Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[unkadan]

yeah well I'm old so sometimes memory fails here, if I had something wrong in that post hopefully someone else that read the article will straighten it out,,,,lol

 

[austyn_stephenson]

Can someone tell me the difference from a Easter Egger and a Ameraucana?

 

[austyn_stephenson]

Can someone tell me the difference from a Easter Egger and a Ameraucana?

 

[TomNY]

Can someone tell me the difference from a Easter Egger and a Ameraucana?

An Easter Egger is a chicken with the blue egg gene that does not meet the Araucana standard. Ameraucanas are Easter Eggers that are bred to an accepted standard. It's like "what came first, the chicken or the egg". All Ameraucanas are Easter Eggers but not all Easter Eggers are Ameraucanas. Tom

 

[austyn_stephenson]

An Easter Egger is a chicken with the blue egg gene that does not meet the Araucana standard. Ameraucanas are Easter Eggers that are bred to an accepted standard. It's like "what came first, the chicken or the egg". All Ameraucanas are Easter Eggers but not all Easter Eggers are Ameraucanas.  Tom

Oh okay thanks for the help!

 

[jlgoinggreen]

Can someone tell me the difference from a Easter Egger and a Ameraucana?

You can find out all the info about Ameraucanas on this website: http://www.ameraucana.org/

Easter Eggers are basically mutts (some of the cutest mutts ever!). Usually Ameraucana, but sometimes Araucanas that have been bred to different breeds. It's usually done on purpose for different egg color production, i.e. an Ameraucana with a Welsummer or Maran will give you beautiful olive colored eggs, while a Ameraucana with a Buff Orpington will give you beautiful light green eggs.

Edit to add, not the breeding pair will give different color eggs, but their offsprings.

 

[msladyhawke]

Just got this cutie pie yesterday. She is a splash.
Couldn't resist.

My first of this breed.

 

[dak]

Just got this cutie pie yesterday. She is a splash.
Couldn't resist.

My first of this breed.

Very cute, but probably a he.

 

[salt and pepper]

Very cute, but probably a he.

x2 Looks like what mine looked like.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
x3 it is a cockerel.