Easter Egger, meaning that it may carry a blue egg gene and produce eggs of various colors. Those with a blue egg gene will lay blue, green, mint, olive, and many other shades with a blue undertone that is a result of the shell being blue. The shades of color are from a brown tinted coating that...
He is an EE. There should be no red or brown and the comb is not a true pea comb, has some modifier affecting the shape. He may have a Silver AM ancestor, but he is too far off base to be anything other than EE. You will probably get nice EE chicks from him anyway
Bantam Ameraucana Wheatens, Blue Wheatens, Lavenders on their first outing. Behind them are some older Ameraucana Silvers, White, Wheaten, Blue Wheatens at 5.5.weeks getting aquainted.
Yes. Blues don't breed true and lavenders generally lack good feather quality.
Consider joining the Ameraucana Alliance and get into all pros and cons.
gbartha,
I highly recommend visiting the Ameraucana Alliance website and forum. You can read and learn so much from other posts and the...
Mine came from John Blehm also. Very happy with them. As dheltzel mentions, Lavenders have a gene which makes for soft feathers that shred easily. All serious breeders are working to improve feather quality. The ones I have from John are much better than one I got from another source a couple...
I have bantams, my small coops are raised off ground by about 2 feet, but I used 1/2 x 1 inch wire mesh. Most poop drops through so very little cleaning in coop. The girls till the ground underneath where it is shaded, also helps with ventilation here in Florida. If I had LF I would not hesitate...
Want - Bantam Silkie pullet or hen. Must be from broody line as brooding will be her main purpose. I am partial to self-blue, blue, black, or splash and beards, big beards. Show Q not necessary
Close to Winter Springs.