Where they came from is a big give away, for starters. Very few hatcheries have true Ameraucana. True Ameraucana are sold with the color variety specified. If no color was specified at purchase, Wheaten for example, it's not an Ameraucana. Also, if they have greenish legs, it means they have yellow skin. Ameraucana only have white skin.
It depends. Do you want to know what color the chicks will be? Is the rooster muffed? Blue Ameraucana is based on extended black. It will cover just about every color/pattern. What does the rooster look like? Things like the pea comb, blue egg gene, white skin, and muffs are dominant.
Most the chicks will likely be either black or blue. Male chicks, as they mature, may develop the dark red 'leakage'. If the hen is pure Ameraucana, all the chicks should be muffed. If there are chicks with no muffs, then the hen only has one gene for muffs, and isn't completely pure. The rooster has white earlobes, which means he likely does not have the brown 'coating' gene for eggs. That means that the female chicks should be blue egg layers, not green layers. But that's still not a guarantee.EE rooster
Blue amerucauna hen
thank you for all your help
I think you missread that...they said if it is not a recognized color, wheaten for example,..then it's not pure. meaning wheaten is an example of a recognized color...
I don't think he was saying Wheaton isn't reconized rather he was using it as an example as a specific coloring and without it they may not be true amerucauna
