue coloring. So cute