The EE braggers thread!!!

[SD Bird Lady]

Ok so I am rather new but as we have all witnessed there is a ton of confusion on the EE vs Ameracauna. I think the real issue is that non-standard Ameracauna need a new name such as "non-standard Ameracauna). Easter Eggers are technically a cross breed chicken that lays a color egg so Ameracauna x leghorn or Isbar x cochin....just made those up. So what the hatcheries are saying is that if they are breeding Ameracauna chicken to Ameracauna chicken and it is resulting in Ameracauna chicken why should they change the name. Now I know this is not the case with all hatcheries i.e. single combs, no beards, brown eggs (colored leghorns haha). But some hatcheries are actually breeding Ameracauna's together they are just not as selective and are not looking at the APA, they are filling a niche in the market that loves all the "surprise" colors.

It is like anything else that is hatchery it is not up to APA standards. I have seen Brahmas that look like Dalmatians but they are still a Brahma b/c a Brahma was bred to a Brahma but if you mix a dark Brahma & a light Brahma you get a kind of spotty/splashy black & white Brahma still a Brahma. Type is the most important when it comes to breeding. Color can be corrected more easily.

Hopefully I don't get kicked off here haha

 

[debid]

Agnes (the moose) is 7 weeks now! She just keeps layering on the color and patterns like an aging diva but it's all very pullety. Her legs look less giant and she doesn't have such a roostery stance now that her body is rounding out a bit.

 

[chickadoodles]

She is very pretty dbid.

 

[MayDayMel]

My EE next to my RIR. What do you think of her? I've never had one before.


On her own.

 

[chickencrazy429]

My EE next to my RIR. What do you think of her? I've never had one before.


On her own.

She's a cutie!!!

My two EE's are growing up! They'll be one month tomorrow!! I can hardly believe it.

 

[Outrun Acres]

Ok so I am rather new but as we have all witnessed there is a ton of confusion on the EE vs Ameracauna. I think the real issue is that non-standard Ameracauna need a new name such as "non-standard Ameracauna). Easter Eggers are technically a cross breed chicken that lays a color egg so Ameracauna x leghorn or Isbar x cochin....just made those up. So what the hatcheries are saying is that if they are breeding Ameracauna chicken to Ameracauna chicken and it is resulting in Ameracauna chicken why should they change the name. Now I know this is not the case with all hatcheries i.e. single combs, no beards, brown eggs (colored leghorns haha). But some hatcheries are actually breeding Ameracauna's together they are just not as selective and are not looking at the APA, they are filling a niche in the market that loves all the "surprise" colors.

It is like anything else that is hatchery it is not up to APA standards. I have seen Brahmas that look like Dalmatians but they are still a Brahma b/c a Brahma was bred to a Brahma but if you mix a dark Brahma & a light Brahma you get a kind of spotty/splashy black & white Brahma still a Brahma. Type is the most important when it comes to breeding. Color can be corrected more easily.

Hopefully I don't get kicked off here haha

I never thought about how hatcheries assembled their breeding pens to get their eggs. I didn't realize that they put purebred birds of every color in one pen together and then call the offspring Ameraucana. I guess thats why every once in awhile you get a bird that looks like the APA standard while most of your birds will look like mutts even if they are only non-standard birds. It seems like it would be really easy to separate the birds into pens by color. What you said about the brahmas is ridiculous! How can they sell those chicks as such!

They seem to get it right with all the other breeds. There are many different color varieties of wyandottes. But if you order silver laced wyandottes that is what you get. They may not meet the standard but you can still tell they are SLW's. It seems like it would be just as easy with Ameraucanas. I guess most hatcheries do state that their Ameraucanas are "not suitable for 4-H". Maybe that's a somewhat underhanded way of trying to say they are not show quality. It just seems to me that they could do a better job and eliminate all the "shady" terminology. All of us who want do buy EE's don't mind buying something actually listed as an EE. But if it's listed as an Ameraucana I want Ameraucanas. I still think the term non-standard should apply to offspring from 2 purebred birds (of the same color variety) that do not meet the APA standard.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Agnes (the moose) is 7 weeks now! She just keeps layering on the color and patterns like an aging diva but it's all very pullety. Her legs look less giant and she doesn't have such a roostery stance now that her body is rounding out a bit.

I think you need to buy a lottery ticket - you have the first white/black EE I have seen that now looks like it's a girl!

That color pattern is from a Silver background - and only the hens get the dark backs and the peach colored breasts. That is girl coloring for sure!

 

[MayDayMel]

Thanks! She is 10 weeks old, the youngest of my bunch (currently lol)

 

[Flowerbh]

I think you need to buy a lottery ticket - you have the first white/black EE I have seen that now looks like it's a girl!

That color pattern is from a Silver background - and only the hens get the dark backs and the peach colored breasts. That is girl coloring for sure!

Here are my two black/white pullets

Younger here

what they look like now.

 

[chickencrazy429]

I think you need to buy a lottery ticket - you have the first white/black EE I have seen that now looks like it's a girl!

That color pattern is from a Silver background - and only the hens get the dark backs and the peach colored breasts. That is girl coloring for sure!

Are those sorts of EE's rarer? My one month old is exactly that description! Peach colored breast, dark backs.