Americauna

[beth1004]

Is he an americauna? Also, how is it actually spelled?

 

[Acre4Me]

He looks like a mix- an Easter Egger type. He’s got the beard. But legs seem light (look a bit greenish in pic), where they should be slate to black color. The comb should be a pea comb, and his doesn’t look like a compact pea comb, but pics aren’t very clear.

the breed is spelled ”Ameraucana”. If it is spelled with an “i” instead of the “au”, that is a clue it is not the actual breed “Ameraucana”

 

[Folly's place]

He's an Easter Egger, very handsome, and not an Ameraucana. You can look up the Ameraucana breed club to see what they are like.
Mary

 

[Gray Farms]

Some hatcheries call them Americaunas and some actually call them Easter Eggers. They are all the same thing, Easter Eggers. They deliberately miss spell Ameraucana to mislead consumers. True Ameraucanas can actually be hard to find. 99% of hatchery Ameraucanas are actually Easter Eggers. Not that I am trying to "put down" Easter Eggers. The simple fact is that people are not buying what they think they are buying.

 

[Folly's place]

Often, EEs are better egg layers than the purebreds, depending on what the particular breeder is selecting for. Looks over egg production?
Mary

 

[Gray Farms]

Often, EEs are better egg layers than the purebreds, depending on what the particular breeder is selecting for. Looks over egg production?
Mary

Very true

 

[beth1004]

I have Easter Eggers that I’ve hatched but was hoping for an Ameraucana rooster to go with my hens. I knew he didn’t look like my hens so that is why I wondered.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Agree 100% with others that he is a mixed Easter egger.

If you want a true Ameraucana, I agree with Mary to go to the Ameraucana Breeders Club website and familiarize yourself with the correct colors and shapes of a true Ameraucana.

Then you will need to track down a responsible breeder.

You absolutely won't find any true Ameraucana from a hatchery.

Why do you care? It is all about the genetics, baby. A true Ameraucana will have 2 blue genes to provide all offspring with a single blue shell gene which means 100% of the offspring (daughters) will lay bluish-greenish eggs, depending on who you breed that rooster over. (white shell girls will produce offspring for bluish eggs, brown shell girls will produce offspring for greenish eggs, dark brown shell girls will produce offspring for olive eggers). ALL offspring that are not 100% Ameraucana to Ameraucana are automatically Easter Eggers.

But that's only if you are trying to develop a serious olive egger or easter egger program. You can totally get there, just with a bit more effort, if you breed from an EE rooster. You have to assume that *hopefully* the EE rooster has a single blue gene (he may not if he is a hybrid of hybrids). You have to test breed him over the first generation to see if any of the daughters lay blue/green. THEN you go from there.

Line breeding back to the EE will secure your blue line IF you carefully select only blue-green layer daughters and breed back to the established EE rooster. In about 2 generations you can get back to double blue genes, but you will have some brown layers in between.

So THAT's why people want the true Ameraucanas. Because you know what's under the hood especially with a rooster without all the test breeding.

And that's why people mask EE's and Ameraucanas....it's all about the color blue.

Have fun with your rooster. Your girls honestly won't care one way or the other as long as he is sweet with them.

LofMc

 

[featherhead007]

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They look like smart birds! I'm glad they chose you!

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

It’s definitely a boy, but I don’t think it’s an Easter Egger.