Blue Wheaten Ameraucana rooster?

[8 Chicks 1967]

That's so crazy...I can't tell the difference! I've seen ameraucana pullets who look JUST like her... but i'm new to this! What's the dead giveaway in deciphering?

The shanks of your birds,the muffs and beards are correct. The comb is pea and also correct. The flaw is in the color patterns. The brown/red leakage is one on the pullet and the Cockerel dosen't follow any specific color combination of any full Ameraucana breed. Very nice birds however.

They should be first gen as they have slate shanks and no willow present. Your pullet should lay Green/blue eggs but, a rare few lay pinkish.

 

[Glitterchicks]

The shanks of your birds,the muffs and beards are correct. The comb is pea and also correct. The flaw is in the color patterns. The brown/red leakage is one on the pullet and the Cockerel dosen't follow any specific color combination of any full Ameraucana breed. Very nice birds however.

They should be first gen as they have slate shanks and no willow present. Your pullet should lay Green/blue eggs but, a rare few lay pinkish.

Thanks!!! I usually get the answer "well, since you bought her from a hatchery..." but you are the first person who has explained the actual breed characteristics vs EE traits..

I'm wondering if I bred her with an ameraucana rooster, if I'd end up getting a more true breed. I know nothing about this so this could be a ridiculous thought.

 

[8 Chicks 1967]

Thanks!!! I usually get the answer "well, since you bought her from a hatchery..." but you are the first person who has explained the actual breed characteristics vs EE traits..

I'm wondering if I bred her with an ameraucana rooster, if I'd end up getting a more true breed. I know nothing about this so this could be a ridiculous thought.

It gets tiresome to a point. The correct answer is yes but, you would not want to start with a mix breed parent. I've seen pure breed owners just have cockerels and pullets with small amounts of leakage and pull their hair out trying to Cull (which I hate) and trace back lineage to get the flaw out.

It would suit you better just to enjoy your birds. My Farria and Easter Egger is my best girl and sitting on 8 Swedish Flower eggs now. She is like a dog with feathers..lol.

We get caught up too much sometimes with pure. Unless "Show Birds" is what you are after, it's not worth it.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

That's so crazy...I can't tell the difference! I've seen ameraucana pullets who look JUST like her... but i'm new to this! What's the dead giveaway in deciphering?

Thanks!!! I usually get the answer "well, since you bought her from a hatchery..." but you are the first person who has explained the actual breed characteristics vs EE traits..

I'm wondering if I bred her with an ameraucana rooster, if I'd end up getting a more true breed. I know nothing about this so this could be a ridiculous thought.

Typically the 'hatchery' answer would be right; There are very few hatcheries that sell true Ameracuana. Usually, if you see it spelled 'AmerIcana' or the description says they can lay all different colored eggs, then they're Easter Eggers w/out a doubt. I have aracuana (the rumpless blue egg layers) and two different EEs with two different breeding backgrounds. One is a hatchery EE and lays lovely mint green eggs. The other will lay blue and looks almost exactly like a black Ameraucana. Only 'almost' because she has some copper leakage on her hackle. The only reason I know she'll lay blue is that her mother was a lavender ameraucana and her father was a black breasted red araucana. So she only has blue egg genes.

Here's an article that really goes over the basics, but are the key points to each of these three breeds.

https://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2013/12/ameraucana-vs-araucana-vs-easter-egger.html

AMERAUCANAS


Ameraucanas are a pure breed that has been recognized by the APA (American Poultry Association) since 1984. They were most likely originally bred from South American blue egg laying breeds but were developed and standardized in the United States. They come in eight distinct colors including, Blue, Black, White and Wheaten, which all share these distinct Ameraucana traits:

Peacomb

Muffs and beard

Red earlobes

Tail

Blue legs

White foot bottoms

Always lay blue eggs


ARAUCANAS

Araucanas are more rare than Amerauacanas and harder to find. They are also a pure breed and have been recognized by the APA since 1976. They originated in Chile most likely and come in five colors including black, white, duckwing silver and golden. Araucanas all share these distinct Araucana traits:

Peacomb

Ear tufts (this gene is lethal to developing chicks if inherited by both parents)

Red earlobes

Rumpless (no tail)

Green or willow-colored legs

Yellow foot bottoms

Always lay blue eggs


EASTER EGGERS

Easter Eggers are not a recognized breed. They are mongrels or mutts - mixed breed chickens that do possess the blue egg gene, but don't fully meet the breed specifications of either Araucanas or Ameraucanas. They can come in any color or combination of colors and share these traits:

Any kind of comb

Muffs/beard/ear tufts or none

Any color earlobes

Tail or tail-less

Any color legs

Any color foot bottoms

Can lay blue but also sometimes lay green, tan, pink or even yellow

So if you want to be guaranteed blue egg layers, you will want to raise some Araucanas or Ameraucanas; otherwise Easter Eggers are always fun because you never know what color egg each will lay until she starts laying, and even identical-looking hens often lay varying shades of bluish or greenish eggs.

 

[Glitterchicks]

Typically the 'hatchery' answer would be right; There are very few hatcheries that sell true Ameracuana. Usually, if you see it spelled 'AmerIcana' or the description says they can lay all different colored eggs, then they're Easter Eggers w/out a doubt. I have aracuana (the rumpless blue egg layers) and two different EEs with two different breeding backgrounds. One is a hatchery EE and lays lovely mint green eggs. The other will lay blue and looks almost exactly like a black Ameraucana. Only 'almost' because she has some copper leakage on her hackle. The only reason I know she'll lay blue is that her mother was a lavender ameraucana and her father was a black breasted red araucana. So she only has blue egg genes.

Here's an article that really goes over the basics, but are the key points to each of these three breeds.

https://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2013/12/ameraucana-vs-araucana-vs-easter-egger.html

AMERAUCANAS


Ameraucanas are a pure breed that has been recognized by the APA (American Poultry Association) since 1984. They were most likely originally bred from South American blue egg laying breeds but were developed and standardized in the United States. They come in eight distinct colors including, Blue, Black, White and Wheaten, which all share these distinct Ameraucana traits:

Peacomb

Muffs and beard

Red earlobes

Tail

Blue legs

White foot bottoms

Always lay blue eggs


ARAUCANAS

Araucanas are more rare than Amerauacanas and harder to find. They are also a pure breed and have been recognized by the APA since 1976. They originated in Chile most likely and come in five colors including black, white, duckwing silver and golden. Araucanas all share these distinct Araucana traits:

Peacomb

Ear tufts (this gene is lethal to developing chicks if inherited by both parents)

Red earlobes

Rumpless (no tail)

Green or willow-colored legs

Yellow foot bottoms

Always lay blue eggs


EASTER EGGERS

Easter Eggers are not a recognized breed. They are mongrels or mutts - mixed breed chickens that do possess the blue egg gene, but don't fully meet the breed specifications of either Araucanas or Ameraucanas. They can come in any color or combination of colors and share these traits:

Any kind of comb

Muffs/beard/ear tufts or none

Any color earlobes

Tail or tail-less

Any color legs

Any color foot bottoms

Can lay blue but also sometimes lay green, tan, pink or even yellow

So if you want to be guaranteed blue egg layers, you will want to raise some Araucanas or Ameraucanas; otherwise Easter Eggers are always fun because you never know what color egg each will lay until she starts laying, and even identical-looking hens often lay varying shades of bluish or greenish eggs.

You are so helpful!
The hatchery spelled it correctly as "Ameraucana" but I agree that she is actually EE based on her less that perfect coloring.
Here's another of my pullet.

 

[8 Chicks 1967]

she is a looker...