junebuggena
Crowing
Most hatchery sourced Easter Eggers are not mixed breeds, at least not any more than the other breeds they carry. They just haven't been bred for any specific physical traits. Most hatcheries are breeding from stock that was established in the early 1900s. They are basically breeding the same type of birds that both the recognized Araucana and Ameraucana breeds were derived from. You have to remember that prior to the late 1970s, there were no Araucana/Ameraucana/Easter Egger distinctions made. They were ALL called Araucana, but they would have all been categorized as Easter Eggers, by current definitions.Question; is it at all possible to tell, or at least give an educated guess, of what the parentage of an Easter Egger may have been from it's feathering / comb / other physical characteristics?