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    Pure bred Wheaten and Blue Wheaten Cockerals - FREE!!!!

    I know its a lot to ask for birds your not making money on, but do you have any pics. I might be interested in one for breeding in my flock, but i need to be able to see some things more clearly like leg color, hackle color, and tail color. Also, hows the size.
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Quote: His faults are as i see, too large of comb, not enough breast, too much black in the hackles (but all males basically have that), and the beard should be black not white.
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Quote: Are the wheaten birds that result from blue wheatens technically a split blue? (genetic newby here) No they are not, Wheaten/Blue Wheaten genetics work the same as b/b/s genetics. The Bl gene which causes black to be diluted to blue can be given in either 0,1, or 2 copies. In the case...
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    Showing

    Get the poultry press to know where all the shows are. The biggest this year, and hopefully ever will be held in Indianapolis.
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    Brahma Thread

    4x6 would definately be enough for 4 hens, probably 5 or 6 if you wanted, especially since they have somewhere to go outside.
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    Brahma Thread

    Quote: I'm curious about this as well. If I can convince my husband, I'd like to build the Purina 4x4 coop. Local feed store has buff Brahmas and I'd like to get 1-2 and 2 other standard breeds (total 4 hens). I don't know, it depends how much outside space they have. Right now my brahmas...
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    Ok so how mad would you be if ?

    Ghost Rider, if your in Wisconsin, I can get you a breeder for nearly half the reconized breeds within probably 50, but for sure 100 miles. Remember, that ordering rare breeds that you cant find an experienced breeder for will probably end up getting you birds that look far from what they are...
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    Plymouth Rock thread!

    just thought i'd show you some of my partridges. male 1 male 1 male 2 male 2 male 1 female back penciling
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    If you're trying to get perfect egg color, the Ameraucana breeders club sells a egg color chart for a couple of bucks.
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    Ducks- Wood/Mandarin/Teal/Pintails etc...

    Lou Horton of acorn hollow bantams does white mandarins.
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Quote: Wow, we just sold some Ameraucana purebred 6 wk or so old chickens to someone who is using them for backyard chickens. They did not have their beard or muffs yet. Also, one of them was born in Jan and hated to let her go but she had not gotten a beard. Wanted to use her for showing in...
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    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Absence of beards and muffs is not that uncommon because it is a dominant triat, so a heterozygous bird will still show a beard and muffs, but if two heterozygous parents are bred together 1/4 of the offspring will be clean faced.
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    The Wyandotte Thread

    Quote: 'Wine dot' or some people say 'wine ah dot' I say: Why ahn dot That's the pronounciation I've always heard breeders using, and the one I use.
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    What makes a breed a breed?

    Yes it is a Columbian Leghorn. No, color/pattern is not part of what makes something a breed. As far as defenition of a breed goes, I was going to get to that. Basically, a breed is defined by a certian set of definable charecteristics that it must meet, such as bone structure, size weight...
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    What makes a breed a breed?

    Just wanted to make an interactive lesson on what it means when people call something a breed. I know there are several breeders on here who could answer the question quite easily, but I would like some of the novices to answer the questions, so that I can clear up the problems beginners are...
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