would a feed store sell EE's as amerucauna?

[danielbrown]

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The title for the "ameraucana" pic you posted is AmeraucanaXLeghorn's. 26 Hatched and all have been sold
http://www.freewebs.com/dnjranch/2008babies.htm

Notice the "purebred Ameraucanas" that are really EE.
http://www.freewebs.com/dnjranch/chickens.htm



99% of hatchery Ameraucanas are not pure blooded.
Most feed stores get their chicks from said hatcheries.
If you want purebred Ameraucanas look up a breeder on the Ameraucana club breeders list.

 

[Blissey86]

Araucana:

Ameraucana:

EE:

Chick 1 above and below







Chick 2 above

Do you think they are ameracanas. They have green legs plus, but i got them from a feed store

 

[Rorporp23]

Chick 1 above and below







Chick 2 above

Do you think they are ameracanas. They have green legs plus, but i got them from a feed store

They look like EEs. Ameracaunas come in 8 recognized colors: Buff, Black, White, Blue Wheaten, Wheaten, Brown Red, Blue, and Silver. They also have slate legs, versus the sometimes green legs of EEs.
Almost all hatchery and feed store Ameracaunas/Americanas/Americaunas/etc. are EEs.
You can read more about the difference between EEs and Ameracaunas here!
http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html

 

[Sphinx]

They sure are cute! I have a lavender ameraucana, which still in the project stages- it's not a recognized color variation.

I have a couple EE too. Honestly, if I could only keep one kind of chicken, it'd be EE.

 

[Gypsy Blue]

I had the same thing happen, which was just me not knowing. My "Ameraucana's" are most definitely EE's But I'm not worried, they're sweet little chickies that'll add variety to my eggs. That's all I really wanted anyway!

 

[farmerChef]

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Arau/BRKAraucanas.html

Ive heard some people say hatcheries sell thier Easter Eggers as Ameraucana/Araucana because Easter Eggers are a breed.

Most of the time, if people have real ameraucanas or araucanas, they can tell you what color they are, egg color etc. They also usually have their colors separated, not all mixed together. If im buying eggs or chicks, I usually ask to see pictures of the parents, and ask a few questions. I have EEs, Ameraucanas, and Araucanas, and I want to make sure I'm paying for the right breed, purebred Araucanas, esp ones that are rumpless and tufted, arent cheap.

 

[egnilk66]

Aren't they one in the same?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Aren't they one in the same?

No. Easter Egger and/or Americana is a made up name for a mixed/mutt that lays a colored egg. Not a breed. Still a chicken and often great layers of colorful birds. Doesn't make them "bad", it is just that they are not truebred and couldn't be shown.

 

[cassbickford]

Like others have mentioned, most hatcheries sell only EE's but will label them Araucanas/Ameraucanas/Americanas. If you see the spelling Americanas, it equals Easter Eggers. I read somewhere that some places will purposely spell Americana with an "i" as a gimmick and then claim that they were not dishonest because they did not spell it "Ameraucana". . The US breed standard for Araucanas is rumpless and yours look like they have rumps. You have beautiful EE's though!

 

[egnilk66]

I was under the impression that Easter Eggers are a group of birds who lay pastel colored eggs.