First Amerecana egg - Its Brown!!!

[goosemama]

The first of my 5 month old Amerecana pullets has begun to lay - a tiny brown egg. I have one Amerecana laying for a year and her eggs are pale green and have been since the very first one. A friend shared my Amerecana chick order and she writes today they had their first egg and it was brown too. Anyone have any ideas? The shell color will not change will it? Do you think we were sold not pure Amerecana's but crosses? They sure look the part with their ear tufts etc. Anyone have similar experiences?

 

[poultryhaven]

Americaunas from hatcheries are mixed breeds (EE's)
and will vary in egg color all depending on the mix

 

[EweSheep]

Looks like you got EE's.

There are NO Amercuanas or Araucanas in hatcheries, they only have EE's.

 

[MaggieMay'sMom]

I also have Americaunas, 21 weeks. I thought my RIR rooster ( long story ) ,who has not started crowing was a hen. Now I find out Americaunas can lay brown eggs!!

Sorry, I am new to this, what is an EE?

 

[Sillystunt]

spelled Ameraucana............ They are a pure breed



ee's are when you breed an Ameraucana to another bird. They are Easter Eggers cause they can give you light brown, oink, mint or blue eggs. Making them a mixed breed

 

[blueheaven]

EE is easter egger. they are grouped this way. it is a mixed breed, no 'pure' genes thus if the dominant gene is a brown layer...your americanaus isn't a pure breed.

 

[Capone]

ee;s are easter egger;s

 

[farmerlor]

Yep, you got yourself an Easter Egger there. They've taken Ameraucanas and bred them to brown layers to get the blue egg darker or green in color so this gives you a flock of multi-colored birds who lay any shade from pale pink to blue, blue-green, green or brown. You can see by my avatar that my EE little girlie was an Ameraucana bred with a Buff Orp. I have EEs who definitely have Rhode Island Red breeding and a couple of gorgeous girlies who have Black Austrolorp and some kind of splash something. Personally, I prefer the EEs but that's just me.

 

[ZepChick]

Farmerlor! yes, me too! They are so different and so colorful and lay such a beautiful egg. Love the EE's!!!!

 

[MaggieMay'sMom]

Thanks for the info.

Farmerlor your EE looks just like 2 of mine. The man I bought them from said they were wheaten ameraucana's.