i got some eggs from a lady uppose to be americana. came from mcmurry.my babies have yellow feet and no muffs the eggs were greenish blue what happened can these be americiana.thanks for your help
Yup, MMH sells mutts labeled as americauna/aracuana, but they are really EEs. Nice birds nonetheless. Mine lay pretty blue eggs.
Gerald you have to be really careful when buying ameraucanas. SOOOO many people sell ee's as ameraucanas and they are NOT.
That would be new! I used to call all green egg layers Aruacanas until I read Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds. Then I called them Ameraucanas. Finally I realized my mistake and started calling them Easter Eggers. I'm not ashamed to call my chickens mutts!
A lot of people just don't know the difference. She was probably not trying to con you, she probably believes they are Ameraucanas or Araucanas because that's what the hatcheries call them (a sore subject with the dedicated breeders.) In truth, the hatcheries did mix some blood of production type breeds in with their stock to create a hybrid that is beautiful and a better layer. We generally refer to the hatchery stock as EEs. EE's can be anything! Your babies might lay green, blue, olive, pink or brown eggs. It will be a surprise!
