Easter egger?

[Painted Calls]

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Oh that wasn’t my chicken posted in the thread earlier ,these are mine

Oh jeez. I'm sorry!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Oh okay I understand, do you happen to know if it okay to label Easter eggers as “ameraucanas” if they only lay the blue-green eggs? I ask because I’m planning to breed for chickens to lay only blue-green eggs

No. You would be mislabeling them. If I bought ameraucanas, I would want true breeding ameraucanas. EEs aren’t just off standard ameraucanas. Most are actually Easter egger x Easter egger crosses rather than first generation ameraucana crosses.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I got a gorgeous little Easter egger yesterday and’s just noticed she has 5 toes on each foot. Is that normal for an Easter egger??

I forgot to ask- did you get this chick from a hatchery? If not, a mix is much more likely.

 

[Hawks93]

Oh jeez. I'm sorry!

Oh it fine I appreciate you trying to help,

If I can ask ,do these look like ameraucana chicks?

 

[Painted Calls]

Oh it fine I appreciate you trying to help,

If I can ask ,do these look like ameraucana chicks?

To me they don't, but that breed isn't my area of specialty.

@EmmaRainboe @TheOddOneOut what do you think?

 

[Hawks93]

No. You would be mislabeling them. If I bought ameraucanas, I would want true breeding ameraucanas. EEs aren’t just off standard ameraucanas. Most are actually Easter egger x Easter egger crosses rather than first generation ameraucana crosses.

You’re right that is the problem I’m having they were sold to me as ameraucanas , but I have some doubts because of the price for them ($2.59 cent) so I’m having trouble substantiating if they are actually ameraucanas. To me they have the right colors and features but I don’t know.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

You’re right that is the problem I’m having they were sold to me as ameraucanas , but I have some doubts because of the price for them ($2.59 cent) so I’m having trouble substantiating if they are actually ameraucanas. To me they have the right colors and features but I don’t know.

They are definitely Easter Eggers. They are not pure colors.

 

[Hawks93]

They are definitely Easter Eggers. They are not pure colors.

Okay thank you , I was confused when I bought them because they had offered both Easter eggers and ameraucanas.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I


Oh that wasn’t my chicken posted in the thread earlier ,these are mine

Oh it fine I appreciate you trying to help,

If I can ask ,do these look like ameraucana chicks?

They look like classic EE x EE chicks to me. However, they are still chicks, so they may change to look more like first generation ameraucana crosses as they grow. If they’re from a hatchery it’s much more likely they’re EE x EEs.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

They look like EEs. And PLEASE no matter how upset you are that you got EEs when you bought Ameraucanas DO NOT label them Ameraucanas. That is lying. You would be no better than the person you bought them from and are just contributing to the problem.