Diffences Between EEs, Ameraucanas, and Araucanas

[Roxannemc]

A trueAmercauna lays only bkue eggs An EE from what ive read onBYC is a cross of any other breed and an Amercauna or Arcauna.An EE can laygreen olive blue any cokor depending on what genes it gets from the non Amercauna.The link someone put up a few reply back might explain

 

[Chantecler7]

You wrote, "~~then . moving on a question I have appullet who may be a pureLav Am or may be anEE with a Pure lav Am dad.She seem to have all the traits of my LAMs .If shes an EE her mother would be a Light Brahma and her build is small and narrow like my LAMs not round like the LB which leads me to someone on here said if a bird has all the certain breed traits then it is concidered that breed.TO me that means it may be 2 breeds and yet be concidered pure.True?"


Response: If her mother were a Light Brahma, she would not be lavender in color, and she would have partial leg feathering.
So if she looks like a Lavender Am, that is what she is out of. Too easy.

 

[Angelray]

Could you folks help me determine if I have all EE's? None are laying yet.

This is Liberty, she was hatched around 6/8 and has muffs & slate feet

And this is America, hatched around 7/1 with clean face & slate feet. She does have the big eyes!

This is my youngest only 7 weeks. Looks like she has muffs & slate feet but coloring is different than the other 2.

Thanks for your help!!

 

[Chantecler7]

Looks like EE's to me. They have some Ameraucana traits, but their coloring is not recognized for the Ameraucana breed.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I'm probably going to get fried for this, but I ordered ameraucanas from mcmurray hatchery. Are they really EEs?? Not that I mind. Im just curious.
Thanks
D'Angelo

 

[Chantecler7]

Last time I checked they could not even spell Ameraucana. That should give anyone a clue as to what they really sell.

 

[Angelray]

I'm probably going to get fried for this, but I ordered ameraucanas from mcmurray hatchery. Are they really EEs?? Not that I mind. Im just curious.
Thanks
D'Angelo

Hatchery chicks are almost always mixed to make them more hardy & by doing so you get EE's. You will probably get eggs more on the greenish side, rather than blue, due to the other breeds brown egg trait. You can find true Ameraucana but only through a private breeder.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Thanks...

 

[Angelray]

I have a new hen thats supposed to be a Ameraucana, but since she lays brown eggs...EE. She is gorgeous tho, solid black, with those pretty green highlights. She has a black comb & muff, also black eyes & feet that are slightly feathered & 5 toes! My new favorite bird! I named her Ebony. I will share pix later today!

 

[NRML]

Hi-- I am hoping an expert on here could help. I bought three "Ameraucana" chicks who are now about three months old. I never questioned that they were true Ameraucanas until I posted their photos elsewhere on the forums (to confirm their genders) and got told otherwise. (It didn't help the stupid autocorrect on my tablet changed the breed name to "Americans" and "Americanas" LOL Unfortunately, I think I gave the impression I was completely incompetent to some of the people responding to my post. My previous posts-- on other threads--I spelled the name correctly; the people who bred these birds spelled the names correctly... it was just an honest mistake... oh well...)

Anyway...here is what I was told:

"At 3 months of age, I would say all pullets except for the white splash/or lavender EE...need to see more body... That bird is not an Americana, there is no such breed, and not an Ameraucana as there is no white splash or lavender color in the strict breed standards for Ameraucana."

And from the same poster:

"Your blue birds might be Ameraucana as there is a blue color standard but they appear a bit lighter. If they are not according to Ameraucana standards, then they would be called Easter Eggers too. If the place you got them at presented them as Americanas, they are all probably Easter Eggers as they will not be pure enough or on standard to be Ameraucanas as those who take the time to breed to standard know what to call them and how to spell it. All of that just so you know. I think they are all pretty birds and you will have a lot of fun with them...but someone will eventually correct you if you call them Americanas."

I appreciate them telling me this information, but now I am completely confused. I realize that the splash color is not recognized as one of the eight colors for Ameraucanas in the standard. How should I refer to the splash--is he EE or just a nonstandard Ameraucana? What about the solid ones.... is the above poster right that they are too light to be Ameraucanas?

The parents of these birds were from here: http://www.padillas-peeps.com/theameraucanas.html

Obviously, I have never bred this birds so I cannot say whether they breed true (although I never questioned that they would--until now--because all their relatives appeared to). I guess I should also ask, do splash Ameraucanas never breed true?

Of course, I bought them as pets (not show birds) so I am not *overly* concerned. However, it would be nice to know what I actually have since I bought them from a private breeder and not hatchery. Similarly, as someone who has always raised chickens as only family pets, I do not know much about colors or genetics of birds and it is nice to learn

Below are photos of the babies in question

Thank you!