EE or Ameraucana???

[mom-to-5]

Ok, I know this has been brought up so many times but I honestly don't understand it all since I am new to chickens. Do I have an Easter Egger or an Ameraucana? Here are some pics of her and the beautiful blue egg she laid for the first time today
I got her from a local breeder sold as an Ameraucana but I understand that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Congratulations on that first egg! That is a beautiful color! She looks like an Easter Egger. Easter Eggers are usually mixed breed birds that have Ameraucana or Araucana in their ancestry and (hopefully) lay blue/green eggs, they often have beards and cheek puffs and peacombs. Ameraucana and Araucana are breeds of chickens have to meet a physical breed standard that includes feather color as well as various other features, ie the Ameraucana only has eight recognized colors. You can have a bird from ten generations of Ameraucana and if it is the wrong color or something it is then considered an Easter Egger. Here is a nice FAQ page from the Ameraucana website http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html

 

[mom-to-5]

Thank you!!! I love her regardless of what she is but was curious. And the egg I got from her today was a wonderful addition to the carton!!