Is this rooster an Ameracauna ?

[ladytoysdream]

I really apologize for the poor pictures. This was took inside the coop
in the late afternoon. Both pics same rooster.
I only recently got him. Was told he is about a year old.
Not seeing any cheek muffs on him.
I am wanting to use him on 3 full ameracauna hens and 3
that are half ameracauna to get more of the same.
I been calling him SID. Not sure if the name fits him or not
Very calm docile bird. Easy to handle.
I only got the hens with him in the picture about 3 weeks ago.
They are not from the same place.

 

[thebanthams]

He looks like a mix to me, his green legs looks like EE .

 

[donrae]

I agree, looks like an easter egger roo. He may well carry a green egg gene so his pullets would lay green eggs.

 

[ladytoysdream]

I thought he was a mix also.

The guy I got him from told me he was a aracauna...
I told him no way.

Will he be a good match for my ameracauna hens ?
I think he would throw some beautiful chicks.
I want some more green egg layers.

I looked over his face real good...not sure if he lost some muff
feathers from hens picking on him.

I am going to try to get a better pic of him outside.
My camera does not like inside lighting.

 

[thebanthams]

Why not see what happens, I am sure you will get some color eggs. That breed may come back strong after you hatch a baby !

 

[1muttsfan]

He is neither an Ameraucana nor an Araucana. There is also no guarantee that his chicks would lay blue our green eggs - you would need to hatch out chicks then raise them to laying age, maybe 5-6 months total, before you would know- and at that point you may only have brown or olive egg layers.

You may be able to find a purebred Ameraucana rooster and have your blue egg-layers without the long wait. He is very pretty, but has few of the traits a pure bred Am has.

 

[ladytoysdream]

Okay....

The guy I got him from wants 4 young pullets out of him.
So he is just here on loan so far.

I let the 2 pure orpington roosters go back to my son.
They were born last summer and just would not leave my hens alone.

My head rooster who will be 4 real soon.


I have some pure birds but also have crosses also.

 

[ladytoysdream]

Okay, a little bit better pictures today. He has a black tail, gray on bottom parts,
brownish on his wings, and a black and white for his neck feathers, and green legs.

 

[RockerHen]

he's an EE

 

[my sunwolf]

For sure an Easter Egger rooster.