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No it isnt an aracauna it doesnt have tufts, it has muffs and a beard, you can zoom in on the photo a bit if you put your mouse on the pic an option to zoom in will come up
ETA: Oh and by the way, EE means you will get colored eggs
green, blue, even pink is a possibility
ohhh! really, i didnt know that....so we will know for sure who the colored eggs belonged to. now i DO remember them telling us one of our chicks would produce blue eggs or something like that. is the breed really called easter egger, or is that slang?
It is really called Easter Egger, everyone says EE though, let me see if I can shortly explain that....
An Aracauna is a breed that came from Europe, it is identified by its tufts and can come with or without a rump (I know that sounds funny lol) they ALWAYS lay a blue egg and come in true colors
An Ameracauna is a breed that was invented in the US and you can find the Breed Associations page online to explain that particular breed further if you want. They always lay a blue egg and come in true colors (examples: blue, black, partridge (i think), white, etc)
An EE is a chicken that has ancestral ameracauna genes lol that sounds weird. What I mean is, Once upon a time, some one crossed an Ameracauna with a (for example) Rhode Island Red. The chicks that hatched from those two were first generation EEs. Depending on what the EEs have been crossed with will depend on their egg color. There is no standard for them, they usually have green legs but also have slate or yellow, or pretty much any color, this depends on the breeds they have been crossed with. Also they can have muffs and a beard or just muffs or just a beard or none at all. Thus, the reasoning for them being a mutt breed. However, they can lay eggs from light green and blue, to olive green, tannish green and turquoise, even pink. They are true Easter Egg layers. They come in all colors and are kind of the crayola chicken of all chickens lol.
Hope that helps you, I know it helped when someone explained it to me.
