California White or What?

[junebuggena]

She is a silver partridge type color, but she is not the same color as a silver Ameraucana. She is not an Araucana at all, they don't have muffs or beards. She is an Easter Egger.

 

[Michael OShay]

She's an Easter egger. I'm not sure there are many breeders or silver Ameraucana, and I'm sure you'd pay dearly for their stock.

She is a silver partridge type color, but she is not the same color as a silver Ameraucana. She is not an Araucana at all, they don't have muffs or beards. She is an Easter Egger.

X2 on both of the above posts. She's a very pretty Easter Egger though.

 

[KonekoChan528]

I dont get it i thought Araucanas have muffs and beards.

 

[junebuggena]

Ameraucana have muffs and beards. Araucana are rumpless and have tufts. They are two distinct breeds that hatcheries seem to confuse. Easter Eggers are usually a cross based on these two breeds and production type breeds to increase the laying rate. Hatchery Araucana/Ameraucana are technically mixed breeds that are similar to pure Ameraucana and usually lay colored eggs. Your bird closely resembles an Ameraucana, but she is a non standard color and has green legs. These features mean that she is not a pure Ameraucana, but an Easter Egger instead.

 

[KonekoChan528]

Wow thank you! Well thats what i get for shopping at TSC. Next batch ill be going to a hatchery.

 

[KonekoChan528]

The girls say thanks for helping their mama out!

 

[junebuggena]

You still won't get pure Ameraucana from most hatcheries. The best source for them is a reputable breeder that breeds strictly to standard.

 

[Michael OShay]

You still won't get pure Ameraucana from most hatcheries. The best source for them is a reputable breeder that breeds strictly to standard.

Agreed; the only hatchery that I'm aware of that sells true Ameraucanas is Meyer Hatchery which sells Blue Ameraucanas, and they charge five times more for them that they do for their Easter Eggers.

 

[donrae]

TSC gets their chicks from hatcheries, so no better luck there. You'll need to educate yourself quite a bit and track down breeders. Or be happy with Easter eggers

. Nothing wrong with them at all, they're my personal favorites.