North Carolina

[ramirezframing]

Quote: Very true Hollow, and lots of people get the "EEs" from a hatchery and breed them and then sell the chicks as "ameraucanas" without knowing that they aren't. One way to always tell if chicks are true ameraucanas is to ask what color the parents are. If they can't give you a color name, it's an EE. I would strongly suggest to anyone looking for true armeraucanas or araucanas to do the research and look at the pictures on the club website to see what the colors look like before buying anything.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Quote: Not sure what swap you are talking about, but March 3rd aint a Saturday, it's a Monday.

And it's 2014, not 2012....

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Anyone have a frizzle for sale? Id prefer a pullet, but would take a roo if I must. And where on cedar creek road? And what time?

 

[ramirezframing]

Anyone have a frizzle for sale? Id prefer a pullet, but would take a roo if I must. And where on cedar creek road? And what time?

I got a blue sizzle rooster that's a year old. The flock swap is at 9 am and there's a Craig's list ad in the farm and garden section of Fayetteville.

 

[greenchickenman]

EE's lay any color of egg and can look like anything. Hatcheries sell these as americanas. Ameraucanas are a true breed that is muffed and bearded and lays only blue eggs and come in 8 show-able colors (project colors like the lavender are in consideration for being admitted to the APA Standard). A few hatcheries have started to sell true ameraucanas, but want like $14 a chick.
Araucanas in the USA are rump-less and might be tufted or clean faced but lays a blue egg only and are also a true breed. As far as I know no hatcheries sell true araucanas.

There's a thread in the "breeds, genetics, and showing" section on the main forum that has a thread that explains the differences really well.

She is exactly right.

Although I will add that some of the hatcheries labeling Ameraucanas to be true, are not really either.

 

[starlingdaly]

EE. Ameraucanas lay blue eggs only. So exciting to get eggs! {Even if you don't need them, lol)

Yup and while my Ameraucana was advertised as the real deal I am always suspicious with hatchery birds (came from MPC before I got my incubator

From the pic it almost looks like an Olive Egger, it looks like a dark green.

I wish she was an OE! If it came from my EE, she is just your standard hatchery EE advertised as an Ameraucana but I knew better lol. The egg color is actually a little lighter than in the pic. If you notice the commercial white leghorn egg is a little dull looking so my lighting wasn't ideal.

Anyone have a frizzle for sale? Id prefer a pullet, but would take a roo if I must. And where on cedar creek road? And what time?

I think @bantambury has a frizzle or sizzle she's been wanting to sell. I could be remembering something wrong but it's worth checking with her to find out

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

I'm going to the Unifour show so I won't be going to the swap this month.
If I was going to the swap I would be bringing frizzle hens and OE pullets
laying a variety of egg colors. I will be taking them in April though. I might
even bring some hatching eggs. Sorry I won't be there to meet all you wonderful
folks.....maybe next time......hope you have lots of fun and sell out early

 

[Tikkijane]

I think Easter Eggers and Ameraucana's are actually the same chicken, hatcheries label them either way.
I have an Easter Egger I bought as an "Ameraucana" from Ideal Poultry and she lays light green eggs everyday (actually the bird in my avatar my son is holding).
The ones that lay blue are Araucanas and I *believe* the ones we have in the US are all rumpless.
I know from another Interational Chicken group Australia and Europe have a different standard on the Araucanas and theirs lay blue eggs but look totally different.
From the pic it almost looks like an Olive Egger, it looks like a dark green.

Per breed standards, AmeraucanasMUST have both muffs and beards, and ONLY lay blue eggs.

 

[Tikkijane]

Per breed standards, AmeraucanasMUST have both muffs and beards, and ONLY lay blue eggs.

http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html

 

[Tikkijane]

I'm trying to see if I can find a bantam Cochin hen for a bantam Cochin roo. I don't really like bantams but I don't like to see him chasing after the LF hens and not being able to get on them lol.

Mine can get both my lakenvelders and SSH for sure.