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    Review by '' on item 'Ameraucana'

    I got my 3 girls almost 2 years ago at a poultry auction. They are a dusty, bluish shade. They are fairly skittish and don't like to be petted, but I never really worked with them (I'm contrasting this with my new Black Sex Links that surprised the heck out of me by trying to perch on me or eat...
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    Sethanie says Hi!

    RAISINS! I sat down outside the pen and tossed raisins at their feet. In 10 minutes I had a couple of them a foot away from me :) Thank you! It's the start of a beautiful friendship!
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    Newbie from SE Kansas

    Oh a fellow SEKer! I just joined today, too!
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    Sethanie says Hi!

    When we got them I looked online and found pics week by week of americauna chicks. I figured they were around 5 weeks old. We kept them in a large dog crate until they were bigger and ready for the last of winter. And until we had finished the coop/run. We call them the chickas because...
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    Sethanie says Hi!

    Hi all! I'm new to chicken keeping, though we did have a flock when I was a child and my parents had the farm. Now I have kids and my husband got 9 ameraucanas earlier this year. If I'm close in my age estimates, we might see eggs in August. So far it looks like we've got 3 hens and there is...
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    Lots of ameraucana males?

    No we got them at a poultry auction labeled as ameraucana pullets. Looking at pics online I estimated their general age at the time to be 5 weeks. I couldn't tell sex at the time but I understand experienced chicken keepers usually can pick males and females at that age. I suspect someone was...
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    Lots of ameraucana males?

    That's what I was thinking. I didn't try to get pics of the females just the males. Here are bad pics of what I think are females.
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    Lots of ameraucana males?

    I tried taking pics of all the ones developing the longer tails. Out of 9 I think we have 3 hens. Do any of the ones I show below look female at all? Longer tails+bigger combs=male, right?
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