EEs, aruacanas, and amauracanas???Confused!

[77horses]

We have a black "EE" or "Amauracana" chick who is about 7+ weeks old. The person we got her from says that she's an amauracana, but aren't they the same as EEs? So, we decided that she was an EE.
But, I just read that aruacanas have tufts on their heads. and EEs/am. have beards. Raven(our "EE" chick) has a little tuft on each side of her head, near her ears(like ear muffs) So, is she an EE, or an araucana??? Info:


Name: Raven.

Age/gender: about 7+ weeks old, female.

Body type: long shaped body, pretty long neck, tail feathers that sticks up pretty straight.

Head: Long beak(black), BIG and circle eyes(black/dark dark brown colored) Ear Tufts.*

Legs: Blueish/grayish colored*. pretty long.

Comb: Single. yellow colored.*

Feathers: black with some gray fluff feathers around legs/vent area.



Thanks!

 

[77horses]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/hinkjc/Rumpless%20Tufted%20Araucana/100_3057.jpg

(She looks similar to this hen, but she's way younger and her eyes are much much darker(doesn't have that light brown in eyes)

 

[ksacres]

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This is a two-fold dead giveaway. Ameraucanas have pea combs and white skin-meaning their combs will always be a whitish pink color before they turn red.

Congrats on your EE. I started with EE's many years ago and they are great birds. Those green eggs are what got me hooked!

 

[77horses]

the lady that we got her form told me that she would lay BLUE eggs?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/ClutchHutch/Ameraucanas/DCP_0336.jpg

OHHH!!! This Easter Egger look JUST LIKE HER! The big eyes and all...(except the one in the pic is older)

 

[ksacres]

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It's very possible that she will. With regards to egg color, EE's are a VERY mixed lot. Basic breakdown:

2 blue egg genes OR 1 blue + 1 white = blue eggs
1 blue + 1 brown = green eggs
No blue gene = no colored eggs

It's actually MUCH more complicated than that, because technically, there are ONLY two colors of egg=white and blue (no there's no brown) everything else is controlled by modifyers, not actual genes.

But, it's certainly very possible that you will get blue eggs. My first EE's-one layed a nice light green and one layed a deep blue. You just never know.

 

[77horses]

ohh I remember now! The lady said that if we mixed her with our RIR rooster(and raised the offspring) and the offspring layed eggs, the eggs would be blue!

The RIR has the gene for blue eggs.

 

[ksacres]

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Um, unless your RIR is really an EE, he doesn't have that gene. RIR are exclusively brown egg layers.
And the blue egg gene is dominant to the white egg gene-if they have it, you will see it in the eggs.

 

[swimmerchick]

Sounds like you have a Americana... Auracanas don't have tails or rumps. Also there cheek tufts are like big fluffy balls on the side of there cheeks.