Pure EE or EE mix roo?

[phasianidae]

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I don't know how to tell the difference between an EE and an Ameraucana. Could you tell me what this bird has that makes you thing that? Would it help if i had a better photo of his head?

Ameraucanas are characterized be a pea comb, full beard and muff and slate-colored legs, among other things. Red Pyle is not an accepted color, however, so most would classify him as an Easter Egger, especially if he comes from unknown parents. (Such as a hatchery, or a mixed flock)


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The pea comb and beard/muff are closely linked to the blue egg gene, that's why you can look at these two and make a reasonable prediction of what color egg genes they carry, even though, obviously, roosters don't lay eggs.

Nope, beard/muffs are not linked to the blue egg gene.

I believe the blue egg, pea comb and beard/muff are all on the same loci? Hmm, if it wasn't the beard and muff, what was the third thing? Off to research. That may have been colored by my observations among a group of Ameraucana/leghorn crosses the other day. All the pea combed ones had beard/muff and white shanks/beak. The straight(er) combed ones had clean faces, yellow shanks and beaks.

Oh, perhaps the third trait on the loci is wattles. But someone in The Coop also suggested small wattles was linked to beard/muff, ergo beard/muff is linked to blue egg.

Sorry to confuse the issue. Now I'm off on a tangent. To the OP, disregard my comments about beard/muff until more evidence can be rousted!

Pea combs are linked to blue eggs, small wattles, and breast ridge. Beards/Muffs also reduce wattle size. ETA: I have never read anything on this, but I believe that beard/muffs are also linked to wider heads.

 

[Celtic Hill]

EEs are a mixed breed so you can't have a pure EE, if he has the blue egg gene he is an EE.

 

[Delmar]

Here is more of a front view of my EE. I'm hoping it can help to determine if is just an EE or is, in fact, an Ameraucana. We are most likely going to make him the patriarch of our colored egg line. We are calling him Colonel Sanders!

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I think it's safe to say he's an EE, but is likely to carry the blue egg gene. Very handsome bird.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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X2. The ole "If you have to ask, it's an EE." quote come to mind. GORGEOUS boy.

 

[MrsDelmar]

I am sure we will be keeping Colonel Sanders, the EE, although... Roosty, #2 is my favorite! So when my dear sweet hubby puts him in the freezer, he can't tell me which one he is when we eat him. :0(

 

[Illia]

Colonel Sanders is an Ameraucana. He's a Splash Wheaten, not a common color, so that's why he'd be mistaken for an EE.

If the soles of his feet are yellow, then he's an EE though.

 

[phasianidae]

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It looks like heterozygous dominant white to me. You can see the black flecks in his tail. Here is a heterozygous dominant white red columbian rooster I once had with a similar white:

 

[Illia]

Splash does the same. It will appear with black, blue, and hazy coloring in the tail, breast, underfluff, etc. To me, leg and sole color are what give it all away.

 

[Delmar]

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I'll have to get a look at his soles but his legs are such a nice even slate gray that I wouldn't be surprised if he is the real deal.

How about my girl Lady Hawk? The lady I got her from said she was an Araucana, but I knew that wasn't right, so I have just been calling her and EE.