Ameraucana?

[Catharinejo]

I bought an Ameraucana pulley at a swap meet and as I was trying to look up what variety she is, I started to wonder if it is really a true Ameraucana. I was told she hatched “in May” so is probably about 4 months old.

Any opinions?

I don’t know a ton about this breed beyond the egg color. She is definitely our sweetest bird and will hop up on my arm if I’m down working on something. I realized she had mites but I’ve now treated her and hope her feathers will fill out more soon.

 

[Catharinejo]

My phone changes “pullet” to “pulley” every time and I never notice until too late when I post here!

 

[sylviethecochin]

Easter Egger. Could be a mix between Ameraucana and something else. The feather colour is a dead giveaway that she's not pure.

 

[Catharinejo]

Thanks! I was wondering about that after not finding good matches on pictures. Some of the chickens that couple at the swap meet has looked a little rough and the two birds I got from them had mites so at least they’ll have a good life in our backyard flock even if not exactly what I thought I was getting!

Easter Egger. Could be a mix between Ameraucana and something else. The feather colour is a dead giveaway that she's not pure.

 

[slordaz]

could be a poorly or crossed Amerecuana but leaning more to an Easter Egger

Here is a good place for true Amerecuana colors
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/standard.html

 

[coach723]

Easter Egger. Often sold as ameraucana. If they don't come from a reputable breeder, they are almost always EE's. These sites may be helpful to you:
http://ameraucana.org/Photos
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/faq.html

 

[chrissynemetz]

That's a very pretty Easter Egger

 

[Chermak1101]

Absolutely a cross breed. She’s cool looking though. I have 2 Easter eggers which were labeled as ameracaunans but only cost $4 each which I knew then were EE. But they’re awesome and one lays blue eggs the other lays green eggs. Can’t go wrong with EE’s

 

[DallasLoneStar]

Just thought, I have seen at least a dozen threads just like this one and NONE ever end up being Ameraucanas!

 

[Chermak1101]

Just thought, I have seen at least a dozen threads just like this one and NONE ever end up being Ameraucanas!

Yep unless you paid over $20 from a reputable hatchery or breeder, 100% it’s an EE