The True Truth: How to tell an Easter Egger from an Ameraucana. Even if you think you have an Ameraucana, do check!

[TheOddOneOut]

There is an EE (Green Queen) and a real Ameraucana in this picture.

Interesting! I can’t tell which is which...lol.
Both are solid colors.
And legs aren‘t visible.
I’m going to guess that the GQ is blue?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I had always thought that OEs are seperate because they are bred specifically for one egg color, whereas EEs can lay tan, pale-bright blue, mint-olive green, and pinky brown.

I guess we just have different definitions of “Easter egger”.

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heres my roo along with Caliope and Penelope (the one we are talking about)

Then yeah, it's your roo crossed with an EE. That's the only way she could have hatched from a green egg.

The rooster doesn’t have a crest, so he isn’t a father.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I had always thought that OEs are seperate because they are bred specifically for one egg color, whereas EEs can lay tan, pale-bright blue, mint-olive green, and pinky brown.

I always saw OE as a subsection of EE

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I always saw OE as a subsection of EE

Agreed.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Neither of my girls are laying rn....winter sucks. I miss their gorgeous eggs.

Vanilla‘s are the pale sky-blue, and JB’s are the slightly more teal-green.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Neither of my girls are laying rn....winter sucks. I miss their gorgeous eggs. View attachment 2459877
Vanilla‘s are the pale sky-blue, and JB’s are the slightly more teal-green.

Mine now.

 

[SadariEvenstar]

Interesting! I can’t tell which is which...lol.
Both are solid colors.
And legs aren‘t visible.
I’m going to guess that the GQ is blue?

Yes. She is a remarkably pretty bird, her name is Queen Anne. She's kind of tall and skinny. The Ameraucana (Diana) is fluffier and heftier and just larger over all. They look enough a like though that the Ameraucana genes must be strong. The baby Green Queen im raising now is nearly identical to the Ameraucana at the same age, except the legs are wrong.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Yes. She is a remarkably pretty bird, her name is Queen Anne. She's kind of tall and skinny. The Ameraucana (Diana) is fluffier and heftier and just larger over all. They look enough a like though that the Ameraucana genes must be strong. The baby Green Queen im raising now is nearly identical to the Ameraucana at the same age, except the legs are wrong.

That’s what I was going off of, body shape.
She’s gorgeous.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Mine now.

Say whaaa?
Noooo.
Mine.

 

[featherhead007]

You can tell an EE, hen, but you can't tell her much!