How to tell what color a Americana chick will be

[logans ducks]

Tomorrow I’m getting 3 silver laced Wyandottes and 3 Americana chicks could anyone tell me how to pick blue or oranger colored ones I’ve had both colors before and loved them! Ty

 

[LilJoe]

It's hard to tell.... the chipmunk colored ones are almost always pullets and are a "striped" brown-orange color when full grown.
With Easter Eggers ( "Americanas" ) you can get a blue-black chick and it can turn out red. I had a yellow/white chick with a small stripe down his back that turned out red.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

True Ameraucana are easy to predict as they are bred in specific color types. Easter Eggers, often sold as Americana, though are impossible to predict as they are not bred to any standard or specific color type, rather being a bit of a surprise/grab bag when it comes to what a chick turns out to look like.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I agree with Ol Grey Mare.

Easter Eggers are hybrids, so there are a lot of genetic combinations possible making it very hard to predict what they'll look like.

Usually a light yellow chick will become white. Bright yellow become gold. Black chicks will be black, blue, or dark. Golden or reddish colored chicks will become red. Chipmunks become partridge of varying colors.

But with EE's, there are splits in the genetics so that other markers take over causing surprises.

It truly is a "box of chocolates" with EE's from the feed store.

Lofmc

 

[logans ducks]

Thank y’all sm!

 

[FowlStuff]

Go to our Ameraucana Photos page and click on the buttons showing different varieties of day-old chicks. Compare the Chick pics with those of the Adult birds to get an idea how they will mature.