egg colours

[joejoe2312]

hi everyone

ive only just joined this site and was hoping for some advise?
i have only had my 2 girls for just over 3 weeks now, i got them from a lovely guy who had them free range on a farmers field, but farmer wanted his field back!
anyway my 2 8yrs boys, picked a chicken each, one is a black star and really friendly girl, the other is a wyanotte a silver laced I think!
but the dilema I'm having is that although im getting 2 eggs

Im not sure whos laying what,
as one of the eggs is a light brown colour and the other is a blue/green!!
any input woud be greatly appreciated

 

[deeps]

Blue green eggs are only from EE chickens and their purebred forefathers

do you have a pic of the birds?

 

[the4heathernsmom]

one of them must be an ee if you are getting a blue/green egg!!!!

 

[Vtchicks]

does one of them have green legs? How about their earlobe color?

 

[Dutchgirl]

Definitely an Easter Egger you've got there.

They're sold as Ameracaunas, but they're not.
Be glad! You've got ready-made Easter eggs. Plus, EEs are a whole lot prettier than Ameracauanas.

 

[chickenbythesea]

I thought Americauna's were easter eggers.. there not? will someone explain this?

 

[Dutchgirl]

Quote:
Ameracaunas are purebred chickens, while Easter Eggers are apparently crossbreeds. How they are crossbred I do not know... it has not been made clear to me.
I do know that Ameracaunas are a single color, while EEs can have several variations. Mine have gray, gold, lavender, and several other colors on them. Purebred Ameracaunas will only be black, for instance. Or orange, or white....

Also, Ameracaunas only lay blue eggs. EEs lay blue OR green eggs.

 

[joejoe2312]

Well Ive had a good look at my girls, and the 1 I thought was a black star? has got a blue/grey coloured legs?
I have uploaded some pictures but cant seem to put them on my thread yet?
maybe its because im a new member?

 

[joejoe2312]

jsut thought id try copy & pasting to see if it worked on my pics

 

[Cadjien_De_Louisiane]

Yea must have a mix-breed, I know black-star lays brown or light tan, I have one myself.