Black Ameraucana or Easter Egger?

[labelo]

If the bottom of her feet are yellow, she's an EE. If white, likely an Ameraucana.
Or you can wait until she lays! Blue for Ameraucana, green for an EE. What a lucky accident--Ameraucana pullets are much pricier than Australorps.

 

[ShrekDawg]

If the bottom of her feet are yellow, she's an EE. If white, likely an Ameraucana.
Or you can wait until she lays! Blue for Ameraucana, green for an EE. What a lucky accident--Ameraucana pullets are much pricier than Australorps.

EE can lay blue too so that’s not a reliable way to tell.

 

[labelo]

EE can lay blue too so that’s not a reliable way to tell.

That is a good point--an EE could lay a blue egg, assuming no brown egg genes were in her lines--thank you for the corretion!

 

[ShrekDawg]

That is a good point--an EE could lay a blue egg, assuming no brown egg genes were in her lines--thank you for the corretion!

You’re welcome!

 

[ArElJay]

The beak, comb and legs say Ameraucana so I guess I agree with the others.

 

[SourRoses]

You had me at the feather sheen. My pure Black Ams are very shiny. I see nice full muffs, good leg color, clean pea comb.

I forget which breeder supplied Cackle with their Black Ameraucana stock, but I know we heard from them somewhere on here, some thread ago. They were a high quality line, originally. No guarantees as to how a hatchery might handle the breeding though.

 

[Bean1028]

She looks just like my 2 black ameraucana hens. I agree that the bottoms of the feet should be white, not yellow. How old is she? Those hackles look pointy...

 

[Dogle08]

She looks just like my 2 black ameraucana hens. I agree that the bottoms of the feet should be white, not yellow. How old is she? Those hackles look pointy...

She is 21 weeks

 

[Bean1028]

Another way to kind of tell is by the inside of the egg shell. Ameraucanas will have a blue shell outside & inside whereas an EE will be blue on the outside & white on the inside...

 

[Dogle08]

Another way to kind of tell is by the inside of the egg shell. Ameraucanas will have a blue shell outside & inside whereas an EE will be blue on the outside & white on the inside...

Oh wow! That’s cool! I’ll be checking as soon as she lays one!