California White or What?

[KonekoChan528]

What about her? I think shes the RI red.

 

[Michael OShay]

What about her? I think shes the RI red.

She's another Production Red, just a darker shade of red. Technically speaking there is little or no difference between Production Reds and hatchery quality RIRs and NHs as hatcheries are mainly concerned with egg production rather than meeting APA standards. If the Production Reds turn out with a darker red feathering (closer to mahogany), the hatcheries market them as RIRs. If their feathering is lighter (closer to chestnut), they market them as NHs. If the red shade is somewhere in the middle or very uneven, the hatcheries market them as Production Reds. Since this bird is of a darker red shade, she was probably marketed as an RIR.

 

[KonekoChan528]

Amaricana?

 

[KonekoChan528]

She's another Production Red, just a darker shade of red. Technically speaking there is little or no difference between Production Reds and hatchery quality RIRs and NHs as hatcheries are mainly concerned with egg production rather than meeting APA standards. If the Production Reds turn out with a darker red feathering (closer to mahogany), the hatcheries market them as RIRs. If their feathering is lighter (closer to chestnut), they market them as NHs. If the red shade is somewhere in the middle or very uneven, the hatcheries market them as Production Reds. Since this bird is of a darker red shade, she was probably marketed as an RIR.

Thank you!

 

[junebuggena]

Amaricana?

Easter Egger

 

[Toddrick]

Easter Egger

It looks a lot like a Brown Red Ameraucana.

 

[junebuggena]

It looks a lot like a Brown Red Ameraucana.

No it does not. http://ameraucana.org/gallery.html#_self This is a link to the Ameraucana Breeder's Club gallery. It shows what each color is supposed to look like. The pullet in question is a pretty typical Easter Egger color.

 

[Toddrick]

No it does not. http://ameraucana.org/gallery.html#_self This is a link to the Ameraucana Breeder's Club gallery. It shows what each color is supposed to look like. The pullet in question is a pretty typical Easter Egger color.

Either way it is very pretty! This is one of the links that made me think it looked like the Brown Red.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/735608/the-ameraucana

 

[junebuggena]

That example of a brow red hen has green legs, making it an Easter Egger. Brown Reds are very rare. Further posts on that thread state that the Brown Red example is not Ameraucana at all. Brown Red hens should be black with gold/brown on the hackles. They look like black sexlinks.

 

[Toddrick]

That example of a brow red hen has green legs, making it an Easter Egger. Brown Reds are very rare. Further posts on that thread state that the Brown Red example is not Ameraucana at all. Brown Red hens should be black with gold/brown on the hackles. They look like black sexlinks.

Thanks for clearing that up. Where the heck do all these EE's come from when it seems like no one ever has a regular Ameraucana?