Ameraucana vs. Easter Egger

[brairgirl]

Are ameraucana chicks fluffier that easter eggs chicks?

We got a "Ameraucana" from a feed store, and she/he is way fluffier than the easter eggers were when we got them. She also doesn't have green legs.



The little tan one is the one in question, the black one with a small white bib was also labeled Ameraucana. The tan one is Noodle, the Black one is Bat.

 

[Chickenman76]

Usually when getting Ameraucana chicks form a feed store or hatchery, they're are actually EE's labled as Ameraucana.

Ameraucanas: A fairly young breed that many believe was developed from EE stock. This breed of chicken can only come in one of the following colors: Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten and White. NO other colors. The Ameraucana MUST have slate colored legs, a pea comb, have a beard and muff, and lay blue (to bluish green) eggs. This is a very strict and exacting breed, and is fairly rare, despite hatcheries lying left and right about selling them (really they are selling EEs).

Easter Eggers (EE): A very very very common type of chicken sold by hatcheries. This is NOT a breed, but rather an unregulated mix that tends to share general features. Most of the time anyway. Because it's not a breed, they can come in all colors, in all sizes, with all types of combs, laying all types of eggs, with all kinds of personalities, etc. Generally speaking, the 'ideal' EE should have: a pea comb, lay blue to green eggs, have a beard and muff, and have willow colored leggs. But, as stated before, nobody is reinforcing or regulating them, so hatcheries can mix, match, substitute, edit, remove, swirl, and generally do whatever the heck they want with the genes.