I picked up these two girls yesterday in response to a Craigslist ad. The couple who had them advertised them as > 3-year-old Ameraucanas whose egg production had dramatically dropped off and were therefore no longer of use to them. They didn't know much about their history, having inherited them from someone else, but the hens have obviously never been handled and are very apprehensive of us and our other chickens and animals. I know they'll acclimate in time, but it occurred to me that their look, coloring and type is distinctly different than my other Easter Eggers. Are they possibly purebred Ameraucanas? They have slate-colored legs and feet and very pronounced muffs and beards.
