White Crested Polish?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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You won't regret that you have a BO chicky! I have about 20 to 30 buffs and they are really good layers of brown eggs and will go broody alot and are SO SWEET & Friendly!!!!

 

[sloallie10]

and just to tell you it would be called a EE not an ameraucana

 

[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?

 

[aimeeinwv]

Thank You Fizzy, and yes I do know the difference. I've been raising chickens since 1987, when I was in Jr. High. However, just began getting them as chicks 4 years ago, rather than buying pullets from local farms, just for a little variety.

Since I ordered Americana's - and that's how they are listed in the catalog and websites, and they are labeled as so I figured everyone on the site would know what I was talking about either way be it a EE or Aracauna or Americana. We all know that they don't come pure bred from hatcheries and didn't really think it made any difference.

But I appreciate you pointing that out, just in case there are some on here that do not know.

 

[PotterWatch]

I did have a couple ees that looked like that. Started out like this:

Grew up to be this (the two on the left):

 

[aimeeinwv]

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!!!​

 

[aimeeinwv]

Potterwatch - I love them! How beautiful!!!! I was hoping she may be a buff colored hen. I think yours are nice! Hope she does look like them!

I recounted everything today. I already have 40 EE hens. Now, I ordered 5 new ones. Ended up with 11 new ones and they shorted me on my Marans. Humph! Oh well, I love them all anyway! Guess I will just have to order more! *sigh* hehe!

 

[seminolewind]

Those buff EE's are gorgeous!!!!!