blue ameracauna?????

[kennedyscochins]

First, let me say I only raise cochins, so i have no experience with the other breeds. I decided one day to buy 2 dozen eggs from gabbard farms off ebay. Of the 24, only 10 developed. Of those 10, 2 have fully hatched. Both of the ones that have hatched were labeled blue ameracauna. I assume they are EE's because it's so hard to find true aracauna's. My question is this:

The first one that hatched is definitely blue with slate?? colored legs. The second one is completely yellow with pink/orange legs and looks nothing like an EE but it did come from a light blue/green egg. Could this still be an EE? I will take pics but the yellow one is still in the incubator drying, so it may be a while before I get pics up.

 

[juliechick]

Well, Gabbard Farms sells both Blue Ameraucana eggs and Easter Egger eggs. Maybe the one that hatched the yellow chick was mislabled.

 

[punky rooster]

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they only have hatchery stock so if you buy from then they will be EE

 

[kennedyscochins]

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Do EE's have pink legs though? Or, are you saying it is not an EE or an ameraucana? It did come from a blue/green egg.

 

[pips&peeps]

It could also be a splash chick. (ETA: usually splash chicks have slate legs, the toes could be pink, but the leg should be slate.)

I haven't heard good things about the quality of birds produced from there. There was another thread about it, but I imagine it got removed because of the negativity.

 

[kennedyscochins]

pips&peeps :

It could also be a splash chick.

I haven't heard good things about the quality of birds produced from there. There was another thread about it, but I imagine it got removed because of the negativity.

Yeah, I saw that thread and as I was reading it, I got sick to my stomach thinking that I had bought eggs from there. I have only raised cochins, but since my husband built me a second coop, I thought I would go for different breeds in that coop just for variety. So, I ordered the assortment from them. I should have checked here first for reviews! Anyway, I'll go take pictures so you all can help me figure out what this chick actually is!​

 

[FlashPointFarm]

They can, since EE's are mutts that have a possibility of laying blue/green eggs.

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Do EE's have pink legs though? Or, are you saying it is not an EE or an ameraucana? It did come from a blue/green egg.

 

[kennedyscochins]

Here are some pics:

This is the one that looks like what i think of as an EE:

This is the one in question:

 

[punky rooster]

they are all EE not pure Americana there was a thread about gabbard farms saying that all her stock is from hatcheries
they should be very pretty though!

punky