Why so against EE?

[Jkioneil]

we are not multiracial we are multicultural. and i agree human race and that is it

and just to be clear the thing about calling it a multicultural chicken was a joke. i thought it would get a laugh... only me i guess.

how can we have roos? that drives me crazy

i want more EE's and i dont know how. I mean of course we can order eggs or chicks but i want my girls to lay eggs..their eggs!! I thought about renting a roo but people said you cant cuz they could be sick. so i thought about finding one to borrow for a month or so, but who would do that? is there a way to keep em hush? maybe i could talk to my neighbors... anyone have a suggestion? i would love my girls to have chicks!

i only have the one EE right now but i wat more i did not realize how great they were unitl i got one. i love all my girls but the EE has a special spot. now about that roo???

 

[cashdl]

EE's are funny little things and I love the fact they look like chipmunks. At least all the ones I have, do as chicks.

Lanae

 

[Jkioneil]

mine too they are so cute! big cheeks too. i am glad i found out what mine is. i put a pic on this thread earlier thinking it was a Araucana only to find out it was an EE. i was irritated i was not told. I wish they would have said i had an EE. the lady said they were the same thing. misinformation is terrible thats all there is to it.
i like her dark legs too they are this purple blue color. are all of them like that? what color do are the eggs? are they blue?

 

[DaKid]

Ameraucana's or E E’s MMMMMMMMMMMMM

Ok can you please in light me in the different type, I have order eggs from both and I though they where the same , my so call EE’s are about 3 weeks old now and my Ameraucana's are about to be hatch in a few weeks .

So I should I keep them in different pens as to there are not the same breed .

These birds are from different breeders and not from hatchery and are so call pure breeds .

Is there any way to tell them apart or just my egg coloring

Any infor. Would be great and thanks again
Alan

Ok I'm still looking for some answers - how can you tell them apart - are EE Totally different type of breed from the Ameraucana's


talk to me

 

[cashdl]

all of my EE chicks have willow or green legs.


Think of EE's as a non standard color americana cross. They can be any color just about, will lay blue, green, pinkish eggs. Egg coloring will not help you tell them apart. My EE hens all lay very pretty blue eggs except 2 or 3 that lay green eggs and I think only 1 lays a pink/tan eggs.

EE's are not totally different than americana's. Americana's only come in a few colors that are recognized the rest are considered EE's I guess. It is very confusing and unless you are showing or breeding to better the americana breed it should not matter. If you sell chicks or eggs list them as EE to be safe so as not to mislead anyone else and don't worry about it.

Lanae

 

[SteveH]

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Ok I'm still looking for some answers - how can you tell them apart - are EE Totally different type of breed from the Ameraucana's


talk to me

Ameraucanas come in only 8 color varities and another [ lavender ] is being bred in hopes of getting it accepted into the standard also .
They have muffs and beards . They have pea combs . The only accepted color variety that hatches with chipmonk stripes is the silver [ a duckwing pattern ] . They're supposed to lay blue eggs .
Check here for details on other qualifications and pictures of them : http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

I'm less familiar with Araucanas , but they should be rumpless and have tufts instead of muffs and beards . They also have pea combs .
They're supposed to lay blue eggs . Detais here : http://www.araucana.net/

EE can come in any color , any size , any comb type , any body type , lay any color egg . The only thing in they have in common is that either one or both parents carried the gene for blue eggs . This described the original chickens called Araucana , or several other names , but now called EE by many . Since the name " Araucana " was already taken before the Ameraucana was standardized , they settled on " Ameraucana " over " American Araucana " in a vote for the name of the new breed . So both breeds came directly from the mongrel chickens , had and continue to have other breeds added ; but are themselves used to breed other chickens which people that own, breed , and sell the standardized breeds want labeled Easter Eggers . Now that should be clear as mud on a dark night .

Neither breed is called " Americana " which you often see advertized , but that sounds too much like " Ameraucana " making it confusing .

 

[DaKid]

cashdl
EE's are not totally different than americana's. only come in a few colors that are recognized the rest are considered EE's I guess. It is very confusing and unless you are showing or breeding to better the americana breed it should not matter. If you sell chicks or eggs list them as EE to be safe so as not to mislead anyone else and don't worry about it.

Thats the problem Americana's seems to be a bit more that EE hatching eggs that are for sale , which I will have both this coming year 2011 as hatching eggs , so I want to post them as they should be and not Scr !@ any one over not saying that there are show quailty but as true breeds .


so what colors are the considered as a true Americana's and what colors are EE


THANKS ALAN​

 

[DaKid]

oK i POST BE4 U DID

 

[PoultryPedia]

Here is some info that may be helpful on how chicken breeds in general are officially recognized:

~ Each individual chicken qualifies as a particular breed by having specific physical characteristics that match those listed for a variety of that breed in the APA or ABA Standards books.
It does not matter what breed(s) its ancestors were (though you are more likely to get offspring that meet a particular breed's standards if you cross parents that meet those same standards).
At APA and ABA sponsored shows, judges who have passed certification exams inspect each bird and disqualify any that doesn't meet the requirements listed in the Standards books for the breed the bird is entered as being.

~ Unlike dogs, chickens are not qualified by their pedigree. The pedigree isn't even known for most show chickens--other than maybe the immediate parents and which breeder's birds the chicken came from.

~ There aren't any registries for chickens. That is why there is no such thing as a registered chicken.

~ A chicken breeder will frequently cross into his breeding line a bird from another breed that has qualities he thinks will improve his main chicken breed's genetics. He then breeds the offspring selectively to reinforce the new, desired traits and eliminate any disqualifying traits that were introduced.
In some cases, the first generation "crossed" offspring could possibly even meet the main breed Standards and be able to be shown.

~ 'Purebred' is a pretty useless term in chicken breeding since:
---it is acceptable for a specific-breed chicken to have a variety of ancestors, and
---a roo and hen that meet breed standards can sometimes produce genetic combinations of traits that disqualify some offspring.
'Standard-bred' is a more helpful term, because it identifies chickens that have been bred to meet the Standards books' breed requirements.

***Hope these explanations can help clear up some confusion. I think most of us are most familiar with the ways used to qualify dogs and horses as specific breeds, and those are different than the way used for chickens.

 

[Chris09]

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Thats the problem Americana's seems to be a bit more that EE hatching eggs that are for sale , which I will have both this coming year 2011 as hatching eggs , so I want to post them as they should be and not Scr !@ any one over not saying that there are show quailty but as true breeds .


so what colors are the considered as a true Americana's and what colors are EE


THANKS ALAN

Are you talking about Americanas or Ameraucanas?

Americanas are a EE.
Ameraucanas are the true APA/ ABA breed.....

As for the APA/ ABA colors for the Ameraucanas they would be:
Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten and White.

Chris