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[americana-lover]

loves to be creative!

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Spelled Ameraucana, Americana in the user name

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Lives somewhere over the rainbow

(Americana is another name for Easter Eggers..........)

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Is it really? Americana means the beauty of America, and Ameraucana is a breed of chicken.

Lives in Kansas

 

[LovePolish2]

Has chickens!

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Loves Polishs

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Said LovePolish Loves polish

(Yeah, I mean, it also means that, but hatcheries started selling "Americanas" to trick people into thinking they're getting Ameraucanas. Actually, most of the birds they sell under "Americanas" are just massed produced mutts that carry the blue egg gene, but may or may not lay blue eggs. Some of the birds look very similar to Aneraucanas, and may even fit the Standard, but if they came from a hatchery they probably aren't full blooded Ameraucanas, and thus should not be shown/marketed as such. It's really just slimy on the hatchery's part, since a lot of people don't even look close enough to know what they're getting is not an actual APA recognized breed. And then you end up with people that want to sell other people their "Ameraucanas" and it just creates a chain of confusion and is just generally a mess that could be prevented if hatcheries just marketed their birds as "Easter Eggers" instead of Americanas, or Araucana/Americanas, or Ameraucana/American as or whatever.)

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Said LovePolish Loves polish
(Yeah, I mean, it also means that, but hatcheries started selling "Americanas" to trick people into thinking they're getting Ameraucanas. Actually, most of the birds they sell under "Americanas" are just massed produced mutts that carry the blue egg gene, but may or may not lay blue eggs. Some of the birds look very similar to Aneraucanas, and may even fit the Standard, but if they came from a hatchery they probably aren't full blooded Ameraucanas, and thus should not be shown/marketed as such. It's really just slimy on the hatchery's part, since a lot of people don't even look close enough to know what they're getting is not an actual APA recognized breed. And then you end up with people that want to sell other people their "Ameraucanas" and it just creates a chain of confusion and is just generally a mess that could be prevented if hatcheries just marketed their birds as "Easter Eggers" instead of Americanas, or Araucana/Americanas, or Ameraucana/American as or whatever.)

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[shadow rabbit10]

There is one hatchery that labels their birds correctly, and sells PURE BRED Ameraucanas. My Pet Chicken always labels their birds as Easter Eggers, and just recently started selling pure bred Ameraucanas. There are two separate labels now, Easter Eggers, and Pure Ameraucanas, They are expensive though, about $20 a piece I believe. Even more for sexed birds. I don't know how good the quality would be though...
So, back to the game:
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[Chicken Tamer]

There is one hatchery that labels their birds correctly, and sells PURE BRED Ameraucanas. My Pet Chicken always labels their birds as Easter Eggers, and just recently started selling pure bred Ameraucanas. There are two separate labels now, Easter Eggers, and Pure Ameraucanas, They are expensive though, about $20 a piece I believe. Even more for sexed birds. I don't know how good the quality would be though...
So, back to the game:
Was assisted

I hear all hatcheries have something wrong with the birds, it can be quality, or breed mix.