How to distinguish between black ameraucana and black Easter egger?

[Floof]

I hatched out some pure ameraucana and a handful of barred rock/ameraucana sex links and foolishly put them in the same bin. My blue ameraucana were super easy to identify but now I can't tell the black ones apart. Is there a telltale sign? White fluff on the chin? Beak color? Help!

 

[SpicyDill]

They should have different leg colors!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Sadly yellow legs is a recessive trait so in that mix all would have white legs regardless. Any that have head spots are obviously not pure Ameraucanas. It should be more evident with age!

 

[chickentrains]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...s-and-ameraucanas-with-review-optional.76220/

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They'll lay different colored eggs as adults

 

[Floof]

Other than the obvious cockerel, they all look very similar :/

 

[Floof]

They'll lay different colored eggs as adults

Hopefully I'll be able to tell them apart by then. For this batch it means I won't be able to sell the black ameraucanas so I guess I'll keep all the black ones and just add them to my flock. I've got a few too many chickens for my family of 4 but I love having them around!

 

[Floof]

With my luck all the black ams will be cockerels anyway

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

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Other than the obvious cockerel, they all look very similar :/

First and last are definitely mixes due to head spot

 

[Floof]

First and last are definitely mixes due to head spot

Yeah the head spot is a giveaway but you can see the leg color is still very "ameraucana" on the last one. The last one is also feathering in female despite the small head spot.