Can purebred black ameraucanas have any white on them?

[saving grace]

So, I got 20 easter eggers about 10 weeks ago from a hatchery that also sells pure black and blue ameraucanas (who knows if this is true, though.) One cockerel in the whole batch looks like a purebred ameraucana, I very much doubt he actually is, but he has all the characteristics. He has a pea comb, black legs with a little white on the bottom of his feet, muff and beard, and he is completely black except for a little bit of white in his beard and muffs. Does this mean he is just an easter egger or could he actually be an ameraucana? It doesn't matter to me if he is purebred or not, I'm just curious.

Here are some pics!

You can see the rings of white in this bottom photo.

One last question: if this one chick looks so much like an ameraucana, do you think the hatchery is really selling pure ameraucanas?

Thanks!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

He’s fine. It’s not impure because of a few tiny flecks.

 

[Percheron chick]

There are hatcheries that sell blue, black and splash Ameraucanas. Cackle, Meyer and McMurray are ones off the top of my head but there are others. They all got their seed stock from top breeding programs. Their biggest problem is they don't cull breeders ruthlessly like an individual would so small undesirable traits start creeping in. The white will probably disappear after his first major molt.

 

[saving grace]

There are hatcheries that sell blue, black and splash Ameraucanas. Cackle, Meyer and McMurray are ones off the top of my head but there are others. They all got their seed stock from top breeding programs. Their biggest problem is they don't cull breeders ruthlessly like an individual would so small undesirable traits start creeping in. The white will probably disappear after his first major molt.

Thanks! I'll probably buy some ameraucanas from them in the future.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

So, I got 20 easter eggers about 10 weeks ago from a hatchery that also sells pure black and blue ameraucanas (who knows if this is true, though.) One cockerel in the whole batch looks like a purebred ameraucana, I very much doubt he actually is, but he has all the characteristics. He has a pea comb, black legs with a little white on the bottom of his feet, muff and beard, and he is completely black except for a little bit of white in his beard and muffs. Does this mean he is just an easter egger or could he actually be an ameraucana? It doesn't matter to me if he is purebred or not, I'm just curious.

Here are some pics!
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You can see the rings of white in this bottom photo.
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One last question: if this one chick looks so much like an ameraucana, do you think the hatchery is really selling pure ameraucanas?

Thanks!

How does he look now?

 

[saving grace]

How does he look now?

He's 17 weeks old in this picture. He has a little red in his neck feathers and a bit of white near his comb. Those colors have already faded a lot though. I'm extremely happy with him. He's such a well behaved rooster.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

He's 17 weeks old in this picture. He has a little red in his neck feathers and a bit of white near his comb. Those colors have already faded a lot though. I'm extremely happy with him. He's such a well behaved rooster.
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Not pure. Look at that comb!

 

[cherrynberry]

Not pure. Look at that comb!

Modified pea possibly

 

[cherrynberry]

He's 17 weeks old in this picture. He has a little red in his neck feathers and a bit of white near his comb. Those colors have already faded a lot though. I'm extremely happy with him. He's such a well behaved rooster.
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Still beautiful though!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Modified pea possibly

Yes…it is, but his leakage, faulty comb, and incorrect body shape make him clearly impure.