I'm confused...Araucana, Americana and Easter eggors

[lilblessings5]

Whats what?

I have 30 "araucana" chicks - 4weeks old I ordered from a hatchery- now I think they might be Easter eggers- or are they the same thing? can a hatchery sell a chick and call it a aracana- when its not truely and araucana?

whats the difference between and Americana and a Araucana?

Thanks to all you experts- who knew there was so much to learn about chickens!

 

[cottagegarden]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=128806

Although you can now get true Ameraucana eggs from My Pet Chicken, you have to get true Ameraucana and Araucana from breeders.
Yes, most hatcheries sell (tinted layers) Easter Egg layers as Ameraucana and Araucana which just confuses everybody.

 

[lilblessings5]

Thanks so much for the link! Helps alot.

Love the bright blue colors of a true Araucana though it seems mine will be Easter Eggers.

 

[Chris09]

Quote:
If it came from a hatchery it isnt a Araucana or even a Ameraucana.
The Americana is a Easter Egger (EE) and that is what hatcheries sell..
Here is the major difference between a Araucana and a Ameraucana
http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html#ONE
And here is the major difference between a Ameraucana and a EE/ (Easter Egger/ Americana/ Easter Egg Chicken).
http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html#TWO

Chris

 

[dpetrzelka]

I purchased an "Araucana" from a local feed store (who also said they would be getting Ameraucanas the next week) and at about 3 weeks old this little one has tail feathers - clearly not a true Araucana. But we're happy to have her either way.

 

[Illia]

Yeah, a lot of feedstores will even sell "Araucanas" and "Ameraucanas" seperately, but they're still EEs. I've run into a lot of people who will even say, after I explained the differences to them, that "it had a tail, so its an Ameraucana" or "it didn't have a tail and had fluff on its face, so it was an Araucana" - Umm, no.