Is Cleopatra an Auracana or a mix?

[Joliet]

She has green legs and small tufts like auracana butt she has butt feathers. I bought her as a chick from a feed store. Also she is not laying yet and is at least 7 mths old. Could something be wrong?

 

[Veer67]

She is an Easter Egger, a mutt breed of chicken that has the blue egg gene. Araucanas in the US should be rumpless (basically saying that their tails are absent)and have ear tufts. 3 months is where most hens are in the point of laying, but some do take longer, good luck on the wait.

 

[Veer67]

Here are some links about Araucanas, Easter Eggers, and Ameraucanas, 3 chicken breeds that are commonly confused with each other.
http://araucana.net/araucana_history.htm
http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html

 

[Joliet]

Oh wow 30mths? Good thing she's smart and has a wonderful disposition lol. Thank y'all. The links were a little confusing but very interesting!

 

[Veer67]

Oh wow 30mths? Good thing she's smart and has a wonderful disposition lol. Thank y'all. The links were a little confusing but very interesting!

Oh oops, that was a typo I meant 20-28 or more weeks of age.

 

[BantamLover21]

Cleopatra is a pretty Easter Egger, which is a crossbreed that lays colored eggs, has greenish legs, and often has muffs, a beard, and a pea comb. EEs can be any color, though Cleopatra's color (at least in my experience) is most common. The true Ameraucana has bluish legs, a pea comb, always has muffs/beard, and is one of the 8 color varieties recognized by the American Poultry Association. Many hatcheries/dealers mistakenly call any bird that lays a blue-green egg an Ameraucana.

 

[Wyandottes7]

I agree, she's a pretty Easter Egger!

 

[Joliet]

So from what I have experienced so far and have been reading. ..if I decide to get a pure breed (my daughter is interested in showing)... don't buy from hatcherys? My daughter is ten. How would I get her started in showing?

 

[Frost Homestead]

If you'd like a good representation of the breed for showing I wouldnt avoid hatcheries. If you just want backyard chicken and eggs hatcheries are great. If you're looking for Araucana or Ameraucana you cannot get those from hatcheries, you'll need to find a reputable breeder

 

[Frost Homestead]

and p.s. as far as her not laying let, some hens can take a little longer. No chicken lays at 3 months old. (That's a 12 wk old chicken!) If yours is 7 months she should be laying very soon, just give her some time.