What breed of chicken is this?

[Frazzemrat1]

Sorry, comb seems more common in that form and I've never seen one with feathered feet

If I bred my brahma to my araucana cockerel (which I might) I'd get an easter egger... a mix with the intention of having colored eggs...

 

[Duck_life]

If I bred my brahma to my araucana cockerel (which I might) I'd get an easter egger... a mix with the intention of having colored eggs...

So an EE is any mixed breed with colored eggs? Or am I misunderstanding.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

So an EE is any mixed breed with colored eggs? Or am I misunderstanding.

Yes. The EE you buy from a hatchery are probably ee bred to ee for generations, with an extra ameraucana or cream crested legbar thrown in occasionally to refresh the blue egg gene. But otherwise, yes... its a hybrid or a cross made to lay colored eggs.

 

[Duck_life]

Yes. The EE you buy from a hatchery are probably ee bred to ee for generations, with an extra ameraucana or cream crested legbar thown in occasionally to refresh the blue egg gene. But otherwise, yes... its a hybrid or a cross made to lay colored eggs.

Just a question... How is an Ameraucana (what I have) and an EE different (I also ave EE's)

 

[townchicks]

An EE is a mix of any breed, bred to one of the blue egg laying breeds, in an attempt to get blue, green or olive eggs. Many EEs do lay blue or green eggs, but not all do. Hence the name, easter egger, because you can get any color egg from an EE, and if you have several, you can get many colors or shades. You can have an EE that lays white or brown eggs, depending on the mix.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Look at my signature, I have an EE... but she's an accidental mix of a black breasted red araucana rooster on a lavender ameraucana.... She's a gorgeous bird, who I could pass off as a poor bred black ameraucana... but I know she's not.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Just a question... How is an Ameraucana (what I have) and an EE different (I also ave EE's)

I hate to have to ask this question, but where did you get your ameraucana?

Is she from a hatchery? if so, she's probably an ee. Hatcheries sell ameraucana, misspelled as 'amerIcana' all the time and pass them off as pure breeds. Unfortunately, it works... and then people then breed those together and sell them as ameraucana and unknowingly propagate the misconception.

You have to be very careful about where you get your ameraucana, and make sure they follow the breed standards.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The biggest difference is one is pure bred and the other isn't. One follows a specific set of breed standards and the other doesn't.

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/

 

[Duck_life]

I hate to have to ask this question, but where did you get your ameraucana?

Is she from a hatchery? if so, she's probably an ee. Hatcheries sell ameraucana, misspelled as 'amerIcana' all the time and pass them off as pure breeds. Unfortunately, it works... and then people then breed those together and sell them as ameraucana and unknowingly propagate the misconception.

You have to be very careful about where you get your ameraucana, and make sure they follow the breed standards.

No, I got her from a breeder, I don't buy hatchery birds.

 

[Duck_life]

I hate to have to ask this question, but where did you get your ameraucana?

Is she from a hatchery? if so, she's probably an ee. Hatcheries sell ameraucana, misspelled as 'amerIcana' all the time and pass them off as pure breeds. Unfortunately, it works... and then people then breed those together and sell them as ameraucana and unknowingly propagate the misconception.

You have to be very careful about where you get your ameraucana, and make sure they follow the breed standards.

I am sure she is an ameraucana because she has a standard coloring of black with orange stripes with a puffy face (not very) She breeds her own chickens and gets them off other people.