OH, NO....Is she actually a HE? EE or Ameraucana?

[bruceha2000]

But price can't be the criteria... otherwise, the shady hatcheries will just raise prices on their EE's and say "these are authentic Ameraucana.. see the price tag?"

Yep, there are con artists out there, buyer beware - be informed before you buy.

And with regard to getting blue eggs. If that is what you want, you want a TRUE Ameraucana, Araucana or Legbar. They MUST by APA definition lay blue. Some EEs lay blue. One of my 2012's did (fox food a couple of years later) and one of my 2015's lays blue. The other 3 lay some shade of green. There is no way to tell what color an individual will lay until she lays her first egg.

 

[TheDirtyLawyer]

Easter eggers
I'm gonna say both are pullets guessing from their patterns.

What do you think of this ee based on coloring? Thanks!

 

[The Moonshiner]

What do you think of this ee based on coloring? Thanks!

Cockerel

 

[bruceha2000]

And a dissenting (somewhat) opinion - too young to tell.

 

[TheDirtyLawyer]

Cockerel

Thank you ... darn it! Is it the dark feathers coming in?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Thank you ... darn it! Is it the dark feathers coming in?

Not just the dark feathers but that its red feathers coming in on the shoulders. That can be a tell of a male in some patterns.
The OPs mostly white one has red on breast but not shoulders or back. That is a tell of a female with some patterns.
Both o yours and hers is dominate white but has a pattern under there like wild type. The dominate white will cover almost all the pattern except red. Their red matches areas of those sexes in the wild type pattern.
If that makes sense.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

How do you tell the difference between an Easter Egger and an Ameracauna?

Easter Eggers almost always have green legs while Ameraucanas have slate colored legs.

 

[Glitterchicks]

Not just the dark feathers but that its red feathers coming in on the shoulders. That can be a tell of a male in some patterns.
The OPs mostly white one has red on breast but not shoulders or back. That is a tell of a female with some patterns.
Both o yours and hers is dominate white but has a pattern under there like wild type. The dominate white will cover almost all the pattern except red. Their red matches areas of those sexes in the wild type pattern.
If that makes sense.

Great info! Thank you!!

 

[louisebarnhill]

I hope I am allowed to do this but since we are on the topic...can anyone tell if my 8 week old pullet on the left is an "Americauna" and is that an Easter Egger....I was told she was and the one on the left is a golden laced Wyandotte....that's

what the farm store said anyway.

 

[bruceha2000]

Most definitely an EE. Ameraucana are generally not patterned and never patterned like that. And if you got it at a farm store, it is an EE, or "Americana" if that is what the hatchery they buy from call them.