Easter Egger's and Ameraucana's = same thing

[TheOddOneOut]

So, yes, I may be trying to ruffle some feathers here. I'm bored, what can I say more.

So Ameraucana breeders/owners take pride in breeding to the SOP, which is a great thing. It preserves and promotes, what they are trying to accomplish. That being said, does anybody else smirk when they cant stand someone with an "easter egger" claiming to be an Ameraucana. Genetically it may be the exact same thing with some color leakage, etc. Why are people so anal about pointing out and claiming that someones bird is in fact an easter egger?

They are not the same thing.

 

[whiteboy]

They are not the same thing.

Or are they...

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I'd be interested to see the genetic difference between the two. I bet someone looking at the DNA only wouldn't be able to tell the difference. (I realize the the likely of the entire chicken genome isn't mapped yet, so hyptothetical)

Not true. Usually, EEs are mixed with at least one other breed. Hatcheries can‘t get their hands on the real thing to sell, so how could they have any pure birds to start with?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Or are they...

Not the majority of the time. Read my last post.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

So... my Americana is an Easter Egger. Not a big issue, I love her anyway. But people keep saying you can only get true Ameraucanas from a breeder. So where are these breeders?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

So... my Americana is an Easter Egger. Not a big issue, I love her anyway. But people keep saying you can only get true Ameraucanas from a breeder. So where are these breeders?

True dat.

 

[whiteboy]

Not true. Usually, EEs are mixed with at least one other breed. Hatcheries can‘t get their hands on the real thing to sell, so how could they have any pure birds to start with?

How could they not get the real thing to start with... most hatcheries spend big money to develope, start, or procure new breeds? Even at a cost that is prohibitive to the normal consumer.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

So are these Ameraucanas or EEs?

https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/americanas.html

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=BAMS

https://www.cacklehatchery.com/blue-ameraucana-chicken.html

 

[TheOddOneOut]

So are these Ameraucanas or EEs?

https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/americanas.html

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=BAMS

EEs. Read the whole thing.

 

[whiteboy]

So are these Ameraucanas or EEs?

https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/americanas.html

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=BAMS

In a thread last week they said the mcmurry were easter eggers. but...

"We have been breeding Ameraucanas since the 1980s — even before they were admitted into the Standard of Perfection by the American Poultry Association in 1984."

So they started breeding the line before it was even a recognized breed. Scratching my Head!