Need Advice, not the chicken I was promised.

[OhZark Biddies]

Well, hope you used a good hatchery

Yep I picked mine up from Cackle since I live close to them, but I think there is one other hatchery that offers them also...I forget which one at the moment

edit: I looked it up... Meyer has Blue Ameraucanas also

 

[Erica2397]

Since you seem to have a grand mix up in your coop, let's try to unravel the mystery. If you can, post two shots of each bird - a good full body profile and a good head shot (or even two - side and front.) Make sure you show the leg color for each bird, too. If you can load those pics, I'm willing to bet that your BYC family can help you identify each one!

In the case of mistaken identity we have two suspects...
Suspect#1


Suspect#2

Caught in the act together

 

[Zinjifrah]

I love your avatar. What stone is that?

How long has the term Easter Egger been in use? It seems more contemporary, so maybe that's why she hasn't heard it before?

The stone is a mineral sample of cinnabar, the primary ore of mercury. Zinjifrah is... I believe one of the potential root words from which the word 'cinnabar' originated, from Persian.

I suspect that the term 'Easter Egger' has only been in use for as long as Ameraucana have been recognized as the name of a breed, as a means of differentiating birds bred only for a range of colorful eggs from any number of different stock types from those bred specifically for blue eggs and particular physical traits - muff, beard, body type, comb and feather color.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

They almost look like hatchery quality Buckeyes?

In the case of mistaken identity we have two suspects...
Suspect#1
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Suspect#2
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Caught in the act together
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[TheTwoRoos]

They look like
Mixes

 

[PachecoPeeps]

Maybe Sienna Stars?https://hoovershatchery.com/siennastar.html
You can see pictures of very similar chickens on their website. They have the same odd comb but they are usually in the pictures for mixed chickens
https://hoovershatchery.com/assortedbrownegglayers.html

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

In the case of mistaken identity we have two suspects...
Suspect#1
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Suspect#2
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They look like New Hampshire Reds mixed with a Wyandotte.

 

[Erica2397]

They look like New Hampshire Reds mixed with a Wyandotte.

I know, they're definitely not purebred

 

[Zinjifrah]

Interestingly, the photo from their 'Brown Egg Layer' assortment... the bird on the left shows some resemblance, as well. But it doesn't match up to anything listed under their 'Brown Egg Layers' by breed.

https://hoovershatchery.com/assortedbrownegglayers.html

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I know, they're definitely not purebred

How odd that they were sold as Easter Eggers.