for those buying ameraucana on auctions etc.....a guide

[chickenbottom]

will someone post a picture of a true ameraucana please

 

[sara]

Most certainly, you need to specifically ask if each color is separated. I've read lots of auctions that say real/pure Ameraucanas. But when you ask them they say they have several of the varieties in a pen together. Once you mix the colors they are just Easter Eggers.

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Muffs and beard on a blue ameraucana pullet:

Ameraucanas always have a tail:

Tufts on an araucana cockerel:

Tufts and rumpless.

 

[chickenbottom]

so it has to have a muff and beard and a tail to be a true ameraucana

 

[speckledhen]

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Yes, as opposed to ear tufts. However, on occasion an Ameraucana will be hatched beardless, which is a fault, and should not be used for breeding.

 

[chickenbottom]

thats all looks like i have a true ameraucana its brown and cute lol

 

[peachick]

LOVING THIS TOPIC YA'LL!

no matter what you are buying ask to see a current photo. ask to see egg color and photos of the flock. You can even ask them to send you a "sample" of the egg shell. As a breeder who really cares about keepin to the standard. I personally would be impressed with anyone asking these questions. and would make sure they were happy with anything they bought from me.

Breeders have worked EXTREMELY HARD to get their pure bred chickens to breed true to the standard, for that specific color variety. Mixing colors to me is disrespecting those that dediticated their time and effort to improve the breed for the rest of us to enjoy.

 

[klf73]

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it needs to be a recognized color.

 

[klf73]

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if it came from a hatchery it's an EE.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

A recognised variety does not make the breed or break it. It can be a true ameraucana or araucana and be a non-standard variety--that is how new varieties are developed.