Ameraucana bred to SOP

[Alaskan]

Don't raise this breed, just looking. But in my experience, heterozygous feathered leg is a light feathered layer. Breed to a clean leg and you'll get some clean legs, some light feather legs and some with literally like 4 or 5 tiny feathers

So in your case you have only seen feathered legs as dominant?

Never had 2 fully clean legged birds breed feathered legs?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

So in your case you have only seen feathered legs as dominant?

Never had 2 fully clean legged birds breed feathered legs?

As far as I know, no. Never had clean only parents make feathered.

 

[Alaskan]

As far as I know, no. Never had clean only parents make feathered.

Same here. So it should be easy to breed out.

 

[NNYchick]

The biggest thing with the male is his wings are super droopy. However, sometimes they droop more when feathers are coming in...he might hold them up better as he matures.

I think he is a great choice of male.

The girls, I would avoid any with a bunch of ticking, unless the ticking comes with great conformation, wide feathers, and nice wide tail.

Ticking is annoying and difficult to get rid of.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that cockerels wings. I didn’t notice it in the picture until you pointed it out. I think either feathers coming in or heat that day may have had his wings held lower, because I haven’t seen him carry them below the hock since. These birds are so hard to get good posing pictures of because they are so active and busy scratching around. I need to try getting them up in a cage to take pictures.

I had to get down in numbers with winter coming I don’t like to keep the coop crowded I did rehome all my pullets with ticking to egg layer home. I have kept the ones I felt had best tail spread, met SOP and then best color. I will re-evaluate again in the spring when they are a year old. Next year my hatching will be focused on my 3 self blue pairs. sample of what I kept

Some fun pictures.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I will admit, these little buggers are cute. Are bantams ones good in heat and cold?

 

[NNYchick]

I will admit, these little buggers are cute. Are bantams ones good in heat and cold?

They are really friendly and inquisitive, which makes them fun to have too. I live in northern ny (in the foothills of the Adirondacks) and they do great. I don’t heat my coop and have a lot of ventilation. So my coop stays about the same temperature as outside without windchill.

 

[Alaskan]

I’ve been keeping an eye on that cockerels wings. I didn’t notice it in the picture until you pointed it out. I think either feathers coming in or heat that day may have had his wings held lower, because I haven’t seen him carry them below the hock since. These birds are so hard to get good posing pictures of because they are so active and busy scratching around. I need to try getting them up in a cage to take pictures.
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I had to get down in numbers with winter coming I don’t like to keep the coop crowded I did rehome all my pullets with ticking to egg layer home. I have kept the ones I felt had best tail spread, met SOP and then best color. I will re-evaluate again in the spring when they are a year old. Next year my hatching will be focused on my 3 self blue pairs. sample of what I kept
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That self-blue cock looks great!

Also the first Wheaten hen!

Great pictures

 

[Alaskan]

I will admit, these little buggers are cute. Are bantams ones good in heat and cold?

The bantams are almost as good as standards in cold

I don't think Ameraucana are good for really hot.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The bantams are almost as good as standards in cold

I don't think Ameraucana are good for really hot.

Hmm, okay, thanks.

 

[Tankueray]

This is the barring on the lavender roo I'm talking about. It is a dq in the standard.

On black birds, sometimes you'll straight up see the purple, but if they have overall good green sheen, sometimes you'll see the iridescent purple that looks like light barring (like my lavender above) in with the green sheen. While most breeders will cull such a bird, my understanding is that it has to do more with the amount of corn in the diet rather than genetics. Obviously I can't do much about it now except change the diet and wait until after the first molt to see if it has improved.