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[QueenBubbles]

Nevermind, just found it - it reduces the number of live chicks in a clutch. They die in the shell just before they hatch, so you can't tell until then. Makes it less cost-effective for hatcheries to have this breed, which is why EEs are readily available and pure Amauracanas are rare. Personally, I prefer with hybrid vigor over pure lines with genetic defects.

 

[hugz4all4]

Nevermind, just found it - it reduces the number of live chicks in a clutch. They die in the shell just before they hatch, so you can't tell until then. Makes it less cost-effective for hatcheries to have this breed, which is why EEs are readily available and pure Amauracanas are rare. Personally, I prefer with hybrid vigor over pure lines with genetic defects.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[subhanalah]

Nevermind, just found it - it reduces the number of live chicks in a clutch. They die in the shell just before they hatch, so you can't tell until then. Makes it less cost-effective for hatcheries to have this breed, which is why EEs are readily available and pure Amauracanas are rare. Personally, I prefer with hybrid vigor over pure lines with genetic defects.

This is not true, you are confusing it with another breed.

My only comment is that Easter Eggers and Ameraucanas  have no lethal gene.  The lethal gene is only for the tufts which is lethal in two copies.  Only the Araucana has tufts.   The Ameraucana is a white skinned bird, the Araucana is a yellow skinned bird.


The lethal gene is not what causes blue eggs. 


This is a trio of my Large Fowl Araucana

Lanae

 

[penella22]

Beautiful Aracaunas! And yes, that is my understanding too--that Aracaunas are the ones that have the lethal gene. And that Ameracaunas as a breed were created because people wanted to keep the egg color without the lethal gene.

I just got eight chicks from Meyer Hatchery. All arrived in fantastic shape! (One developed pasty butt on the first day, otherwise they have all been very healthy.)

I ordered two Ameracaunas, not Easter Eggers, and Meyer offers both Easter Eggers and Ameracaunas. I've heard that all hatcheries sell Easter Eggers, not true Ameracaunas...I'm wondering how you can tell? The two I have are both "Blue Ameracaunas", but obviously you get varying degrees of 'blue.' I have one that is a splash I think? Almost all white. The other has a dark back, and lighter wings. Both have the muffs (is that the right term?) i.e. they have little chipmunk cheeks, are really puffy right below their eyes. I have a Blue Orpington as well, and can tell her apart not only by her color but but the lack of those fuzzy cheeks.

Both my "Ameracaunas" have blue/pink legs. They are 10 days old roughly. Here's a video of all the chicks from a few days ago. You can see the Ameracaunas in there- the lightest one facing the camera, and then the one with the darker back and lighter wings moves around some. What do other people with more experience think? Do I in fact have Easter Eggers?

 

[QueenBubbles]

This is not true, you are confusing it with another breed.

You are right - it was the Aracaunas with the tufts. My bad.
So are EEs and Amauracanas the same hybridization ?

 

[subhanalah]

You are right - it was the Aracaunas with the tufts. My bad.
So are EEs and Amauracanas the same hybridization ?

an EE is a bird that somewhere in its lineage a blue egg layer. That could be Auraucana or Ameraucana.

 

[enola]

Crested cream legbars and Arkansas blues also lay blue eggs. As do a few more breeds from South America.

 

[subhanalah]

Crested cream legbars and Arkansas blues also lay blue eggs. As do a few more breeds from South America.

leg bars come from Araucanas. I've been told it was the Ameraucana that comes from South America, but I've always questioned that. I really need to look it up, unless someone else with the knowledge would be gracious enough to share with us here.