Ameraucana Chickens
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This site is about my chickens, "The Ameraucana Breed." I want to help people understand about the difference's between the 3 common Blue/Green Egg Laying Breeds. There is a lot of confusion on the difference's between the Ameraucana, Araucana, and the Easter Egger.
The Ameraucana:
The Ameraucana is Bearded and has a tail. They have slate Blue legs and lay a blue/green egg. They should never have yellow legs. They have a pea comb and red ear lobes.
The Araucana:
Araucana's have ear tuff's and some can be Rumpless(no long tail). They also lay a blue/green egg. They should also never have yellow legs. They have a pea comb and red ear lobes as well.
The Easter Egger:
The Easter Egger is a cross between a Blue/green egg layer and a brown egg layer, often resulting in various shades of eggs in the green/blue/pinkish shades. Also called an Olive Egger. They can have any color legs, any kind of comb(as they are a cross). Some breeders of Ameraucana's and Araucana's will also call their Culls Easter Eggers because they do not meet their breed standards.
Everyone has their opinions on these three breeds and if you are confused, just go to any of these breed's website's and you will find a ton of information. Also Fresh Eggs Daily has a ton of information as well. I have also been told that a purebred Ameraucana and an Araucana can both throw an Olive egg, and these are usually culled out of the breeder's program and culled.
I am on Backyard Chickens, here is a post on the differences from Professionals: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/128806/differences-ee-ameraucana-araucana-pls-post-pics
How I got started:
When I first started my chickens, I was sold eggs that were supposed to be Araucana's. I then looked up what the difference's were between the Ameraucana and the Araucana. I was familiar with the Araucana, and had heard of the Ameraucana, which also layed a blue/green egg, so I was interested in the difference and found out I actually had Ameraucana's. Mine were bearded and had a tail, and looked nothing like the Araucana's I was used to.
The Ameraucana:
The Ameraucana is Bearded and has a tail. They have slate Blue legs and lay a blue/green egg. They should never have yellow legs. They have a pea comb and red ear lobes.
The Araucana:
Araucana's have ear tuff's and some can be Rumpless(no long tail). They also lay a blue/green egg. They should also never have yellow legs. They have a pea comb and red ear lobes as well.
The Easter Egger:
The Easter Egger is a cross between a Blue/green egg layer and a brown egg layer, often resulting in various shades of eggs in the green/blue/pinkish shades. Also called an Olive Egger. They can have any color legs, any kind of comb(as they are a cross). Some breeders of Ameraucana's and Araucana's will also call their Culls Easter Eggers because they do not meet their breed standards.
Everyone has their opinions on these three breeds and if you are confused, just go to any of these breed's website's and you will find a ton of information. Also Fresh Eggs Daily has a ton of information as well. I have also been told that a purebred Ameraucana and an Araucana can both throw an Olive egg, and these are usually culled out of the breeder's program and culled.
I am on Backyard Chickens, here is a post on the differences from Professionals: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/128806/differences-ee-ameraucana-araucana-pls-post-pics
How I got started:
When I first started my chickens, I was sold eggs that were supposed to be Araucana's. I then looked up what the difference's were between the Ameraucana and the Araucana. I was familiar with the Araucana, and had heard of the Ameraucana, which also layed a blue/green egg, so I was interested in the difference and found out I actually had Ameraucana's. Mine were bearded and had a tail, and looked nothing like the Araucana's I was used to.