The AMERAUCANA thread

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah, what they said. Most times it’s mixes of mixes crossed with mixes and you will get any color egg depending on the cross genetics from the mixed birds. Thus the moniker Easter Egger.

Thanks!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Easter-eggers like what Murray McMurray sells aren't even mixed-color Ameraucanas. Their Easter-eggers have traits that you couldn't get out of just mixing true Ameraucana colors, traits that were bred out of Ameraucanas along the way as the breed was being established, so them trying to claim that they're just mixed color and are really for real Ameraucanas doesn't even make sense. They've maintained their line of these birds since before Ameraucanas were standardized; their line is essentially what existed before the standard, basically a branch on the same family tree. Kind of like how Barred Plymouth Rocks were bred from Dominiques (among other breeds), yet despite their similarities Dominiques are not considered the same thing as Barred Plymouth Rocks. Easter-eggers share ancestry with Ameraucanas, but that does not make them the same thing.

McMurray just stubbornly refuses to acknowledge that their Easter-eggers are not true Ameraucanas because the term 'Ameraucana' was simply what was used to describe bearded, blue or green egg laying chickens back in the day before the breed actually entered the standard. And before that, 'Easter egg chickens' were called Araucanas, right up until that breed was standardized, which is why you still see some EEs referred to as such. But it's been like 40 years at this point since Ameraucanas were standardized, so I'm not sure why McMurray have decided to die on this hill when most of the other large hatcheries have caught up to modern day and started labeling their EEs properly without issues.

In short, Easter-eggers like what McMurray sells as 'mixed-color Ameraucanas' aren't even part Ameraucana technically, they're more like cousins of the breed.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Isn’t she?? I have owned Frenchies for over 20 years now and my last one passed in June and the house didn’t feel right without them

Aww sorry for your loss but congrats on the new puppy!!!

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Tiniest egg ive ever seen from my bantam ameraucanas. Mini egg beside normal egg. They even messed the hue up on it. It’s pale green, but looks tan beside their normal blues.

 

[kurby22]

Tiniest egg ive ever seen from my bantam ameraucanas. Mini egg beside normal egg. They even messed the hue up on it. It’s pale green, but looks tan beside their normal blues.View attachment 3740767
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Eeee! I love fairy eggs!!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What beautiful bantams!

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Eeee! I love fairy eggs!!

I as well. My ameraucanas are the only birds to produce fairy eggs thus far, and they’ve made 2. I’ve been saving them since they’re so cute.

 

[Rizona11]

Does anyone have wheaten Ameraucana eggs available for shipping?

 

[kurby22]

Hatched my first bantam Ams of my own creations! Got 3 blacks and 3 project cuckoo/Lav cuckoo babies More in the bator due this weekend and next weekend! I’m in love

 

[Rizona11]

Anyone have/or will be having wheaten Ameraucanas eggs available for shipping?