Don't be too hard on them. I have araucana. As in rumpless tailess birds. The reality is that even though they are nice birds few of their offspring hatch out as keepers. The others (especially the ones that hatch out tailed) go on to new homes and happy lives with my blessing as easter eggers. INMHO If you want to show them or for some reason want araucana or ameraucana hunt around pay the price and get birds that meet the standard (they are available if you realy want them). If you want colored egglayers and don't mind mutts, easter eggers are grand and will do very nicely.
The proof is in the pudding in my book. people have favorite kinds of chickens and become quite passionate about them but realy the happy chicken owners are the self aware ones that have found ones they love. Whether colored egg layers, fluffy gentle ones, big ones, heritage ones, interesting colored ones, super tiny ones, please yourself. As for me anything I take the time and energy to care for needs to fulfill a purpose even if it is just as a loving pet that lays regularly enough I can count on getting breakfast... Yeah I get way too many of the kind that crow- the no egglayers.
