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

[LadiesAndJane]

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Anyone have any birds to post pics of? Even if you know they are EEs, it would help viewers to see more patterns and examples!
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Your birds are gorgeous!
Do you want photos of pure ameraucanas too, or just EEs?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Anyone have any birds to post pics of? Even if you know they are EEs, it would help viewers to see more patterns and examples!
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Here are the eggs I get. The lighter blue is from the lavender/ white/ red EE. (Vanilla.) The darker is from June Bug, the brown.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

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Your birds are gorgeous!
Do you want photos of pure ameraucanas too, or just EEs?

Either way! I’m not sure how many peeps out there have pure ones.

 

[Klobers]

Here’s my 15 week old Easter egger. Still holding out hope he’s a she, but feeling like I have a cockerel on my hands...

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Here’s my 15 week old Easter egger. Still holding out hope he’s a she, but feeling like I have a cockerel on my hands...

Gorgeous! I’m unfortunately guessing boy. The saddles?
Where did you get him? He looks solid blue, has a straight pea, slate/black legs, and the right amount of muffage.
Still likely an EE though.

 

[cherrybombuk]

Looks like an Easter Egger, to me also, @Klobers. The Bantam Easter Eggers seem to be all different colours (at least the ones that my daughter got from Crackle Hatchery). Some look quite a bit like owls, the reds and browns with speckled feathers, yet one is black, others are quite dark grey, and two are peachy, and one is white (but getting some pepper in with all that salt now at nearly 6 months of age). They seem very pretty and friendly. If they have basil, they would rather eat it out of my hand than off of the ground or out of a dish. ❤

 

[TheOddOneOut]

SO. PRETTY.
I see some that definitely could masquerade as real Ameraucanas. The solid blacks and blues...and this wheaten girl with the overgrown beak..

And no green in their legs! Wow!
*sigh* Chicken math already got me good once...not again!

 

[Klobers]

Gorgeous! I’m unfortunately guessing boy.
Where did you get him? He looks solid blue, has a straight pea, slate/black legs, and the right amount of muffage.
Still likely an EE though.

He’s a Blue Easter Egger “pullet” from My Pet Chicken .

 

[CHlCKEN]

Thank you TheOddOneOut, this is a very informative post.
Also, my Easter Egger's name is Ameraucana.

Reassurance I see- assuming she was a feed store “Ameracuana”

 

[britesidefarm]

I have one Blue Wheaten “Ameracauna” hen, at least I believe so. We got her from TSC about 5 years ago with another who has since passed.

Here are some recent EE I got out of her: