Ameraucana or EE? and yes, i know everyone asks that. but...

[jeremy]

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Well if somebody is working a project that's a completely different situation entirely... ... ... ...

 

[dsqard]

I want to thank everyone for the replies I think I have an understanding of this now. You learn a little more every day!

 

[TK Poultry]

Its a very vague subject that even plagues the likes of the elite Ameraucana breeders. I honestly wish it would go away. Its just like for sake of examples a Production Red and a Rhode Island Red that is essentially the probelm of the Ameraucanas just that this plagues alot more people because of the popularity of the blue egg gene and everyone wants unique eggs. But the lamens term for an EE is probably an Ameraucana cross. Just like you can have Plymouth Rock Crosses or Silkie Crosses they don't get names like some of the Hatchery creations. That is my take.

Generally speaking any project Ameraucana would be an EE technically right? Its a deep seeded problem that probably shouldn't be discussed on this thread. there is a thead though for this stuff. If you go to www.faithvalleywaterfowl.com she has a nice table outlining this problem.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Well if somebody is working a project that's a completely different situation entirely... ... ... ...

Exactly Jeremy. If it's a project, then it needs to be advertised as such. Unfortunately we still don't have any control over what other people do. I sold a pair of lavender bantam EE "project" birds last year (they even hatched from pink eggs) that were sold to me as "Ameraucanas" back before I knew any better. The person that bought them from me is selling chicks as "lavender Ameraucanas"...

 

[alicefelldown]

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Non-standard Ameraucanas should be the correct term.

 

[SteveH]

My best guess is that one of your " partridge " EEs lays a blue egg , and the Wheaten Ameraucana was the sire . The other pictured bird looks as if it may be rumpless ; not just lacking tail feathers . I sometimes see these cropping out in other's pics of their EE , and is just a natural evidence of their mixed ancestory . I had one EE guy in my group very much like him [ ETA: meaning the first roo ] but with a little less black . Since there is no possibility that same variety birds mated in your pens , all resulting chicks are EE in my opinion .

One other observation , any of those chicks born with a chipmunk pattern cannot be wheaten colored inspite of their adult visual pattern