Is Daisy an Ameraucana?

[Jemma Rider]

I like EE... you already got good answer.

I will reiterate they will ALWAYS be sold under their color variety such as Lavender, black, wheaten, buff and so on. Though Lav may not be an accepted color in the APA and considered a project color still.

Some hatcheries DO have the real deal... maybe Cackle and MPC... but they are usually around $18, not the typical $3.

Check out this little article, it has a good basic difference description..
https://the-chicken-chick.com/ameraucana-easter-egger-or-araucana/

The issue with breeder chicks... they are unsexed. Not a problem for me but will be for many. I don't like getting juvenile birds that have been to someones pasture to get pullets either... as even NPIP locations aren't required to report Marek's and there may be other parasites present like lice or mites. It just isn't worth the risk to me. If I do get chicks they must be verified incubator hatched and not have been under a broody.

Your EE gal looks just like my EE... so far one out of only two birds that have made "pet" status here. Hardy, confident, and quite the character!

Thank you, i can't get unsexed chicks, so any chicks i get in the future will need to come from somewhere like My Pet Chicken. I can't wait till next year so i can have a true ameraucana, they're all so fancy looking.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

https://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/Ameraucana-B5.aspx

MPC carry blue and splash Ameraucana.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Daisy is an adorable EE!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

but doesn't Daisy have those traits?

The one trait she doesn't have is a feather pattern or color associated with a pure breed Ameraucana. If you try to breed her to another they won't produce a specific pattern/color outcome that is "breeding true".

 

[Jemma Rider]

The one trait she doesn't have is a feather pattern or color associated with a pure breed Ameraucana. If you try to breed her to another they won't produce a specific pattern/color outcome that is "breeding true".

Oh okay, thanks!

 

[Magicalflowers]

I have a beautiful hen named Daisy as well! Also she is very beautiful!

 

[MissChick@dee]

I thought my EE was a Ameraucana she had slate gray legs that were thick and stocky. Her egg color is a blah (maybe pinkish) tan. But she’s a total love to me that’s more important.

 

[Amer]

Okay, forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Daisy have those traits? In this picture her beard and muffs are missing, they were yanked out by a predator, but she has the blue legs and pea comb and beard and muff (i don't know of the camera picked up her legs, they're blue and my others have green legs), and she lays the most beautiful baby blue eggs. Again, forgive me if I'm wrong.
Would My Pet Chicken a place that would have real ameraucanas? I'll be ordering from them next year since they offered me a free black sumatra chick, i know they offer different color varieties.

She is not one of the colors Ameraucanas come in though. MPC does have blue, black, and splash Ameraucanas. They are labeled blue/black/splash Ameraucana, not Americana or Ameraucana.
Cackle has more varieties, but no Wheaten.
Fowl Stuff has very nice ones.

 

[Amer]

The shape of an Ameraucana is distictive, unfortunately it passes on to anything it is crossed with.
Here is a nice one. The shape on the the bbs and white Ameraucanas look the best to me. Look at those muffy cheeks and cushy feathers!
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...608041653698299766&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

 

[Jemma Rider]

The shape of an Ameraucana is distictive, unfortunately it passes on to anything it is crossed with.
Here is a nice one. The shape on the the bbs and white Ameraucanas look the best to me. Look at those muffy cheeks and cushy feathers!
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=P8KTDYRR&id=7C5231CEBB306855B93491D6EAE5F7DEBAAE78A5&thid=OIP.P8KTDYRRPLKaEh3pDWbAvgHaFE&mediaurl=http://bakerandgoodfellow.webs.com/photos/undefined/WHITE%20AMERACANAS%20PULLET.jpg&exph=307&expw=448&q=white+ameraucana+hen&simid=608041653698299766&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

Oh gosh that one looks so precious, now i really want one.