What type of Americaunna is this?

[chickymamma82]

If a hatchery ...or anyone for that matter....spells Ameraucana any way other than "Ameraucana" ,it is not a pure bird, and is either an olive egger, or most likely, an Easter Egger.

There are only 8 colors in the APA standard and there are ohly a few colors being worked on, such as Colombian, Chocolate, and Lavendars like mine.
Easter Eggers, on the other hand, can come in any color, have any comb, any colored eggs, and any colored legs. While Ameraucanas have slate/dark/black legs, pea combs, muffs, a beard, and lay green-olive green eggs.

. My autocorrect changed similar to slammer. Sorry about that. I misspelled Ameracauna. No matter what way I spell it, my phone doesn't recognize it. I'm new to raising backyard chickens. Still trying to get the hang of it. She also looks nothing like the picture they advertised for her. That kind of clears this confusion. I e read that true Ameraucanas lay blue eggs and that Easter eggers lay green. I'm not sure what a pea comb is.

 

[PoultryQueen101]

. My autocorrect changed similar to slammer. Sorry about that. I misspelled Ameracauna. No matter what way I spell it, my phone doesn't recognize it. I'm new to raising backyard chickens. Still trying to get the hang of it. She also looks nothing like the picture they advertised for her. That kind of clears this confusion. I e read that true Ameraucanas lay blue eggs and that Easter eggers lay green. I'm not sure what a pea comb is.

a comb is the... the um.. red rubbery stuff that grows on their head... hard to explain, easier to show. There are different kinds, such as buttercup, cushion, strawberry, rose, single, and pea.

arghh! Im all confused lol! I didnt want to confuse you. Easter Eggers can lay any color in the rainbow of possibilities. Ameraucanas should lay green...or a version of green, Cloudy above lays olive green eggs, Luna lays baby Blue, and the others lay inbetween.

 

[speckledhen]

a comb is the... the um.. red rubbery stuff that grows on their head... hard to explain, easier to show. There are different kinds, such as buttercup, cushion, strawberry, rose, single, and pea.

arghh! Im all confused lol! I didnt want to confuse you. Easter Eggers can lay any color in the rainbow of possibilities. Ameraucanas should lay green...or a version of green, Cloudy above lays olive green eggs, Luna lays baby Blue, and the others lay inbetween. Mine all lay blue, but Cloudy. She just started laying again today after molt.

Actually, that is not correct. Ameraucanas should only lay blue eggs, never green. Most EEs lay green, but many do lay blue and some just end up laying plain old brown, especially if they are not pure for the pea comb gene.

To the OP, Easter Eggers are of mixed genetics. If you familiarize yourself with the standard for Ameraucanas, no one will be able to pull one over on you again.

I have both EEs and true Ameraucanas plus I've made my own EEs with Delaware or Barred Rock rooster bred with either my Ameraucana or EE hens. I love them all for what they are.


That autocorrect makes for some wild conversations, doesn't it, LOL?

 

[PoultryQueen101]

Yep, thats why I am confused, thats what I thought... but someone told me the other way around!
Here is my color pallete. Easter Egger is the blue egg on the left, Ameraucana blue egg on the right. Then in the background, 3 silkie eggs on the left and a golden comet and silver laced wyandotte on the right. Today I got a green egg... had to be one of my Ameraucana. But shes the only one to lay the green egg.

 

[speckledhen]

The Ameraucana eggs must be in the blue family to be correct for the breed. Not all are the same blue shade, of course, some may have a greenish tinge to the blue but are still definitely blue, some are sky blue, some turquoise blue, etc. There are quite a few shades of blue. The only EE hen I have who lays a blue egg is 1/2 Blue Wheaten Ameraucana and 1/2 Easter Egger.

 

[PoultryQueen101]

The Ameraucana eggs must be in the blue family to be correct for the breed. Not all are the same blue shade, of course, some may have a greenish tinge to the blue but are still definitely blue, some are sky blue, some turquoise blue, etc. There are quite a few shades of blue. The only EE hen I have who lays a blue egg is 1/2 Blue Wheaten Ameraucana and 1/2 Easter Egger.

well, I guess its because Lavendar is a working color. Our Easter Egger lays the sky blue, and the lavendars lay a blue version, besides our oldest hen.
Here is a color palette I took a few minutes ago. Added the maran egg from the other day, and one of lunas eggs, though it is more porus from being in the fridge.
the olive is from the above hen with a molting beard.
The creams are from the silkies,
the browns from our slwyandotte, comet, and pred
the blues from the lavendars,
the dark brown from a maran.

anyhows, good luck! Bye

 

[Wyandottes7]

Your bird is an Easter Egger. Easter Eggers can lay any color of egg, including blue, green, brown, and pink. True Ameraucanas can only lay blue eggs. If they don't lay blue eggs, they aren't actually Ameraucanas.

 

[speckledhen]

Love the dark egg! I know I have photos of my Ameraucana and EE eggs somewhere, but the turquoise egg is so deeply colored the minute it comes out of the nest and as it cools off, it seems to fade a tad. And it doesn't photograph true to color, either, which is very frustrating.


This photo veers toward the green more than the egg really does. It is truly a deep turquoise-blue egg, very pretty. I didn't tweak the color of the photo at all, but it just doesn't do this egg justice. You can tell it is intensely colored, at least. I do have a crappy cheap camera, too, which doesn't help matters.





Ooops, sorry to the original poster! We sort of started talking amongst ourselves. Your EE hen is actually very pretty, from your photos you posted.

 

[BantamLover21]

Like the other posters said, chickymamma82, your bird is an Easter Egger.

 

[chickymamma82]

a comb is the... the um.. red rubbery stuff that grows on their head... hard to explain, easier to show. There are different kinds, such as buttercup, cushion, strawberry, rose, single, and pea.

arghh! Im all confused lol! I didnt want to confuse you. Easter Eggers can lay any color in the rainbow of possibilities. Ameraucanas should lay green...or a version of green, Cloudy above lays olive green eggs, Luna lays baby Blue, and the others lay inbetween.

Thank you! Your chickens are all very beatiful! I will have to do some research on the combs. Lately, I've been looking up my different breeds and trying to find out if they are hearty in the winter. Last winter, it got down to -52 with the windchill several days. I'm also looking at what types of insulation and if I should close up some of my ventilation. So much to learn.