Ameraucanas

[Big Red Roosters]

What is required to make a chicken an Ameraucana and not an Easter Egger? For a great deal from a local breeder I got a mix of green and blue egg layer hatching eggs, but I wouldn't get to know what breeds they were.
About 9 months later I have Super Blues and Easter Eggers, but one of them I think may be a pure Ameraucana. The breeder does breed Ameraucanas so there is a chance, but I don't know the difference between Easter Eggers and Ameraucanas, I know they have to have a beard and muffs and can only be certain colors, but that's as far as my breed knowledge reaches.

I realize I worded this thread horribly. My apologies. I want to know how to tell them apart myself, not by just posting pictures and having other people say this or that. I want to learn how to do that myself. Sorry, I'm not good at explaining my thoughts.

 

[Big Red Roosters]

Pictures?

Don't have any, it's pitch black outside. What I'm asking is what are the requirements to be an Ameraucana? I might get some hens next year too. But I need to know what to look for.
He's black and has a black beard and muffs. What's the comb supposed to look like?

 

[Big Red Roosters]

My attempt at taking pictures in the dark did not go well. I'll try again tomorrow so, you know, you can actually see the chicken I'm talking about.

 

[Big Red Roosters]

Pictures?

I figured out a better way to word it.
How do I tell if my chicken is an Ameraucana or Easter Egger? This is in no way meant to offend this very welcoming community, but I came here to learn things too, not just rely on the more knowledgeable.

 

[Big Red Roosters]

Don’t know if you can see her muffs and beard, but this girl is a true black Ameraucana.

She is beautiful. Quite cute with her little ones. Thank you for the information, I really appreciate it! Let me look back on my phone, I think I may have one from when he was a little guy, but I'm not sure I have one of his leg color. Is there such a thing as gray legs? I'm not sure his are blue, I think they may be more of a gray color.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

True Ameraucanas have:
slate legs/feet
White feet bottoms
Muffs/beard
A pea comb
Are always a recognized color
Lay blue eggs. No exceptions

 

[Big Red Roosters]

For goodness sakes I do have a picture from when I had listed him for sale last year. He looks a little different now, his posture changed and his feathers make it appear he is wearing a cape, but otherwise is the same.

 

[Big Red Roosters]

True Ameraucanas have:
slate legs/feet
White feet bottoms
Muffs/beard
A pea comb
Are always a recognized color
Lay blue eggs. No exceptions

One thing I have never checked are his feet bottoms, I will be sure to check that out. Thank you.

 

[FowlStuff]

True Ameraucanas have:
slate legs/feet
White feet bottoms
Muffs/beard
A pea comb
Are always a recognized color
Lay blue eggs. No exceptions

They don't have to be an APA/ABA recognized variety to be an Ameraucana.
What is an Ameraucana Chicken?

A chicken is an Ameraucana when it meets the American Poultry Association’s (APA) Standard Ameraucana breed description and meets a variety (color) description or breeds true at least 50% of the time, whether the variety is recognized or not. There are actually two breeds of Ameraucana: bantam and large fowl.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

They don't have to be an APA/ABA recognized variety to be an Ameraucana.
What is an Ameraucana Chicken?

I wasn't trying to say that.