Araucana tail feathers

[Flaisure]

Im trying to figure out if my little "olive" is an Araucana, Ameraucana, or an Easter Egger. I have read that Araucanas don't have tail feathers.

 

[Blackberry18]

You're correct. Aracaunas are tailless and have ear tuffs. So far, yours looks like a White Ameraucana, but post once it gets older. There's always a possibility that it's an Easter Egger (hybrids that still contain the blue egg gene) but it's rare to see a pure white one. I'm thinking White Ameraucana for now. Where'd you get it?

 

[Flaisure]

My mom got them from a hatchery in Idaho. She gave me 4. I ended up getting olive, 2 brown leghorns, and a blue laced red Wyandotte bantam. I'm new at all of this. Im just trying to learn as much as possible by reading online.

 

[junebuggena]

If it's from a hatchery, it's most likely an Easter Egger. Pure Ameraucana and pure Araucana are rare and cost a lot more than your average chick.

 

[Blackberry18]

If it's from a hatchery, it's most likely an Easter Egger. Pure Ameraucana and pure Araucana are rare and cost a lot more than your average chick.

Second. Most likely a White Easter Egger. Still a great breed for blue/green eggs.

 

[mymilliefleur]

If it's from a hatchery, it's most likely an Easter Egger. Pure Ameraucana and pure Araucana are rare and cost a lot more than your average chick.

X2. Our neighbors have some all white Easter eggers that look just like your chick.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Araucanas have ear tiffs and are rumpless. Ameraucanas have a beard and have a tail, but come in only a few recognized colors. They also always have black or grey legs. Easter Eggers are hybrids that carry the blue egg laying gene they are often unrecognized colors and almost always have green or willow colored legs. Yours is an Easter Egger because it is from a hatchery, has green legs, and has buff coloring developing on it's wings.

 

[enola]

Not all Araucanas have ear 'tufts'. There are 'clean faced' Araucanas.

 

[Blackberry18]

Not all Araucanas have ear 'tufts'. There are 'clean faced' Araucanas.

Checkmate. Good to know!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Looks like an Easter Egger to me, since its legs look greenish (Ameraucanas need to have blue legs).