Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Sanna]

Well yes and no.... she LOOKS like a silver BUT she is missing the brown coloring. I think she is an Easter Egger.... pretty girl either way. Most small shows like a fair, allow Easter Eggers. If she was sold to you as a Birchen.... they didn't know what she was either, since silvers are RARE they would KNOW she was silver.

I'm starting to understand this silver color a little better, I think. lol My hen's chest isn't quite as bright as the picture shows but I don't think it's as tan as a real silver should be. Now that I know what to look for, I'll look again tomorrow and take some decent pictures.
I'm thinking the person I bought her from wasn't familiar with the color..maybe even the breed. She has a lot of silkies and cochin bantams.
Good thing is that I traded this hen for my non-bearded Silkie hen that in my opinion was just a pet bird, so that's ok.

The official standard is not on the ABC website, just an overview of type. The silver bird is supposed to have a salmon breast. Your bird does not and seems to have some lacing going on, which lead me to believe it is an ee.

I am on a temporary lap top computer right now and the pictures do not have much definition. What color are her legs?

Her legs look to be the same color as this silver hen http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/silverf.JPG
I'll just have to wait to see what color eggs she lays to see if she's an Ameraucana or EE.

 

[DMRippy]

Egg color will not tell you if she is an EE or an AM. Ams will lay green to bright blue.... they should lay blue but not all do. I have one that is laying a kinda GRAY egg. My EE have had better color than some of my Ams.

Her color is what will tell you she is an EE. Since she was not breed to be a Silver Am she is NOT a silver Am.... even by accident. The real test would be if she breed TRUE. If you had a silver roo to breed her with and all the chicks looked like the sires she would be a silver. EE come in ALL kinds of colors and I feel sure 100% she is an EE.

 

[Sanna]

Egg color will not tell you if she is an EE or an AM. Ams will lay green to bright blue.... they should lay blue but not all do. I have one that is laying a kinda GRAY egg. My EE have had better color than some of my Ams.

Her color is what will tell you she is an EE. Since she was not breed to be a Silver Am she is NOT a silver Am.... even by accident. The real test would be if she breed TRUE. If you had a silver roo to breed her with and all the chicks looked like the sires she would be a silver. EE come in ALL kinds of colors and I feel sure 100% she is an EE.

A chicken hatched out of a Ameraucana egg would still turn out as an EE if it doesn't meet the breed standard?
Apparently this hen was hatched out of Jerry Seglers eggs. Maybe she was a fluke?

 

[DMRippy]

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YEAP! That is right! A non standard Ameraucana is an Easter Egger. Pure breed with out muffs or beard = EE. Color Off = EE, Leg Color off = EE any thing that would DQ an Am will make it an EE.... EVEN from the BEST Breeder

 

[Sanna]

YEAP! That is right! A non standard Ameraucana is an Easter Egger. Pure breed with out muffs or beard = EE. Color Off = EE, Leg Color off = EE any thing that would DQ an Am will make it an EE.... EVEN from the BEST Breeder

So pretty much anything that lays a turqoise egg is an Easter Egger? lol That's a WIDE variety of birds!

Hey, worst case, I have a cute little EE to look at. I wasn't going after anything special anyway, just colored eggs.

 

[DMRippy]

Definition of an EE

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

Pretty eggs from pretty birds are ALWAYS a GOOD THING. Either a pure breed or non standard.....

 

[soonerdog]

Alright guys. I found myself a little birchen hen, bantam.

I know this isn't a great picture, I'll have to take some more in the daylight. I mainly got her for a pet but figured it wouldn't hurt to know a little more about her. I know nothing about how an Ameraucana should look like.

Your bird I feel is definately Birchen based. She could be an EE as many do have slate legs now-a-days, or she could be someones project bird. She has the shafting of the silver ameraucana.....the white streaks down the feathers. On her back feathers, she also has the stippling pattern in the dark parts of the feather... that is a little grainy grey pattern made up of tiny tiny black and tiny tiny white spots (called stippling). The stippling pattern is evident in the silver ameraucana color variety. If you pick her up and look closely at her back feathers you will see this pattern in the feathers. She could be the result of a cross between black ameraucana and silver ameraucana, although I would think she would be more heavly bearded if both parents were full ameraucana. Wheather, Ameraucana or EE, I feel strongly she is a Birchen based bird. She looks exactly like some of my birchen hens that are overly laced.
Now, there are Birchen Ameraucana! I have had stock since 1993. I've been working on to improve egg color and pea combs. Birchen are the counterparts of Brown Red Ameraucana. Birchen carry the silver gene and Brown Red carry the gold gene. The Brown Red Ameraucana variety is a recognized color variety within the breed of ameraucana but Birchen are not a recognized color variety. The silver and gold are sex linked colors. If you breed a male Birchen to a Brown Red female the female offspring of the cross will be silver like the father Birchen. If you breed a Brown Red male to a Birchen female the female offspring will be gold like the Brown Red father.
I will attempt to post pictures of a few birds from my Brichen line.

 

[chickchickchiky]

I like his comb, is he sun burnt. It looks like he's got gold in his hackle/saddle. I like the nice light blue, I just don't see much edging or lacing.......... When it comes to type I cannot tell to much from this pic. It is really hard to get them to stand properly, trust me I know..........................

No gold he may be sun burnt as he free ranges during the day.Yes it is terribly hard to get a good picture LOL I tried trust me and this was the best i could come up with

 

[jerryse]

Alright guys. I found myself a little birchen hen, bantam.

I know this isn't a great picture, I'll have to take some more in the daylight. I mainly got her for a pet but figured it wouldn't hurt to know a little more about her. I know nothing about how an Ameraucana should look like.

She.is carrying the columbian gene silver penciled.This came in through the rooster.New blood .You can,t tell on the roosters only on hens.As chicks they have extra black marking around the eyes.Sorry this happened.I was surprized when they showed up.Changed roosters.He was a very nice rooster.No red in the shoulders.Bred to silver she should produce 50% silver and 50% silvered penciled.Cull the chicks with the extra black eye markings.Her color makes her a EE.

 

[maryhysong]

I"m just wondering if Ameraucauna chicks grow slower than other breeds? I have a batch of chicks hatched out Dec 15 and the two Ams are still much smaller than the others. The others are BRxBO crosses and a Welsummer, tho the Wellie is closer to the size of the Ams. Or maybe it's just the mutts have that "hybrid vigor" and are growing extra fast?