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post #5541 of 9838
7/15/12 at 3:53pm
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Originally Posted by dncarr09 View Post

Oh wow I didn't know an EE could have feathered legs

Pure Ameraucana's are clean legged....but there are many crosses (easter eggers) that can be feather footed. The industry has called easter eggers > Ameraucana's for such a long time that it can be really

confusing. Out of the colored egg layers in this country, less than 20% are actual Ameraucanas..less than 5% Auraucanas, and the rest are crosses.

 

I found the personality, early maturity, hardiness, feather color, and egg color of the Ameraucana so interesting though that I actually cross them on purpose to keep those traits and get other interesting features. My current primary pure breed breeders consist of Ameraucanas, welsummers, & marans. Im not going past F-2's though or it will just be a cluster fu** of genetics. So some of the f-1's and all of the F-2's will be sold as chicks for colored egg layers (easter eggers)

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post #5542 of 9838
7/15/12 at 7:11pm
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Yup. You can also make a post to Hoobly.

Oh...I forgot Stacy....Knox paper has a free listings for people giving things away "free". You may want to look into that.

Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

post #5543 of 9838
7/15/12 at 7:13pm
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Originally Posted by bairo View Post

lesson learned about community dark box

 

Community laying box that stays dark is great to stop egg pecking.......Community nesting box stinks for broody hens!!!! \

 

Hen goes broody

everyone else lays in same box

hen steals ALL eggs to sit on

hen sits on 20 eggs & needs prozac to help her cope with not being able to cover them all. 

And like mine they end up breaking ALL the eggs!!!

Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

post #5544 of 9838
7/15/12 at 7:25pm
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Originally Posted by dncarr09 View Post

Oh wow I didn't know an EE could have feathered legs

It has some Blue Maran features ( I raise Blue ones) and I agree with Bario...if it was a full BM it would not have the red bleeding through around the legs and bottom feathers (Or is that white...I can't tell from the shadow,)but instead in the saddle and neck. As Marans are feathered legs... in uncommon cases that can be passed on to a chicks. But....yeah..looks like an easter egger.

Here is one of my blue Maran juveniles

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Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

post #5545 of 9838
7/16/12 at 12:50pm

Mystery chick solved. It's an olive egger! The breeder that I got my chicks from cross a Black Copper Maran and a Blue Ameracuana for there Olive eggers. EE was very close so good guess :)  Any guess on boy or girl?

post #5546 of 9838
7/16/12 at 1:07pm
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Mystery chick solved. It's an olive egger! The breeder that I got my chicks from cross a Black Copper Maran and a Blue Ameracuana for there Olive eggers. EE was very close so good guess :)  Any guess on boy or girl?

Olive Egger is considered an egg color type of  Easter Egger. It still belongs to the easter egger group. So I was right. tongue.gif, LOL

 

Certainly looks like a good chance it is a female. Get us another pick about August 1st and we should be able to tell a lot more. 


Edited by bairo - 7/16/12 at 1:11pm
post #5547 of 9838
7/16/12 at 2:59pm

If that's not a technicality if I ever heard one smarty pants! I will up date the pictures. I am pretty sure its a little pullet too. 

post #5548 of 9838
7/16/12 at 3:30pm

Pullet was my first thought as well for the OE. smile.png Glad to know I was right on the last one!

Hannah - Married to my very patient husband (who wishes I wouldn't own so many creatures), 1 diluted calico cat, 5 mini lops (I may have babies for sale so check my website out!), 4 mini rex, 1 Cochin Roo Frederick, 2 cochin pullets (1 frizzle and 1 standard) Frizz and Frazz, 1 cochin hen, 2 black australorp hens, and 1 deleware hen Ninja.
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Hannah - Married to my very patient husband (who wishes I wouldn't own so many creatures), 1 diluted calico cat, 5 mini lops (I may have babies for sale so check my website out!), 4 mini rex, 1 Cochin Roo Frederick, 2 cochin pullets (1 frizzle and 1 standard) Frizz and Frazz, 1 cochin hen, 2 black australorp hens, and 1 deleware hen Ninja.
ARBA member!
http://chimneytopsrabbitry.weebly.com/

 

post #5549 of 9838
7/16/12 at 7:15pm
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@daph

 

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post #5550 of 9838
7/16/12 at 8:52pm
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@daph

 

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What a pretty little blue girl. She's big, too! My February hatch looks like they're about ready to lay. How about yours, Stang? It's funny to compare them to the orps I hatched at the same time. They still look like they're months away.

 

Here's my little visitor:

 

Photo Jul 16, 11 46 47 PM.jpg

 

That's a salt block my friend set out for the deer. Spooky, huh?

Proud Mama of SLW, English-type BBS Orpingtons, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and one Lhasa-Apso / Poodle Mix that must be protected from the roosters at all times!

Proud Mama of SLW, English-type BBS Orpingtons, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and one Lhasa-Apso / Poodle Mix that must be protected from the roosters at all times!

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