That's what I said: It's the offspring of any blue egg layer and any brown egg layer. The blue egg layer used is usually an Araucana or an Ameraucana (although any chicken with the blue egg gene can be used)
Which I why I used the spelling Amer I cana. I also added Easter Egger in parentheses. I am also fully aware they are not a breed unto themselves, but a mixture, a "mutt".
I never said nor implied they were Ameraucanas. or Araucanas. I just prefer the name Americana to "Easter Egger" and I'm sure I spell it with the i.
You very definitely know the difference between Ameraucana, Araucana, Easter Egger, and Amer-I-cana. I think the point was being made that there are too many newbies out there that aren't aware of the distinction -- so when they read or hear us say "Amer-I-cana" they don't immediately understand the distinction from "Amer-au-cana" and continue being oblivious to any difference until newbies come onto a site like BYC, or a breeders' assn, etc. Years back I believe the hatcheries identified EEs as Amer-I-canas getting away with the different spelling to sell their multi-colored EEs. If we stop using "Amer-I-cana" as an Easter Egger identification then one day the money-hungry hatcheries and unscrupulous or ignorant breeders will not pass off their Amer-I-canas as "Amer-AU-canas." Nothing is meant derogatory I don't believe toward you by @junebuggena but Amer-AU-cana breeders have had a few decades of fighting the discrepancies and take pride about the difference between Ameraucanas and Amer-I-cana/Easter Eggers. Maybe 50 yrs from now it will all be settled but I understand where breeders are coming from wanting to make sure the "Amer-I-cana" word is not used for Easter Eggers. Some hatcheries still sneak the word into their Easter Egger descriptions. It would be good to boycott purchases from them. For a while I was confused by the U.K. calling their Ameraucanas as "Ar-AU-canas" until I read an extensive history about why there was a difference between the USA Araucanas, Ameraucanas, and U.K.'s Araucanas. There's a long history about these breeds and was a contentious period during APA acceptance back in the '70's and '80's. Kinda reminds me of the turn-of-the-century disagreements about what the standard should be for Dominiques (straight comb or rosecomb) until the arguing groups split and one got their straight comb birds APA accepted as Plymouth (Barred) Rocks and the Doms were APA accepted as their own separate breed even though they basically came from the same birds. More than a century later there still arises confusion with newbies that don't see a difference between Dominiques or Barred Rocks. Sigh --- poor newbies that feel picked on for calling EEs as Americana or Araucana as I surmise the confusion will go on for quite a few more decades as it did with the BRs and Doms.
(No, I didn't actually do that... But after collecting eggs one morning I did notice a similarity....whoops! Heehee)
