Is it an EE, an Ameraucana or an Araucana?

[usschicago1]

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[Minniechickmama]

I just remembered the other nagging thing about this, I will admit to a positive on the hatchery stock for ANY breed. They are not the SQ that everyone would love to get at those prices, but they are a good starting point for anyone interested in starting a breeding program where they can work with genetics and gradually improve lines by trial and error. It is actually very interesting and fun to see.

 

[Orphy]

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Thanks! was able to find it!

 

[lovinlife]

A woman I know was sold some chicks at a feed store and they guy told her they were "Aracunda" chickens. When she came to my farm, she said hers looked just like my EE hen. I tried to tell her there wasn't a breed called "Aracunda." I told her he probably said they were Ameraucana. At the time, I had no idea there was anything called an Easter Egger. My research pointed to Ameraucanas and eventually I found the EEs. She kept calling her hens Aracundas. I sent her a dozen links showing breeds and explaining the difference. Nope, they're Aracundas. This is a very educated person. Doesn't mean she's smart.

Some people are just dense. Thick, as my friend puts it so well.

 

[Chris09]

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I agree that hatcheries need to be more honest.
Look how many people buy there Rhode Island Whites and then find out there not true Rhode Island Whites or order Rhode Island Reds and they get New Hampshires, Production Reds or even Red Sex-Linked hens insted.
The other one is the hatcheries that say "purebred" bantams. The only thing that is "purebred" about them is that there bantam bred to bantams and maybe with in the same breed and color.

Chris

 

[jeslewmazer]

Wouldn't it be great if there was such a thing a something like a DNA testing to tell the specific breed of chickens.

I know it might sound crazy but they have some for a few breeds of dog.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Just got McMurrays new catalog. They have listed "Aracauna/Americana" and now they are stating that they are of blue-egg-laying heritage and are not for show. I don't know if they've always listed them this way- but having been on BYC for a while I paid extra attention.

 

[speckledhen]

That is so typical when they are selling mixed breed Easter Eggers. Those two are completely different breeds, don't even look alike, and their EE could lay brown eggs, which is not what folks want when they get these.

 

[Orphy]

You're right, I got an EE once, (to be amerucana when I first heard of the colored eggs) and imagine my surprise when it laid a cream colored egg

Her whole purpose to my flock was to get the greenish colored egg. She still is a good pet, but not what I thought I was buying.

 

[McSpin]

Has anyone ever bought a chicken from one of the large hatcheries with the intention of raising them for show (other than 4-H)? If they did, they did so little research that that the fault is theirs, not the hatcheries. Anyone who has shown any animal realizes that you have to buy animals from show breeders if you want any chance of placing in a show within the next several generations. Five minutes of research and they would know better. The hatcheries serve a purpose provides good laying stock of different varieties for the 99% of chicken keepers who want meat and eggs. The fact that they categorize them into strains (that don't meet show standards) so people can choose something a little different isn't a crime. If you want to show German Shepherds, you don't go to the local SPCA and pick out the best looking shepherd and enter it in a show. Just the same, the SPCA would be just fine labeling the dog as a German Shepherd without someone complaining that it doesn't meet breed standards and should be call a mutt.