It’s An Ameraucauna

[JedJackson]

I've never seen an Ameraucana or Easter egger egg that was true, pure blue. They might exist somewhere, but even the bluest eggs from the Ameraucanas I've raised had a slight tinge of green, like a Robin's egg. And any chicken egg that is 'blue' always has that color through the whole shell and the inside. It's brown eggs that aren't brown all the way through because the brown color is added later on in the egg laying process and is only a coating, not the shell itself.

I think the best way to tell Easter eggers and Ameraucanas apart is by color. Ameraucanas only come in a few specific colors, black, blue, brown red, wheaten, blue wheaten, white, buff, and silver (plus the non-standard lavender color.) They should all have slate blue legs. If your birds aren't those specific color varieties and if they have green or yellow legs then they are sure to be Easter eggers. And Easter eggers are way more common even now.

 

[aart]

I've never seen an Ameraucana or Easter egger egg that was true, pure blue. They might exist somewhere, but even the bluest eggs from the Ameraucanas I've raised had a slight tinge of green, like a Robin's egg. And any chicken egg that is 'blue' always has that color through the whole shell and the inside. It's brown eggs that aren't brown all the way through because the brown color is added later on in the egg laying process and is only a coating, not the shell itself.

I think the best way to tell Easter eggers and Ameraucanas apart is by color. Ameraucanas only come in a few specific colors, black, blue, brown red, wheaten, blue wheaten, white, buff, and silver (plus the non-standard lavender color.) They should all have slate blue legs. If your birds aren't those specific color varieties and if they have green or yellow legs then they are sure to be Easter eggers. And Easter eggers are way more common even now.

Yep, SOP plumage is the only way to determine a pure Ameraucana.
I have had EE's with slate legs and ones that lay a purely blue egg with no tint of green at all. EE's have been common forever(well, long time), Ameraucanas were actually derived from EE's.

 

[Amer]

Your photos don't show up. I believe Ameraucana only come in certain colors, always have slate legs, and they lay only blue eggs. Ameraucana are more common now as some hatcheries carry them, especially the blue and splash varieties.

Some lay bluegreen eggs. The egg color does not mean Ameraucana or Easter Eggers. All these breeds lay blue eggs, but it doesn't mean they are Ameraucanas, in fact, only one is. https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Blue-Egg-Layers-c88.aspx

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Yesturday my first egg was layed by my pullet, Robin. We had been very excited for the first egg—Especially Robin or her sister, Becky to lay one— because, it’s the FIRST EGG! Who isn’t excited? But also, we wanted it to be Becky or Robin, because the egg would determine if they were Ameraucauna or Easter Egger. Many BYC members said she was EE, and I took their advice and went with it. But we had bought Robin and Becky from our local feed mill (along with 2 Barred Rocks and 2 buff orpingtons) so, many BYC members said that since they were feed mill chicks, they would most likely be EEs. But then yesturday came the beautiful blue-green egg. It wasn’t pure blue or pure green (picture below) so I couldn’t tell what breed from the outside. But when I asked some of my “chicken expert” friends, they said I could tell—for sure—if they were EE or Ameraucauna. EEs have a color on the outer shell, but then it’s white on the inside of the shell. Ameraucaunas have the color (blue or green) on the inside and outside of the shell.

Well. Robin’s egg was blue-green on the inside.

So now I have confirmed. They are Ameraucaunas. I didn’t care which they were, since both have fun colored eggs. But this post was just to let others know how to tell if they have an Ameraucauna or EE, and to celebrate my first egg!
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(Robin has layed another egg today!!)

A blue/green egg is an ee egg as ams lay blue and blue only also if its the bird in the profile pic its def an ee as tru ams have muffs and beards

 

[Amer]

Yep, SOP plumage is the only way to determine a pure Ameraucana.
I have had EE's with slate legs and ones that lay a purely blue egg with no tint of green at all. EE's have been common forever(well, long time), Ameraucanas were actually derived from EE's.

The unfortunate thing is, well some EEs are white. Luckily at the time they labeled it as an EE because I didn't know anything about chickens at the time.

 

[Amer]

A blue/green egg is an ee egg as ams lay blue and blue only

Ameraucanas can lay green eggs
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...608014371654011762&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

 

[coach723]

As stated before, there are only certain colors that qualify for being actual Ameraucana, here is a link that shows some pictures of the accepted colors: http://ameraucanaalliance.org/photos.html
I believe that the lavender color has been petitioned for addition to the breed, but don't think it has happened yet.
In addition to being an accepted color they have to meet the other standards of the breed to qualify, here's another link with more info: http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/faq.html
There are many BEAUTIFUL EE's out there that just don't meet the breed standard for Ameraucana and still lay the blue or blue-green eggs. Unless you are breeding to sell them, or showing, it shouldn't really matter. Unless you buy from a reputable breeder it's more likely to end up with an EE.

 

[driver]

Congratulations!

For what it's worth, my EE lays blue/green eggs that are the same color on the inside as the outside.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Ameraucanas can lay green eggs
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=whWk5U+L&id=5BC1DCCFAD9EBC20C2274A0A294CD6D205E60E91&thid=OIP.whWk5U-L-XMjCv8V0vUTJwHaFj&q=ameraucana+color+chart&simid=608014371654011762&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

Well then they are not tru ams and ones I wouldn't be buying at all

 

[Amer]

Well then they are not tru ams and ones I wouldn't be buying at all

They are. I have read from the most prestigious breeders they can lay green. It is true. They are described as laying a greenish blue egg, and no one is going to cull for that unless they want blue eggs. The SOP doesn't say that they have to lay blue eggs to win a show, or the roosters never would. They just are preferable, and no person can determine the color of an egg, it is all preference.