Don't "kill" the messenger

[thechickenchick]

Thank you Hooligan!

Im on it!

 

[Harley's girl]

I bought Americaunas, and I told a lady ( at the fair where she had her own chickens nopt Americcaunas) that I have some and she came undone on me!!!

saying no they are called Arucaunas!!!! and they are all the same thing!!! She kinda went a little nuts on me! I now have EE too. They are not pure breed! I don't mine I still love them just as much as the others!!! I tell people I have both now

 

[SusanJoM]

pips&peeps :

Why do the people get so angry when they are told they do not have ameraucanas?????

There is nothing wrong with easter eggers, they have many qualities others do not.

Ameraucanas are a pure breed and they do have a "standard" to conform to.

Are they mad because they were duped?

Are they mad because they were corrected?

By stating a mere fact without emotional bias or intending malice make me a bad person?​

 

[eggzettera]

I liked this thread.... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=25748

 

[patandchickens]

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LOL... Ameraucana is completely made-up too, you know...

I will agree it has less of a cutesy-pootsy sound to it than EE, though. OTOH, since EEs are not a breed as such, you can just call them whatever you want. How about "Bearded Full-rumped South American". Hm, that sounds too much like a circus sideshow act

I am sure you could think of something suitable though.

Oh, hey, what about pretending that "EE" is a *word*? Pronounced "Ee-yee". Now THAT sounds exotic!

Pat, who would really like some EEs if they were decent layers, but is content to put that off til some future year, to have something to look forward to

 

[thechickenchick]

I did what you said Hooligan and wow! I still have more to read but here is a few interesting things I learned. One site says they lay blue eggs, another says green eggs. One site says they are the same as EES. The other says Ameraucannas are the American version of Araucanas. They are both recognized as a breed of their own though. Also you were right about rumplessness and muffs, tufts and beards. As mine are not mature yet it is still hard to tell. So far all I see is tufts and they are shaped a little different, more like a pheasant body. However they do have rump feathers but not like the rest. They are pretty short and tight. I am guessing I have EEs! Or just mutts! Thats ok so are all of my cats and dogs! I will keep reading. Thanks again for your help!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Pat, I love "Bearded Full-Rumped South American"! Can I be a Non-Bearded Full-Rumped North American?

 

[fowltemptress]

If you want a more exotic sounding name, you could always use the term Americana. I know if you were selling the birds it would be best to use EE, because customers couldn't see the different spellings, and I doubt most would realize the difference if they did see it.

Araucanas are the ones with the feathers growing out of the ears, which I think is stupid looking, but that's just me. I've never seen one, personally, and I've only seen real Ameraucanas at shows. I believe I read that Ameraucanas were developed to get a chicken that lays the green/blue eggs without the lethal gene that Araucanas have. In Europe they have Araucanas with tails, but I don't know if this is the same breed of chicken or a version of it they developed and accepted in their standard.

I hatched out a group of EEs a long time ago, and though most of them were obvious mutts, I had one that actually looked exactly like an Ameraucana. I knew she was a mutt, but I doubt most people could have been able to tell. She was a doll, and I couldn't have loved her more had she actually had a fancy breed name.

 

[Wooden_Pony]

Pat, who would really like some EEs if they were decent layers, but is content to put that off til some future year, to have something to look forward to

Now I am confused I have EE's and I get from them every day an egg from them all.

Is it said somewhere they are not "decent layers?"

 

[patandchickens]

Sorry BlueBloomers, I did not word that clearly...

...what I mean is, I would like some EEs someday *but only from a line that lays well* (there seems to be substantial variation, some people have EEs that clock out an egg most days, others much less than that).

Better?

Pat