Easter Eggers

[City Chicken Lady]

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There are only two shell color types, blue and white. If you crack open a brown egg, the base shell on the inside is white. If you crack open a blue or green egg, the inside shell if blue. And the blue egg gene is dominant to white. An olive egg is created by the blue egg base with the dark brown pigment overlaid on top.

Ameraucanas (the breed is spelled Ameraucana, some hatcheries call their EEs Americanas, though) and Araucanas are definitely not the same and very different. Ameraucana breed standards are for a muffed, bearded, tailed bird bird (in a nutshell, the breed standards are much more exact) while Araucanas are tufted and rumpless.

Thank you. All of that is very informative and interesting. One of my RIR/Americauna mixes has no real tail feathers. The EE looking one does have tail feathers and the other two have versions in between. One looks like a New Hamshire Red and the other looks like a RIR, really red. The one with no tail feathers also looks like a EE. All have yellow legs, though, except for the black and gold one.

 

[City Chicken Lady]

Quote:
There are only two shell color types, blue and white. If you crack open a brown egg, the base shell on the inside is white. If you crack open a blue or green egg, the inside shell if blue. And the blue egg gene is dominant to white. An olive egg is created by the blue egg base with the dark brown pigment overlaid on top.

Ameraucanas (the breed is spelled Ameraucana, some hatcheries call their EEs Americanas, though) and Araucanas are definitely not the same and very different. Ameraucana breed standards are for a muffed, bearded, tailed bird bird (in a nutshell, the breed standards are much more exact) while Araucanas are tufted and rumpless.

Thank you. All of that is very informative and interesting. One of my RIR/Americauna mixes has no real tail feathers. The EE looking one does have tail feathers and the other two have versions in between. One looks like a New Hamshire Red and the other looks like a RIR, really red. The one with no tail feathers also looks like a EE. All have yellow legs, though, except for the black and gold one.

I meant to spell it correctly. I have seen two spellings: Ameraucana and Ameracauna.

 

[blkpoodles]

im not sure how to post a pic but what about my easter egger

i hope it works

 

[blkpoodles]

kool it did, heres another shot, its hard taking a pic of him by myself, he likes to move alot

 

[pinkwindsong]

taking pics can be tricky.. he is very pretty..

 

[cashdl]

This is an Araucana. Notice the actual feathers protruding from its cheeks and the complete lack of a tail.

Another Araucana showing his glorious tufts

This is an Araucana pullet

This is Meep Meep. She is technically an EE ( my own creation ) she lays a pretty blue egg and is an combination of Polish, Ameraucana, and Araucana

Araucana have yellow skin so many of them have the vibrant green legs associated with the EE as evidenced by my pullet, but she is 100% Araucana for at least 4 generations that I am aware of.


Lanae

 

[blkpoodles]

is he an ameracauna(sp?) or just an easter egger? im not sure what to call his colors

 

[cashdl]

EE. His skin color is yellow and real Ameraucanas have white skin, so they couldn't have yellow legs.

Lanae

 

[cashdl]

Hi color is something along the lines of a Black Breasted Red with a little something else going on, but close enough to call it Black Breasted Red.


Lanae

 

[blkpoodles]

ok so black breasted red easter egger right? do they show easter eggers at fairs?