Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[JudysMuscovy]

Do you think this is a Americana?

 

[junebuggena]

Do you think this is a Americana?

Easter Egger. But still a very cute chick. Easiest way to know if you have Easter Eggers or Ameraucana is if a color was specified at purchase. No specific colors/varieties, you are getting Easter Eggers. Ameraucana always have a color/variety specified.

 

[JudysMuscovy]

Junebuggena I actually got some eggs from someone with no intention of incubating some but I could not help myself. So I actually have no idea except that the eggs were green

 

[kla86]

Anyone know the correct color of ameraucana eggs? I bought some through a breeder who shows her birds. The colors ranged from blue to blue/green to blue/white.. I read they are only a slate blue. What do you think?

 

[enggass]

Blue/Light blue with some variations. Some can tint green.

 

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

Beautiful group of birds there, Lindsay! @OnceInaBlueMoon
  Your whites are making me want to start building more breeding pens...

Well, you know what they say.....the more pens the merrier Just don't ask my husband. He might disagree....he built 6 new pens during the off season, and is putting up 2 more currently.

Lol

 

[FowlStuff]

Anyone know the correct color of ameraucana eggs? I bought some through a breeder who shows her birds. The colors ranged from blue to blue/green to blue/white.. I read they are only a slate blue. What do you think?

The Standard only deals with the chicken, not the egg so "blue" is it. The shade of blue that you like is as good as any. I believe blue shell color without being influenced by tinted or brown pigment is a very light blue, but some folks like them darker. Just avoid any greenish hue.

Quote: http://fowlstuff.com/FFAQ.html#seven

 

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

Anyone know the correct color of ameraucana eggs? I bought some through a breeder who shows her birds. The colors ranged from blue to blue/green to blue/white.. I read they are only a slate blue. What do you think?

You can order a color wheel at www.ameraucanabreedersclub.org

I clicked your profile and checked the photos of the eggs you posted. They look about right color wise. Here are a few examples of what I typically see. The hens have been laying for a few months now so egg color has faded some. These photos were taken at the beginning of the season. Egg color tends to pick back up after their molt. It is super hard to depict color accurately in photos. I have found that egg color varies according to the color variety, how long the hen has been laying, whether or not it's right after a molt, whether it's a pullets first eggs, etc. For me, my whites, self blues/lavenders, and blacks lay the bluest eggs. The wheatens lay a slightly paler blue egg.

*My eggs aren't quite as "dark" or saturated as they appear in these photos, but these photos were taken without a filter. Hope it helps!

Whites:

Wheaten: (*the white eggs are for comparison)

 

[chicks are life]

Americana or ee

Has blue legs plus all black this bird is part of a trio

 

[junebuggena]

Americana or ee


Has blue legs plus all black this bird is part of a trio

Skin color on bottoms of her feet?