Hen or Rooster?!?!

[Akrnaf2]

There's a lot of misinformation about Ameraucanas and Easter Eggers but junebuggena is 100% correct. Ameraucanas were bred out of EEs. The vast majority of EEs are not "hybrids", they're more like Ameraucanas that don't adhere to the APA standard and don't breed true.

There was/is a huge Controversy about this breed! British Araucana ,American Araucana, Americauna, no wonder you are confused.

 

[chickendreams24]

But the term Easter eggers applies to any chicken that isn't a pure breed or color variety but carries a blue egg gene usually. They are often mixed with other breeds but not always. They can be bearded and muffed or not and often have slate or willow colored legs. They also often have pea combs.

Did I mess anything up or forget anything?

Also if the Easter eggers are bred from CL they can also be created.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

That's a pullet! And junguggena is right, the Easter Egger came from the Americauna. EEs are just not carefully bred to keep up the standard. I used to have a pretty EE, that I though was an Americauna her whole life. Ever since I got on here, I have learned a ton of stuff! Including this. But actually I only understood it when I read it in a poultry book.

 

[nminusyplusm]

But in reality, most are not bred from crosses, they're EE x EE going back generations to the original stock that produced APA Ameraucanas and APA Araucanas.

But the term Easter eggers applies to any chicken that isn't a pure breed or color variety but carries a blue egg gene usually. They are often mixed with other breeds but not always. They can be bearded and muffed or not and often have slate or willow colored legs. They also often have pea combs.

Did I mess anything up or forget anything?

Also if the Easter eggers are bred from CL they can also be created.

 

[nminusyplusm]

Easter Egger came from the Americauna.

I think you meant the other way around: Ameraucanas came from EEs?

 

[nminusyplusm]

I'm not confused.

There was/is a huge Controversy about this breed! British Araucana ,American Araucana, Americauna, no wonder you are confused.

 

[junebuggena]

But in reality, most are not bred from crosses, they're EE x EE going back generations to the original stock that produced APA Ameraucanas and APA Araucanas.

Exactly. It just gets really confusing because prior to the 1970s, there simply was no distinction made between Araucana, Ameraucana, and Easter Egger. That's what seems to trip everybody up.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I think you meant the other way around: Ameraucanas came from EEs?

Yep! Wrote it wrong!

 

[Cowdoggin]

Easter Eggers are Hatchery Mutt chickens sold in 98% of ALL hatcheries. They come in a verity of colors, shapes and sizes.. but are generally about 5 to 7lbs.. and lay eggs that range from Most of the time green/blue, but can be pale pinkish, White, and brown. This is because Hatcheries breed the Ameruacana and/or the Aruacana with a wide range of Breed chickens, such as Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rock..ect, to create a chicken that lay well lays colored eggs.. and more importantly does Not have the Health issues that Aruacanas have.
(btw: there IS nothing wrong with owning E.E. as they are still a good summer time egg layer and most have pretty nice, kid friendly, temperaments)

Aruacana is a South American Chicken that was created by the Natives of Chillie..I believe.. They Require special breeding techniques to in livability of chicks when hatching.. do to genetic issues, most chicks die before they hatch. Because of this TRUE Aruacana are Very RARE, only a few know breeders in the US, 1 lives here in Middleton Id.

Ameruacana IS a True Breed of chicken that was breed from the Easter Egger and/or the Aruacana into 8 different Standard Colors, a standardize Look, lays ONLY Blue eggs. It is Recognized by the APA..American Poultry Association. Once again, MOST hatcheries do NOT Have True Ameruacana.. they have Easter Eggers. True Ameruacana Are rare and are obtained through Breeders..

Unfortunately the Hatcheries ARE selling Easter Eggers as Ameruacana and/or Aruacana.. Dunlap Hatchery here in Caldwell ID is 1 of those hatcheries, as well McMurray, Privitte, and Sand Hill Preservation Center.

You can find more info, by Looking up Aruacana, Ameruacana and Easter Egger..

 

[nminusyplusm]

Easter Eggers are Hatchery Mutt chickens sold in 98% of ALL hatcheries. They come in a verity of colors, shapes and sizes.. but are generally about 5 to 7lbs.. and lay eggs that range from Most of the time green/blue, but can be pale pinkish, White, and brown. This is because Hatcheries breed the Ameruacana and/or the Aruacana

I’m not aware of any hatchery that breeds actual Araucanas, are you? There aren’t even many hatcheries that have real Ameraucanas as opposed to mislabeled EEs. And most of those EEs are still EE x EE. Even hatcheries that use the wrong terms have no reason to mix in other breeds and dilute the blue egg gene pool.

with a wide range of Breed chickens, such as Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rock..ect, to create a chicken that lay well lays colored eggs..

The genes for all those color eggs were already present in the EE type ancestors of Ameraucanas and Araucanas. All those other breeds were not required to get the majority of EEs today.

Aruacana is a South American Chicken that was created by the Natives of Chillie..I believe..

No, today’s tufted tailless APA recognized Araucana was bred from EE type birds which originally came from a breeding program developed by Dr. Rueben Bustos in which he used 2 different kinds of Chilean chickens (the Collonca and the Quetro) to produce what he called "Collonca de Arêtes”. APA Ameraucanas have the same basic history (until the 1970s), just different traits.
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/history.html

Ameruacana IS a True Breed of chicken that was breed from the Easter Egger and/or the Aruacana

Not really. The APA recognized Ameraucana and Araucana both came from birds that today would be described as EEs but back then they were all called “Araucana”. Their traits were varied, ie. muffs, no muffs, tufts, no tufts, tails, no tails, etc. The history of all this is really complicated and sort of political: http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/history.html