Ameraucana Blue Color question UPDATED W/SHOW RESULTS!

[Tootsie]

I have other males and these girls aren't in with any of them yet. I have solid white, multicolor and so on and so on... With photobucket it is too time consuming to show many pictures here, emailing pictures is so much easier for me as I am on Dial Up. The blue guy us the only one that didn;t come from my eggs of my males.

 

[turtleblossom]

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Ummm...Tootsie, I went to your website, and there is a very nice pic of your other "Ameraucana" hens, and they appear to be Easter Eggers.

The pics of the hens you posted on this thread look to be Ameraucanas, did you get them from different sources?

I know that some of the people who have responded to your post might seem rude, but we are just trying to figure this one out. For you and anyone else who may be lurking about reading this thread.

There is a TON of misinformation about Ameraucanas out there, and those who care about the breed find themselves trying to educate people who may not want to hear that the birds they have are not Ameraucanas.

ETA: I love all the pics of your sheep! Can't wait 'till I get some!

 

[EweSheep]

I did see a few "Amercuana" hens but they are EE's or cross bred colored Amercuanas. I do see some wheaton colored but the ones that are black and bay colored are not acceptable in the Amercuana's standards.

Other than that, from what Mr Blehm told me a few years ago, silver feathers in blues is a no no and should not be used for breedings. The gold leaking into blue feathers are acceptable in breeding but it must be used with care so the future generation does not pass on this trait. Same for the Black Gold Amercuanas.

I think it does boil down who your sources were from and genetics can be funky at times.

 

[Tootsie]

Those gals on the site are from a different source and I don't think I have any of the solid colored ones in that picture as in white, buff, silver and so on...yes and also were much older and so there are very few of them left. They all only lay a blue or blue green egg. One lays a tourquiose egg, the prettiest egg. I suppose I should update the pics when I have the time. My flock have produced some beautiful ameraucana offspring in white, blue, here is a not great picture of her:

silver & buff...the silver and the blue I showed once but after that they always seem to be molting at show time. Then I have this pretty one that is buff and I probably should have shown her, her name is Sweet Potato but I like to call her Potater.

The blue guy in question came from a totally different man's flock and it was a blue egg. He gave me 2 eggs and sadly the other one, a solid black male ameraucana was involved in gate collapse accident and died a few months ago. I already said where the girls in the picture came from.

My main focus is my araucanas and know more on that topic so I hope this helps.

 

[LeBlackbird]

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Both your hens are "flat combed" Which means they have no raised comb, just a flat area...

Your blue hen has dark feathers on her back. These are bad, you don't want dark feathers on a good blue. She could also use better lacing

Also watch out for turned-in toes, and white wing feathers.

 

[turtleblossom]

Tootsie, could you PM me and let me know where you got your stock?

* I keep two lists of Ameraucana breeders (from various sites); 'who to buy from', 'and who to run from'. If anyone is interested in a partial list, let me know.




ETA: * My opinion only! If you don't agree, make your own lists!

 

[cottagegarden]

There is some percentage like 1 in 50? birds bred from SQ/BQ actually turn out to be SQ. That is why we have to breed selectively.
We come to BYC to learn, and people learn from our questions.
Tootsie, you asked a question and were lucky to have two ABC members/breeders
who show their birds answer your question.
Everyone makes personal choices based on what you need from your birds.
Had you have entered the PA Farm show last year with your bird where there was an ABC Meet and something like 75-100 Ameraucanas and maybe 20 Blue alone, he would have been DQed or at least just not placed. He placed over 4 other birds.
You have received some suggestions on your birds, if you want to show and do well you should consider it, consider where you ned to go from here with what you have.
The birds featured on your website are EE's. I understand you have other stock.
You seem, with a website and selling eggs, to be more of a high profile chicken type person. It would be great to take that opportunity to educate people who come to your farm or buy from you. I always think about what might happen down the road to people with what I help bring into this world. I would never want some a kid to hatch eggs, spend months raising birds, and get DQ at a show bc I didnt make the best choices I could with breeding.
Just a thought.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Your birds should only lay blue eggs. That is something you should breed for.

Im not sure how he won, but he shouldn't have, unless he was the only real Ameraucana there.

I wouldn't use him as a breeding bird for a pure-bred Ameraucana pen; the silver is bad and it would be best to avoid it at all costs, and would make it much easier on you.

 

[TK Poultry]

so there you have it some rock solid advice and if you cant find a better roo then you'll have to play with the hand your dealt and sell them as EE's until the problem is resolved! hope you have fun and do well with everything

 

[Goose and Fig]

Wait a sec- if you start at the beginning of this thread- it appears that Blackbird was talking about Mahonri's bird having leakage and needing to be culled. Not the OP's juvenile.