Americanas? Anyone seen a black and white one?

[cflaxy]

Thanks everyone! I aggree, it is a he. he has long arched pointy tail feathers. Taking him back tomorrow! What is an easter egger versus an americana? I thought Americanas WERE ee's.

 

[cashdl]

Pinkwindsong,

Here is a good example of roo coloring. This is what I am talking about when I say red on the wings.

And this is the female version of him.

Here is another roo. It is hard to tell on this one but if you look at his wing, you can see a definate darker red accross his wing bow. I love this birds color.

Here is a good one of a blue breasted red roo. See the red on his wings.

A patchwork colored bird like this one is also a really good indication of roo. Notice how the red is splotched in there on the wings. I so wanted this to be a pullet.

Here is a pullet same age and the girl version of the above bird

Look at the wings on these adult roos and you can start to see why a different color on the wing bow is an indication of roo.

A roo and hen - two versions of similar color

A duckwing roo and then the the duckwing hen

Now I am doing showing off some of my birds, I hope that explains visually roo colors and indicators.


Lanae

 

[Illia]

Nope, that's a common thing hatcheries like to confuse people with.


Easter Eggers are basically mutts. They're green/blue and sometimes brown egg layers who do not fit the standard or are not purebred to be Ameraucanas or Araucanas. They're commonly sold under those names though, but are usually recognized by their green legs, mispelling of the name Ameraucana, or the hens' brown color and the roosters' black and white color.

Ameraucanas are a purebred breed, only come in 8 recognized colors, have gray legs, should only lay blue eggs, and are seldom to rarely found for sale locally. Most Ameraucanas, in the common colors, are solid black, solid blue, or Wheaten (light brown) in color.

 

[SteveH]

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Spelling Ameraucana with an i often means its an EE. Like yourself, the seller might not know the difference........................... hatcheries carefully word their description of them, no matter how they spell it, so if carefully reading the information they provide you will know they are not selling Ameraucanas once you become acquainted with the characteristics of the breed.

 

[cashdl]

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There are so many threads that address this issue, I will try to do it nicely and easily. An Ameraucana is a recognized breed by the American Poultry Association. It has white skin - therefore slate or bluish legs only, limited colors and they breed true from generation to generation, It has a beard and muffs.

An EE is a mixed breed bird that usually has yellow skin ( 90%) of the time and therefore has green or willow legs. Thats is the first indication it is a mix. Most EEs carry the blue egg gene and have a pea comb, however some do not. Just part of being a mixed breed. The beard and muffs are dominant and can show up for many generations and causes much confusion with people thinking they have a purebred when they don't. The EE does not meet the standard of perfection for any breed as set out by the American Poultry Society.

There is alot of debate over it and the general concensus amoung breeders is, If you have to ask if yours is one, It isn't. Hatcheries and feeds stores do not carry the Ameraucana. You can only get them from an Ameraucana breeder, however there are alot of people out there breeding EEs and saying they have Ameraucanas so there is alot of tension surrounding the whole EE versus Ameraucana issue.

Lanae

 

[Illia]

Well put Lanae!

 

[cflaxy]

Yes, Well put! I am very new to this and did not know much about the breed.

I am mainly looking for excellent layers so I don't really care if they are purebred, mutts or whatever. I just want lots of nice big eggs. Although I would love a roo, I cannot have one because law here says no roos in city limits! ;P My Wyandotte hen attacked this poor roo with a vengance today as I put him out in the yard!! Oh well. One of these days I will end up with 6 hens!! Haha My original flock was supposed to be 2 barred rocks, 2 white leghorns a black sexlink and a golden sexlink... all hens. Come to find out, I ended up with a BR cockrel, a golden seabright bantam instead of a golden sexlink and now I possibly have a leghorn roo!!! Grrrr.....

 

[Countrypunk92]

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Sweet, that's just plain gorgous. I'll have to post a pic of my golden/black EE. She's also bearded.

 

[SteveH]

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Your EEs will likely suit you better than Ameraucanas because Ameraucanas are not known to be good layers of large eggs.

 

[dretd]

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You should show them off--they are very beautiful! Also good examples since there are not that many of them out there. Love the Duckwing roo!