EE (I think)

[ssgreer1]

We bought these 3 at a poultry sale. They said it was 2 girls & 1 boy. They said they were Americanas (sp?) & if I remember correctly that is same as Easter Eggers. Can you tell me for sure breed & gender I my pics are good enough.

 

[SA Farm]

It does look like a male and two females to me.
This is what I understand of EEs, etc.

Ameraucana
Americana, Amaroucana, Emerikana... no, it's Ameraucana. The standard blue-green egg layer, the breed that's rocking the backyard flocks everywhere with it's lovely disposition and beautiful eggs.
The breed originated in the USA in the 1970's when project breeders wanted a standard sized breed that layed blue-green eggs. They used Araucana and standard breeds to create the Ameraucana, that would productively produce and lay large sized eggs. They come in a wide variety of colours, and always carry the "chipmunk" cheeks and muffs, and have blue-grey skin. They have no comb, which makes them great for cold weather. This is a pure-breed, not a mix.

Araucana
People always think that the Ameraucana and Araucana are the same breed. They simply are not. The Araucana originated hundreds of years ago in Chile, and where slowly introduced to other Spanish colonies and cross-bred to eventually create the Ameraucana. The Araucana are rumpless and have feathers that stick off the cheeks like protruding ears. They are smaller in size, and lay blue-tinted eggs.

Easter-Eggers
Easter-Eggers are mixed breeds, a combination of an Ameraucana and any other breed. They often carry the characteristics of Ameraucana with the puffy cheeks and occasionally sporting muffs. The typically lay more green or tinted eggs in a variety of colours, hence "Easter-Egger". F2 birds almost always lay green eggs, where as the first cross generation lay anything from pink to green-blue eggs. The colors depend on the breeding combination, and many many crosses can be found. Like any hybrid, this breed is less prone to decease and genetic problems.

 

[ssgreer1]

Oh wow thanks, Kathryn. It makes a bit more sense now. So are these Ameraucana or EE?

 

[ssgreer1]

Here is a close up on 1 to see breed better

 

[SA Farm]

I would say Ameraucana.

 

[Pele]

Your information is very close to the mark, but Ameraucanas do not come 'in a wide variety of colors". In fact, that is one of the key ways you can tell if you are dealing with an EE or a purebred Ameraucana. They only come in a finite number of approved colors: Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten, and White.

SSgreer1, your bird is an EE because it is not one of the approved Ameraucana colors that define the breed.

For more very useful information and definitions of the three commonly confused classes of birds, visit www.ameraucana.org.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Definatly an EE. Not an Ameraucana. There are 8 accepted colors for ameraucanas: blue, black, white, buff, brown red, silver, wheaten, and blue wheaten. And it isnt any of these varites.You can go to the ameraucana breeders website to look at pics of these varites, but i am absolutley 100% they are EEs. EE Also EEs an Ameraucanas are NOT the same.EEs are part ameraucana and are suppose to resemble them. But they wont bred true like ameraucanas and EEs dont always lay blue eggs they can also lay green, pink and so on. I could go on with more similarities and difference but I will stop there. But If you want I can List more.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Ha Ha I just realized that me and Pele pretty much typed the same thing. Oh well hoped it helped.

 

[SA Farm]

Your information is very close to the mark, but Ameraucanas do not come 'in a wide variety of colors". In fact, that is one of the key ways you can tell if you are dealing with an EE or a purebred Ameraucana. They only come in a finite number of approved colors: Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten, and White.

SSgreer1, your bird is an EE because it is not one of the approved Ameraucana colors that define the breed.

For more very useful information and definitions of the three commonly confused classes of birds, visit www.ameraucana.org.

Thanks for the information. I'll add that to my files

 

[ssgreer1]

And This is why I ask here...YOU GUYS ROCK!! So they are EEs.

Now can anyone tell me by my crappy pics, who's the Rooster?