I think I was sold something else! What is it?

[ChickenToes]

Well that stinks that they were wrong about the breed. But either way, she sure is a pretty girl! My EE girls are both a golden color.

 

[coffeemama]

I think ameraucanas can be hatched without muffs. Anyway, she is an EE or an EE mix. Pretty girl

 

[arlee453]

Not knowing this seller or buyer myself, I have to speak up to defend the seller at least a little bit. The seller is probably just misinformed about the hatchery stock he got originally, and has been keeping his breeding stock separated to get 'pure blooded' chickens. Considering that a lot of hatcheries sell EE's as 'Americanas' or "Ameraucana" this seller probably believes they actually have Ameraucanas.

As many here will attest, the 'amera-whatevers' you get from hatcheries rarely follow the APA standard for Ameraucanas for color, body type, comb or anything else.

I am looking at the McMurray catalog in hand, for example, and they sell what they call:

Araucanas/Americanas

...Adults are of medium size with pea combs and our breeding stock is selected for their ability to produce colored eggs. They exhibit a wonderful combination of colors and color patterns and 10 or 20 of these birds make an absolutely beautiful laying flock that is extremely hardy and will be the talk of the town. Baby chicks come in all colors, plain and fancy, just like the adults. This is a unique breed and great fun to have when the colored eggs start coming. Our Araucanas are recommended for egg laying color and ability and not for exhibition.

Ideal has:

Ameraucanas
St Run

Ameraucanas, known as the "Easter Egg Breed", are a multicolored breed. They have beards, muffs and a normal tail with a tail head. They are often incorrectly called Araucanas, which have ear tuffs, are rumpless, and do not have a tail head which gives them a bunny tail appearance. Most of the chicks sold as Araucanas are really Ameraucanas, which are excellent, efficient producers of large eggs of many colors and shades including blue and green.

Meyers sells this:

Ameraucana Standard
Colored Egg Layer. These birds are excellent layers and produce eggs that range from olive green to turquise blue. This hardy breed was developed in the U.S. in the 1970's using Araucana birds from South America. Like their eggs, they come in as assortment of colors. They are favored for their eggs, but are large enough to be used for meat. Average mature weight: roosters 5 lbs, hens 4 lbs.​

 

[ChickenToes]

I agree with Arlee453. I ordered my EEs from McMurray. I thought I had Araucanas for the longest time, until I read more about EEs here on BYC.

 

[Hooterville]

Arlee,
You make a great point. I think that the hatcheries believe customers want a hen that will lay the colored eggs. They are not as interested so much in show quality Ameraucanas as they are in birds that will lay the pretty eggs.

This is one confusing breed--at least to us inexperienced fanciers!

 

[DTchickens]

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yeah, i know.. I get their names confused a lot since their all the same thing (basically). Ameras, are just the US breed of Auras, pretty much... but just because she has a tail doesn't mean she isn't half

, could have always got it from the Cross

Actually they aren't basically the same thing at all. My Araucanas look nothing like an Ameraucana or an EE.

True, They aren't basically the same thing, But the reason i say they "are basically the same thing" is Due (to the info i've read numerous times, Here, and other sites). Ameras. Are the American version of araucanas which were shipped into america, From South America. From there they were bred with other stuff. Thus producing the tails (Short story)

So, Amera-Ara cross breed- EE-Amerca cross breed-Araucana cross

Please, someone correct me if im wrong though,

 

[pullet2hen]

I have the very same bird and mine came straight from Ideal as a 1 day old. Does Ideal sell mutts?

 

[klf73]

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Actually they aren't basically the same thing at all. My Araucanas look nothing like an Ameraucana or an EE.

True, They aren't basically the same thing, But the reason i say they "are basically the same thing" is Due (to the info i've read numerous times, Here, and other sites). Ameras. Are the American version of araucanas which were shipped into america, From South America. From there they were bred with other stuff. Thus producing the tails (Short story)

So, Amera-Ara cross breed- EE-Amerca cross breed-Araucana cross

Please, someone correct me if im wrong though,

I am not sure of the complete history, but the only thing that Araucana and Ameraucana have in common is they both have pea combs and lay blue tinted eggs. Araucana have tufts and are rumpless, Ameraucana are bearded, muffed, tailed.
Here is a site that explains

http://www.ameraucana.org/history.html

Krista

 

[chickenfever]

WA23
I got mine from Cackle, there they are actually sold as Araucanas, but I was fully expecting EE's. LIke someone else said the hatcheries even tell you they do not sell show quality "Ameraucanas". So I wasn't dissapointed. I just love the variety of colors EE's come in and look forward to the eggs.

I do wish however that it wasn't so hard to find true Ameraucana and Araucana breeds.

This EE(1 out of 6) did not have muffs

 

[key west chick]

Just to let you know, some "true" araucanas are born with tails/partial tails. More of the joy of trying to breed araucanas!