Kinda new at this..roo or hen?

[Ol Grey Mare]

When I bought the Ameracana's I also bought 4 production reds and 4 barred rocks, I was thinking this was one of the Ameracana's but maybe its a Red?

This is one of the "Ameraucanas" you purchased - though it is actually an Easter Egger.

 

[donrae]

Young hens don't act like roosters.

Your bird is an Easter egger cockerel. I've got his little brother in my grow-out pen right now....not only have I hatched almost all cockerels, I got 3 Oops cockerels this year

. good thing we like fried chicken!

 

[Cutnshoots]

Easter Eggers I assume are run of the mill chickens that have the Ameraucana gene in them for the blue/green egg? sorta a cross breed? gonna google it and see what I get

 

[Cutnshoots]

lol, I'm trying to think of something on this planet that does'nt like a good chicken dinner...time is taking some time

 

[Bullitt]

Easter Eggers I assume are run of the mill chickens that have the Ameraucana gene in them for the blue/green egg? sorta a cross breed? gonna google it and see what I get

Ameraucanas and Araucanas that do not meet the breed standards are called Easter Eggers. Even if you have two Ameraucanas that meet the breed standards, some of the offspring will probably not meet the breed standards for body conformation, coloring, etc.

The only reason you would probably care if they meet breed standards is if you were going to put the chickens in a poultry show.

A cross with an Ameraucana or Araucana that produces colorful eggs would probably also be called an Easter Egger.

I am not an expert on Ameraucanas to tell if they meet breed standards. You would have to get the APA breed standards for Ameraucana and study it.

 

[Cutnshoots]

Ameraucanas and Araucanas that do not meet the breed standards are called Easter Eggers. Even if you have two Ameraucanas that meet the breed standards, some of the offspring will probably not meet the breed standards for body conformation, coloring, etc.

The only reason you would probably care if they meet breed standards is if you were going to put the chickens in a poultry show.

A cross with an Ameraucana or Araucana that produces colorful eggs would probably also be called an Easter Egger.

I am not an expert on Ameraucanas to tell if they meet breed standards. You would have to get the APA breed standards for Ameraucana and study it.

Thank you, your right as far as what I read, they actually refererd to the easter eggers as "mongrels" The reason for the purchase of these birds was all G'kid's related, and I truly believe I'm not going to be able to tell the difference in taste between a blue egg and a brown/white egg, but the light in the eyes when the G'kids pull a green, blue, pink or whatever egg from the nest will make um a "good" breed for me...just still not sure what I'm going to do with that rooster!

 

[donrae]

Easter eggers are the perfect breed for kids, IMO. They lay cool eggs, and there's usually enough variation you can tell one bird from another. I've been keeping birds for 20 years and I still can't hardly tell one barred Rock from another