Easter Eggers or Ameraucana?

[The Turken Lady]

I agree,they're both EE's.

 

[EagleTheHenpecked]

okay, so im a little more chicken savy and im starting to notice something, as Eagle has matured, the brown on his feathers are getting bigger and so has the white on his tail and neck. I'm beginning to think that Eagle is a cross between an EE or ameracauna and a blue laced red wyandotte. i've come to the conclusion on appearance only, but im curious to find out if any of the more experienced people here find some merit to this or could even provide evidence for one way or the other. just thinking out loud here.

 

[spiritdance]

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While I understand the motivation for this comment, frankly I'm growing weary of people falling back on this rather than actually assessing the birds in question. Yes, MOST LIKELY the farm store got them from a hatchery, but that is not a certainty. You cannot know for sure that the store does not have access to a local breeder with "real" Ameracaunas. The only reason I bring this up is because this kind of blanket judgment is the sort that gets serious breeders a reputation for being "stuck up." It's presumptuous to make such comments without even looking at the birds. IMO, a more helpfu, courteous, and knowledgable response would be to look at the birds, comment on what characteristics indicate they are EEs (the roo's color, etc.), and then perhaps mention that MOST farm stores sell hatchery birds and TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE none of the commercial hatcheries have pure Ameraucanas, or at least not birds that meet breed standards. Please, let's not fuel the perception that serious breeders are arrogant and condescending...

 

[hdowden]

since those colors arent reconized in the sop those are ee's

 

[Pele]

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While I understand the motivation for this comment, frankly I'm growing weary of people falling back on this rather than actually assessing the birds in question. Yes, MOST LIKELY the farm store got them from a hatchery, but that is not a certainty. You cannot know for sure that the store does not have access to a local breeder with "real" Ameracaunas. The only reason I bring this up is because this kind of blanket judgment is the sort that gets serious breeders a reputation for being "stuck up." It's presumptuous to make such comments without even looking at the birds. IMO, a more helpfu, courteous, and knowledgable response would be to look at the birds, comment on what characteristics indicate they are EEs (the roo's color, etc.), and then perhaps mention that MOST farm stores sell hatchery birds and TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE none of the commercial hatcheries have pure Ameraucanas, or at least not birds that meet breed standards. Please, let's not fuel the perception that serious breeders are arrogant and condescending...

I personally don't feel that Stacykins was trying to sound arrogant or condescending, and it would be very good information for the OP to know if the OP were aiming to get a purebred animal. The sin is on behalf of hatcheries that they mis-lable their birds. I have actually sent information to a couple of hatcheries online, and all I ever get is a curt "Thank you for contacting us." They know that they're mis-labling, but they don't care.

I am not a breeder myself, but I often let new posters know that you cannot get an Ameraucana from a hatchery because it is the unfortunate truth. Of course, most people who are ordering from a hatchery don't have plans for showing their birds. I didn't when I ordered my EE, but my hatchery is a quality one and the bird I got is hard to tell apart by the untrained eye from a Silver Ameraucana. Sometimes I'm tempted to take her to a local fair as an Ameraucana just to see if the judges can catch it

. But I care about not perpetuating the mis-lable, so I never give in to my little shoulder devil.

 

[johnsons-r-us]

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I have heard this many times here. However, when I posted pictures months ago of my chickens that I got from our local Orschelns everyone told me I did indeed have Ameraucanas. I'm now getting one blue egg and one green egg a day. I thought everyone would say I had EE's, but they didn't. Surpised me.

 

[pips&peeps]

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I have heard this many times here. However, when I posted pictures months ago of my chickens that I got from our local Orschelns everyone told me I did indeed have Ameraucanas. I'm now getting one blue egg and one green egg a day. I thought everyone would say I had EE's, but they didn't. Surpised me.

If you go back and read your thread, you will see that those who responded agreed that your birds were easter eggers.

 

[johnsons-r-us]

pips&peeps :

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I have heard this many times here. However, when I posted pictures months ago of my chickens that I got from our local Orschelns everyone told me I did indeed have Ameraucanas. I'm now getting one blue egg and one green egg a day. I thought everyone would say I had EE's, but they didn't. Surpised me.

If you go back and read your thread, you will see that those who responded agreed that your birds were easter eggers.​

You are right! I don't know how I remembered that wrong. I didn't think I would get blue eggs from EE's. But I do

. Guess it doesn't matter then.....I was hoping for green and blue eggs and one of my girls lays blue the other green.

Sorry for the confusion on my part and thank you for the correction

 

[pips&peeps]

Both are great birds. I still have a couple ee's here.