How To tell an easter egger from an araucana and an ameracauna?

[TimG]

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Isn't a shade of blue just blue but darker? And, a tint of blue is blue but lighter?

I would think that in lay terms "blue blue" is blue that may be light or dark, but which will never have any yellow added (or red, I used yellow because we are talking about blue v green).

 

[McSpin]

I have a line of ameraucanas from cree farms also. I asked for their bluest egg line when I ordered. Mine are a nice hue of blue, just not pure blue. Yours may be, just not by what I see on your photo, which is definitely not what you're seeing in person. Your camera is obviously adding a blue hue to the white paper towel, thus to the whole image. Who knows what they really look like?

Once again, my point is not that pure blue doesn't exist, just that if they do, it isn't a large percentage. Also, your photo doesn't demonstrate it and sandhill's statement doesn't mean that they don't have pure breed ameraucanas, just that they too believe the hues have enough green in them to justify calling them green (I don't think the last part applies to all lines). I certainly wouldn't suggest they don't have true ameraucanas just by how they describe the color of their eggs.

 

[McSpin]

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I used the wrong term. I should have said "hue", not shade.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I believe that if you go to a paint store and look at the spectrum of blue paint chips--you will find ones that vary from undeniably blue (let's even think of a blue with a tad of red to its hue) to undeniably green. Okay, from that spectrum of colours, and without looking at colour names, how many of us would pick exactly the same chip as being the last "blue" before green is involved? Or the same first chip as being green rather than blue?

Is cyan blue or green? How about robin's egg blue? Aqua?

When I think of blue (as a colour, not eggs or plumage or anything in particular), I think of a hue that has a bit of red in it. Others think of a hue that leans more toward the green side. When I think of red I think of a hue that is more towards the blue side than the orange. My son recently painted his race car to be "the reddest on the track." Well, it is a hue of red, but to me it has far too much orange in it to be the reddest by any stretch. Does that mean it isn't red, because my perception doesn't match his?

 

[Krys109uk]

LOL isn't this getting rather philosophical?

How any one person tell that they are seeing, for instance, blue, in the same way any other person is seeing blue? We can only relate to the colour as we've experienced it.

 

[speckledhen]

Again, the color of the eggs is not what the OP asked about, so I suggest the discussion get back on track here, please. This Ameraucana/Araucana/Easter Egger issue is brought up a couple times a week, at least. There are so many threads on it that I would suggest a "search and read" session for those who are still confused about them.

 

[McSpin]

I agree with what you've said, which is why I don't care if sandhill calls true ameraucana eggs a bluish green. How they describe them really doesn't matter when it comes to determining if their birds are pure bred.

Add to that the complexities and inaccuracies of digital photography and we should be able to see why color is a subject that is very difficult to accurately describe and portray.

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[McSpin]

Color has been brought up by several as a way to determine between the types. Color of eggs, color of legs, color of feathers, etc. How can color not be pertinent to the differences between these breeds?

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[speckledhen]

Well, she asked the difference in the breeds. If, as many say and you as well, that Ameraucanas lay an egg that may be in the blue family though not truly blue, but greenish blue, then an EE that lays a greenish blue egg cannot be determined on egg color alone. Most folks can, however, tell the difference between a brown and blue or brown and green. So, a brown egg layer is not an Ameraucana or Araucana.

 

[cariboujaguar]

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I'm sure she is an EE since she's from a hatchery, but my true question is, can I find the muffed and tailed breed somewhere of show quality? I DO NOT like the ear tuft/rumpless birds, they look odd to me, but I love the muffed/tailed birds and would love to breed and show them...