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At what age can you tell ameraucana cockerels from pullets?
the day they start to crow
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At what age can you tell ameraucana cockerels from pullets?
What color of eggs would be layed by hens that I get from breeding my b/bk/s ams with my b/bk/s jersey giants?? Would make huge easter eggers in b/bk/s hens but what about the eggs?? Green?? Would I be able to tell the eggs readily from my pure breed brown egg laying jersey giants if I let them free range together?? I plan on keeping the pure Ams separated.
I would guess both girls. My boys had a big red comb before then and were growing roo tailfeathers.I got 3 young pullets(?) a few weeks ago. 2 Ameraucana's and 1 Delaware. I know the Delaware is a pullet but I am not 100% on the 2 Ameraucana's yet. I got a Blue and a Black. I am pretty sure(99%) the Black is a Pullet but not sure about the Blue. They r about 13 weeks in the pics. Sorry cant delete the Delaware pic. so that's y I said about her, don't want anyone to think I think she is a Ameraucana. Anyone have any guesses for me. They r true Ameraucana's breed to standers. Thanks
By my best guess the eggs would be green and the faces would have beards and muffs. I think you may be able to tell the difference.... Just as long as all your AMs have two copies of blue egg gene and two copies of the beards/muffs.
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I have heard 3 weeks - but I had one rooster who was a month and a half gone.. and I still got some of his "get" when hatching the eggs (heavily feathered legs on a sumatra black bird when I didn't have any other feather legged birds except him). So.. if you want to make sure they are clean - segregate them from ALL roosters until the eggs are infertile - then you will know.
They do sound like an interesting bird.
I have heard 3 weeks - but I had one rooster who was a month and a half gone.. and I still got some of his "get" when hatching the eggs (heavily feathered legs on a sumatra black bird when I didn't have any other feather legged birds except him). So.. if you want to make sure they are clean - segregate them from ALL roosters until the eggs are infertile - then you will know.
They do sound like an interesting bird.