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[gamebirdsonly]

This is what i undestand if it lays blue, green ect, and is not the standard color ect, then it is a EE.

 

[farmgirlie1031]

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Thanks. I just didn't want to get yelled at for calling mine EE's if they wouldn't be considered that. Some have the no tail feathers and the tufts on the face but they also have feathered feet I love feathered feet but they weren't suppossed to come from those eggs.

 

[Crunchie]

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I don't know enough about the silver variety to tell you for sure if that's what your hens are--the feathering does look like a silver--but what color are their legs? It's hard to tell from the photo. If they are green (willow) then you've got EEs. Your roo is not a splash, he looks like a silver. Splash is a white bird with "splashes" of blue feathers here and there. I have a pic of a splash rooster on the Ameraucana page on my web site, link in my sig. It's a bad pic, but you can get a good idea of the color from it!

I'm sure someone will come along here shortly who has more experience with silvers, etc., and can give you more information than I can.

 

[pips&peeps]

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Close, but not quite. The rooster is close to silver also, but still not quite.

 

[Promiselandfarm]

Their legs are NOT green.

Pictures can be deceiving here is the same hen in a head shot

Sorry about the butt pictures but this shows his tail feathers better.

I should also say these birds are OLD
Edited to add feather photos two hens look similar but up close look

I could take a picture of their eggs for you to see but our Rooster keeps eating them. I am going to have to build him a new pen as he can not be with others, he only likes his hens.

 

[sara]

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Green legs are not the only indicator of an easter egger, they can have any color. Green is usually the norm, but they can have slate as well.

 

[Wildsky]

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You've never seen one and yet you think it is STUPID LOOKING? How does that work?

Here is one, in case you're curious:

with her eyes closed, being sung to:

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

What color legs should an Ameracauna have?

 

[Promiselandfarm]

For those who may not know the breed characteristics, “Ameraucanas” are first and foremost BLUE EGG layers. They MUST have “pea combs”, and be bearded and muffed and tailed, and CANNOT have any tufts. They also MUST have slate blue legs, and red ear lobes (females pale). There has been a definite relationship established between the “Pea Comb” gene and the “Blue Egg” gene. Both these genes have been shown to be carried on the same chromosome, and thus closely related.

This is from the Ameraucana site.​

 

[rooster0209]

I just like knowing the truth. The eggs I started with a few were pale green and they hatched, I think I know which ones they are now at 4wks. (blondish-gold colored) The eggs were mixed breeds from a free range farm.

I now have a doz EE's I traded for in the bator. They have such a pretty green color and are quite large! I am excited to see what they look like.