Ameraucoana maybe?

[KickenChicken]

She is a blue egg layer, but not sure if she is an ameraucoana. I had read in a book that alot of people refer to all blue egg layers as ameraucoana.

 

[ve]

She is Easter egger.Ameraucanas have beard,standard color and white skin.That is verry basic.

 

[TXmom]

Since she doesn't fit all the standards of a true Ameraucana, she's considered an "Easter Egger". I have 2 Easter Egger hens that I love so much, I just got 3 more Easter Egger chicks.

 

[journey11]

So, Aracaunas only come in one color of plummage?? Maybe mine are EE's then? They have the beard, but they all look different. My eggs have all been a very nice pale blue. I hadn't really looked at their skin. The legs are bluish though.

Also, I was under the impression that Aracaunas are not "standardized" and not suitable for show?

 

[EweSheep]

It is an EE.

To get an Amercuana, you will have get some from the Amercuana Club breeders to get the good ones. Pips and Peeps, Tailfeathers, Pasofino are the few of BYCers I know of that has the "real" thing.

 

[TXmom]

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First, Araucanas and Ameraucanas are 2 different breeds. I would go to the Ameraucana website to learn more about them, and see all the correct standards and colors...there's more than one correct color. http://www.ameraucana.org/index.html

 

[journey11]

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First, Araucanas and Ameraucanas are 2 different breeds. I would go to the Ameraucana website to learn more about them, and see all the correct standards and colors...there's more than one correct color. http://www.ameraucana.org/index.html

Sorry, didn't know that either! Thx for the link.

 

[KickenChicken]

That is what I was thinking thanks for the input

 

[journey11]

Wikipedia had a good rundown on it too.

Mine are EE's then. (Thanks hatchery for false advertising!!) I will update my sig!

They're cute and they lay blue eggs....I am fine with that.

 

[TXmom]

Exactly...I got mine from Ideal Poultry, who sells them as Ameraucanas. But I knew from the beginning that they wouldn't be the correct standards. I'm not interested in showing, so I really don't care about their exact colors or markings. I think they are very pretty anyways and I actually like the diversity, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the blue and green eggs I get.