Do I have all EE"s???? (lots of pics)

[Peregrine]

What a beautiful bird! Lovely multicolored feathers! And what great info from everyone--thanks so much! I saw another picture of an EE roo; I think it was in the rooster contest. If I find it I'll post the link. It had the same coloration as my 3 roos--yellow with black streaks down the backs of their necks and black tails. How much importance does color play in determining if it's an EE?

 

[speckledhen]

Well, the only significance color would play is in if it is a true Ameraucana as opposed to an Easter Egger. With mixed breeds, color means almost nothing. Ameraucanas come in only 8 specific standard colors, while EEs can be any color under the rainbow. There are other traits to consider with Ameraucanas, but as far as color goes, there are only 8 of those. Yours appear to be mixed EE with maybe RIR or Production Red types.

 

[Peregrine]

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Does this mean that they won't lay colored eggs?

And how do you know if a roo is an EE if it doesn't lay eggs?

 

[speckledhen]

Most of the time, they'll have a pea comb or a modified pea comb and probably beard and muffs. It's possible you will have some brown egg layers in there. Cross a blue egglaying breed with a brown egg laying breed and you get green egg layers. If you then breed those back to a brown egg laying breed, the daughters may lay green, but some will lay brown.