Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Jferlisi]

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www.ameraucana.org

So, I looked at this site and it really doesn't specify how the EEs are so different froman EE.

http://www.ameraucana.org/standard.html
That might help you out a little on what the standards are for Ams and if you dont know what the colors look like, google image is your best friend for it. I use it all the time for breeds i cant recall what the look like.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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www.ameraucana.org

So, I looked at this site and it really doesn't specify how the EEs are so different froman EE.

http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html#TWO

Then you have to go on to read the Breed Standards to learn about Ameraucana varieties etc. http://www.ameraucana.org/standard.html

They are QUITE clear.

I don't know why folks take such offence to having their birds referred to as "Easter Eggers". If they aren't Ameraucanas, so be it. In fact, my egg customers find that name MUCH easier to deal with ("Amera-whats?? What are they called?") and my EEs are actually stunning birds. Prettier, in many cases, than Ameraucanas, with fabulous muffs and beards. There is nothing more spectacular than an EE roo. So what's the big deal?

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Or if someone had cuckoo marans and insisted on calling them Barred rocks. Yes they are both chickens....there is a difference. lol

A couple months ago an acquaintance told me that a feed store was selling aracauna chicks. I told her I just did not believe it. So I called the feed store and asked if they were really Araucana chicks...where did they come from etc. The girl assured me they were but did not know where they came from. I called back to ask about them again and she said they were Americana this time.
So the next time I was in town I went by the feed store. Easter eggers of course. With a very official looking printed sign saying the were Araucana/Americana chicks. My husband even nearly got sucked in by the formally printed and laminated sign that was posted about the little chipmunk easter eggers. I assured him I had done my research and feed stores were notorious for selling Easter Eggers and they could not even get the word Ameraucana spelled right.
Then I asked if they had any BOSS. Black Oil Sunflower Seeds......... the lady just stared at me like I was speaking french. This is the biggest feed store we have on this island. sigh... thank god for the internet.

I've got you beat.

I went into the local "feed store" - won't say the name but it starts with a T and ends with a C .... Asked to buy a bag of chick starter. They asked me where I bought my chicks. I was taken aback momentarily. What business is it of theirs where my chicks are from? I recovered and responded that I had hatched them myself. Well, apparently they only sell chick starter to folks that buy their chicks from them. I was stunned. Needless to say, my business went elsewhere!!!!

(My regular guy also knows what BOSS is.)

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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So, I looked at this site and it really doesn't specify how the EEs are so different froman EE.

The Ameraucana Breeders Club lists the 8 accepted varieties of Ameraucana- Black, Blue, White, Buff, Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, Silver and Brown Red. These varieties have a specific standard of perfection, written by the American Poultry Association. If your birds do not conform to one of the listed varieties and it's standard, then they are EEs.

So technically my splash is an EE.

If I took a pure Blue and breed it to a pure Buff (or a pure something other than and BBS) and bread them I would get pure EE?

 

[klf73]

we put a lot of time and effort keeping our ameraucana separated so we can legitimately call them what they are....ameraucana

when they run around all together I call them EE's, I wouldn't sell the eggs for the same price(if I sold eggs). I usually only sell my eggs to local people for the eating egg price per dozen. I know they are hatching them, usually for school(if they tell me for the school and which one I have given them for free). BUT I paid a LOT of money for my true ameraucana. I get miffed when someone tells me they breed ameraucana and when they show me a pic and the pen is throw together willy nilly, no selective breeding or anything, just for profit. I don't sell my pure ameraucana eggs, we either eat them or I will be sending them to people for shipping(that I have spoken to) but they don't get sold for eating on the chance someone will hatch them. I love my ameraucana an have them for myself.
If taking time to better a pure breed, through selective breeding makes me a snob, then I am guilty.
there is nothing wrong with EE's, they are just NOT Ameraucana

btw- I did breed show dogs, I have yet to meet anyone that thought their belgian malanois was a shepherd.....if you own it , you know it. I am sure the breeder of a Malanois would get miffed at someone called their dog a shepherd. Bet your bippy they would educate the person on the differences of their dogs and German Shepherds...actually that was a good analysis that makes our case...Not that one is inferior, just not the same

 

[klf73]

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The Ameraucana Breeders Club lists the 8 accepted varieties of Ameraucana- Black, Blue, White, Buff, Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, Silver and Brown Red. These varieties have a specific standard of perfection, written by the American Poultry Association. If your birds do not conform to one of the listed varieties and it's standard, then they are EEs.

So technically my splash is an EE.

If I took a pure Blue and breed it to a pure Buff (or a pure something other than and BBS) and bread them I would get pure EE?

yes and no on the first...only because you can use the splash to create all blue if bred to black, which would meet the standard. I can't remember the specifics of the splash as I don't show, I think because the pattern is not replicatable(is that a word

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there is no pure ee, as there is no standard. I have mixed color ameraucana, both pure parents, but crossed colors, I call them EE's

 

[1muttsfan]

Its kind of the same as with cats. You have purebreds that meet the breed standards. Cats that can't be proven to be purebred are called Domestic Shorthair (or medium or longhair), and are not used for purebred breeding. However they are perfectly fine and often beautiful cats, varied in color, shape and size, make great pets, and mouse just as well as purebred cats. They just do not breed true.

 

[DCW]

From Texas

 

[Jferlisi]

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[josh44]

Barred Ameracaunas

Is there anyone working on these ???

I have seen some crosses between Marans & Barred Rocks to Ameracaunas in attempts to make Olive eggers.

They are Amazingly Beautiful birds I'd have to say !!!

Some even meet most if not all, APA standards for Ameracauna, except for the Barred color

Just wondering if there is anyone out there breeding barred birds or trying to get APA Recognition ?