Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[deserthens]

 

[Kansaseq]

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She's a lovely easter egger. I had some that color, too, and they were great layers of beautiful eggs. You'll enjoy them

 

[deserthens]

Sorry it took me 3 messages to get this done. Hear is another view of the hen in question.

 

[deserthens]

Kansaseq,
Thanks for the quick answer-you answered before I could even send the second picture. She does lay light green eggs. She is a better producer than my 2 Rhode Island Reds! Purchased her from a local feed store as a tiny chick. Like her so much I got a few more when the same store had Ameraucana chicks again this year.

 

[tuesdays chicks]

pfft my babies are going back to the feed store besides the pretty green legs I see 2 little pink combs roll my eyes a little more when do spurs come in? funny the eggs I hatched knowing they were ee chicks have a very nice slate grey legs , so just because they have grey legs is no guarantee they aren't ee's.

 

[nightowl505]

can anyone tell me what type of EE or ameraucana, believe they are easter eggers, don't know which breed, help please

 

[Goose and Fig]

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They are EEs- and what beautiful colors!

 

[nightowl505]

ok there EE but what breed?????

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Easter Eggers are "mutts". Not a specific breed. They are more than likely mixed breed.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Easter Eggers are "mutts". Not a specific breed. They are more than likely mixed breed.

Right- somewhere in their ancestry they had a relative or two with the blue egg gene. I always think of EEs as being in a class of their own. Many of us do egg swaps on a regular basis, and we decided last time that EEs and OEs could count as "pure large fowl" for swap purposes. The same way that Black Stars might. They are not, however, a standardized APA approved breed and are not showable.