Please help identify Ameraucana? Speckled Sussex

[bjlral2000]

These little chicks are a little over a week old, picked up from our local feed supply store and sold as an Ameraucana and a Speckled Sussex. Can you help me with which is which? Thank you! Barbara

 

[Mountain Peeps]

You don't have a pure bred ameracana. That's an EE. Ameracanas are often sold as EEs. The other is a speckled sussex. I have those same breeds also!

 

[VABeachBRs]

I agree. The Sussex is the darker one and the other is an EE. Top in first picture is Sussex, bottom is EE.

 

[Boerbok]

All I know is you have two girls.

 

[bjlral2000]

You folks are pro-awesome!!! Thank you, we had it the other way around. So the darker one is an EE and the lighter one is the Sussex? How do you know they are girls?

 

[Griffinsong]

The sussex is the lighter one with the orange legs and white speckles on the feather tips, the EE is the darker one with the greenish legs and puffier cheeks.

The sussex will probably become the darker one once they both age, though, adult sussex are pretty dark brown.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

You folks are pro-awesome!!! Thank you, we had it the other way around. So the darker one is an EE and the lighter one is the Sussex? How do you know they are girls?

Yes, the darker one with the greenish legs is the EE. I can't really tell gender yet as they are still young.

 

[ochochicas]

The sussex is the lighter one with the orange legs and white speckles on the feather tips, the EE is the darker one with the greenish legs and puffier cheeks.

The sussex will probably become the darker one once they both age, though, adult sussex are pretty dark brown.

Agreed! The darker one with the slate legs would have to be the EE. Sussex have pink or white legs. The sussex would have to be the ligher one. You can't be positive at this point of the breeding since there are a lot of breeds that have this coloration and are often mixed up by feed stores.

 

[bjlral2000]

Can anyone post a pure Ameraucana chick pic? Thank you!

 

[goldfinches]

Can anyone post a pure Ameraucana chick pic? Thank you!

There are 8 different recognized Ameraucana colors. I have wheaten/blue wheaten.



These are newly hatched, their beards aren't evident. Their legs change color as they grow to a slate.