Three very confusing breeds..not sure what I have

[Alyssaclaiber]

Welcome to BYC!
Mcmurray is one of the hatcheries that still call their easter eggers ameraucanas. They may use an off-spelling, such as Americana.
Ee are mixed breeds. Usually they have true Ameraucana somewhere in their genes. So while their ee chicks don't always have beards and muffs, they probably would. You probably lost the easter egger.
The true blues and true greens are also mixed breeds (like an ee without muffs) and may be any feather color too. I'm guessing that you're going to have to wait and see what color eggs they lay to tell which is which.
I personally love mixed breeds. I have a yard full of easter eggers and olive eggers. I like that they are all different, I can tell them apart from a distance.
Good luck with your flock & Happy Chicken Keeping!

Thank you! I love mixed breeds too! They’re always a surprise, ans trying to figure out what color egg they’ll lay is usually a guessing game. I don’t think I’ll order from MurrayMcmurray again. When I called them, with questions about the sores on my poor little dead chick, they were very dismissive...Never offered a refund, but I didn’t ask for one. I ordered my Black Australor, Buff Orp, and Light Brahma, from Cackle Hatchery, and not only were they healthy, but the people were extremely helpful. My other chickens, aside from my little RR, are mixed breeds. I don’t even know what they’re even mixed with, because they came as “surprise “ eggs from a farmer on Amazon! I had a broody hen, that my daughter snuck home, and managed to keep hidden from us for 2 wks! Long story short, I fell in love with, “Moo,” and thus became a chicken-loving mom, and have finally been able to distress from my job in the health/medical/research arena. I come from a family of architects and doctors, and although I always wanted to be an architect, I went a different direction. I ordered a small coop to start with, and decided during the height of Covid, to de-stress by becoming the architect I’d always dreamed of becoming, and built coops....and more coops...and then a few more. You see, this one chicken has made such a difference in my stress level, I have returned the favor...lol.
Oh, by the way, I misspelled Ameraucana. I don’t think they list it at MM as Americana...lol. Either spellcheck or oversight gets my every time!

 

[swampfox440]

Thank you! I love mixed breeds too! They’re always a surprise, ans trying to figure out what color egg they’ll lay is usually a guessing game. I don’t think I’ll order from MurrayMcmurray again. When I called them, with questions about the sores on my poor little dead chick, they were very dismissive...Never offered a refund, but I didn’t ask for one. I ordered my Black Australor, Buff Orp, and Light Brahma, from Cackle Hatchery, and not only were they healthy, but the people were extremely helpful. My other chickens, aside from my little RR, are mixed breeds. I don’t even know what they’re even mixed with, because they came as “surprise “ eggs from a farmer on Amazon! I had a broody hen, that my daughter snuck home, and managed to keep hidden from us for 2 wks! Long story short, I fell in love with, “Moo,” and thus became a chicken-loving mom, and have finally been able to distress from my job in the health/medical/research arena. I come from a family of architects and doctors, and although I always wanted to be an architect, I went a different direction. I ordered a small coop to start with, and decided during the height of Covid, to de-stress by becoming the architect I’d always dreamed of becoming, and built coops....and more coops...and then a few more. You see, this one chicken has made such a difference in my stress level, I have returned the favor...lol.
Oh, by the way, I misspelled Ameraucana. I don’t think they list it at MM as Americana...lol. Either spellcheck or oversight gets my every time!

Wow ! how cute your coop is. I love it because it has character

 

[janiedoe]

I too, love your coop! So unique!
I definitely understand the spellchecker woes; I have an abundance of "pulleys"!
Ideal is my favorite hatchery ( though they don't have the variety of Cackle). Their customer service is excellent.
I have a few (8) Tractor Supply "rescues" too. One of my hens is raising 4 of the Tractor girls right now.
I'm trying to talk myself out of putting mixed breeds eggs in my little Brinse right now for two other girls that have gone broody. Lol.
My 3 year old easter egger rooster has too many (31) females to do his job well, but he hates other males. I'm just itching to put some blue easter egger x dark brahma eggs in that Brinsea.