Bantam or Full Sized? Araucana or Amerucana

[LE808]

Hi I bought these gorgeous little ladies last week as I was told they will give me green eggs. They were labeled as Araucanas but I think they might be Ameraucanas. They also couldn't tell me at the shop whether they are bantams or full sized! Any ideas?

 

[LE808]

Also forgot to add they are about 22/22 weeks old here is another picture

 

[Griffinsong]

The crests mean they are Easter Eggers, [Ameraucana type mixes] probably containing Polish, or maybe Silkie [do they have any extra toes?]

 

[Veer67]

They are definitely not Ameraucanas. They look like lavender British Araucanas, and since you live in the UK it makes sense. Check out this site: http://www.araucana.org.uk/photos.html

 

[Griffinsong]

You're right! I forgot the non-US type Araucanas can have tails and have crests, d'oh.
They are Araucanas

 

[LE808]

That's great thank you, I was told they were hard to come by in the UK. How would I know whether they are bantam tailed or full sized?

 

[donrae]

How big are they? That's the difference between bantam and full size. From the pic I'm guessing full size, as they're not very large birds anyway. I don't even know if there is a UK bantam version, but if so it would only weigh a pound or so, full grown.