Dora'smom :
The crested one is definitely a white-crested polish---exactly what we were looking at, at the feed store a couple of days ago.
The yellow one does not seem to have facial tufting, but I guess could still be an Easter egger. Our little Dora looked just as yellow---really blonde when she was tiny, and she is a wheaten-colored EE. We love her. Could be a nice buff Orpington, too---the color is right.
I have a question, maybe just venting a little. We went to a feed store yesterday and saw the same thing we had seen at the previous feed store, and it is wrong! The tag on the brooder says AURAUCANA, but then says Easter Egger in smaller letters. I thought that an Auraucana was different than an Ameraucana, which is really different from an Easter Egger. The feed store employee that I spoke to about this said that they have to label them this way because the hatchery does, and they tried to explain to me that they are all the same. They were a wealth of misinformation! Why don't they just label them as what they really are?
Same as I stated above, the hatcheries label them as both Americana/Aracauna when they are EE's since most hatcheries don't carry pure bread EE's. I suppose it helps people who aren't educated on the chicken breeds to understand what it is? Or maybe the general public just uses all the same terms just as I did in the posts. I'm not sure.
My great grandma showed chickens, she had silkies and polish hens... IN HER HOUSE! Well, then again, she had a pet squirrel too. (in the house too!!!) Anyway, back then, EE's weren't really as widely available. She had true blue (as they called em) Aracauna's from a breeder out of state. She only wanted them for the colorful egg basket, not really to show.
Aracauna's also have no tail. They are rumpless. Whereas the Americana does, and the Americana is missing the tufts on the ears.
The Easter Egg Chicken is not an actual breed; the term refers to any bird that lays colored eggs. The vast majority of birds sold as "Araucanas" or "Ameraucanas" are actually neither. Instead, they are mixed breeds with no APA (American Poultry Association) Standard that lay colored eggs, ranging from bluish and greenish to pinkish-brown, and sometimes even tan, gray or white.
just sayin'
<~(my grampy!) Hope that helps! Grammy would be proud! I did listen afterall!! LOL!!!
