Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Muggsmagee]

Shannon's Chix :

What is up with these gals? Great legs but where are beards and muffs? Any other thoughts appreciated. They are about 6-7 weeks.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/29818_imag0422.jpg


https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/29818_imag0426.jpg

The following 2 are the same chick:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/29818_imag0427.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/29818_imag0428.jpg

They are going through their ugly phase...the beards and muffs will fill in soon.​

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Actually, their legs don't look too bad at all. I'd be happy with them that dark.

 

[dldolan]

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Athena is laying??? And is her egg a pretty blue? Amelia, her hatch sister, is not laying yet. We are doing the long wait...

How interesting...that makes Athena, Argenta and Amelia from the same shipment? We all must think alike! And no, she is not laying yet. The Wheatens are, but i am hopeful!

 

[PetRock]

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Athena is laying??? And is her egg a pretty blue? Amelia, her hatch sister, is not laying yet. We are doing the long wait...

How interesting...that makes Athena, Argenta and Amelia from the same shipment? We all must think alike! And no, she is not laying yet. The Wheatens are, but i am hopeful!

Amelia is so tiny and not red at all in her comb. I'm not expecting eggs from her for several more weeks! They are almost 23 weeks old, right? I have a 20 week old BW Am from Jeremy who is very red in her comb. I think that Cosette is going to lay her first egg way before Amelia does!

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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Sorry, Ilia, never came back to check for comments. Now I'm subscribed.

Well, these Ameraucanas were originally chickies from on order from Cackle Hatchery, ordered as Ameraucanas not EE. I'm still waiting to see a pic of an EE. Is that just any bird that lays blue eggs ?

That is the breeding stock he has to work with. Upon hearing this news (and confirming it with more than just one persons opinion - since he already got one person's opinion), he may be interested in buying from a breeder.

We'll see what our chicken judge friend wants to say about this. He's actually the superintendent of the state fair. So I'm pretty sure he's qualified to judge chickens..

We know 2 other chicken judges too that we'll probably be running into at the upcoming shows (so, we'll take a consensus of opinion from 3 different chicken judges). We'll have them take a look at the website pics to give their opinion. The judge at the 4H seemed pretty reputable since we saw her again judging at another chicken show.

By chance, are you a chicken judge ? An Ameraucana breeder ?

At least 2 of his 5 breeds he's working on he did buy from good breeders. Not sure where that Maran pair came from (but our chicken judge friend did say they were show quality).

I did look at 2 of the roosters feet the other day (a lavender one and brown red one ?) and they feet are light grayish (no yellow or green at all).

But I'll suggest to my son to go back out and check their feet.

Thanks !

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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Dear Illia,

Just wanted to double check to see if you viewed the chickens he is keeping. They are listed on a separate page than the ones for sale. They are just under Ameraucanas. He has 2 roosters he wants to use for breeding: a brown red (I think he's at the very bottom of the page) and his blue wheaten (he's also at the bottom). He had a blue (actually 3 of them) hen but we're keeping a young one instead because she has better coloring. He's more interested in his un-named colored ones.

We'll definitely ask our chicken judge friend tomorrow what he thinks about the Ameraucanas.

If it turns out to be true, then I'm sure I'm going to have to allow my son to break the rules about not bringing home any new animals, if he needs to upgrade his breeding stock.

I find it hard to imagine that our chicken judge friend would give an incorrect opinion. Also, our 4H leader came out to see his chickens and give her opinion (and she's a chicken person but no judge).

We'll put it on the table to investigate.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention to explore and to confirm or refute your opinion.

By the way, if you are a chicken judge, your opinion would bring a little more credibility.

If you are a breeder, I hope you're just trying to be honest and not malevolent towards others breeding the same kind. Some tend to try and build themselves up by tearing others down.

I think I've interacted with you on the hybrid thread right ?

Anyways, we'll get back to you about his Ameraucanas. He'll be arriving home in just about another hour and a half.

Hope he won't be too heartbroken to hear that someone on here thinks his Ameraucanas are not Ameraucanas but just EE.

He's actually getting ready to enter some real chicken shows coming up after having the experience of showing at the county fair. He's so excited to go.
I guess it's better to find out now than before he enters ? Maybe choose another breed ? He just loves his chickens.

Thanks,

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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Hi Bob ! Are you really a chicken judge ?

Would you mind if we bother you to check out my son's chickens on our website (listed below in my signature).

He has a page for his Ameraucanas (the ones he is keeping) as well as a "For Sale" page of Ameraucanas.

Someone brought it to our attention that she doesn't think they are Ameraucanas and this is kind of shocking news to us (considering we had a chicken judge to our house a couple times to see his chickens).

Just wanted another qualified opinion if you have some time to spare to do a good deed.

Thanks !!

 

[dak]

Why does that song by Pam Tillis keep coming to mind....something about the "queen of deNILE (denial)"

 

[jeremy]

Lisa, your birds are Easter Eggers. If you got them from Cackle Hatchery they are EEs.

Or, if there is a slim chance they are purebred Ameraucanas, which would be probably about 1% coming from a hatchery - if even that, they are very faulty and any reputable judge would not place them or even refer to them as Ameraucanas.

No, I am not a judge but I breed true Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas. I've studied the breed and it's standard and it is very easy to tell a pure bred bird from one that is not.

Have you visited www.ameraucana.org and educated yourself on the breed with resources available there?

The President of the Ameraucana Breeders Club visits this thread regularly, if you want a credible opinion, seek her out.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Sorry, Ilia, never came back to check for comments. Now I'm subscribed.

Well, these Ameraucanas were originally chickies from on order from Cackle Hatchery, ordered as Ameraucanas not EE. I'm still waiting to see a pic of an EE. Is that just any bird that lays blue eggs ?

That is the breeding stock he has to work with. Upon hearing this news (and confirming it with more than just one persons opinion - since he already got one person's opinion), he may be interested in buying from a breeder.

We'll see what our chicken judge friend wants to say about this. He's actually the superintendent of the state fair. So I'm pretty sure he's qualified to judge chickens..

We know 2 other chicken judges too that we'll probably be running into at the upcoming shows (so, we'll take a consensus of opinion from 3 different chicken judges). We'll have them take a look at the website pics to give their opinion. The judge at the 4H seemed pretty reputable since we saw her again judging at another chicken show.

By chance, are you a chicken judge ? An Ameraucana breeder ?

At least 2 of his 5 breeds he's working on he did buy from good breeders. Not sure where that Maran pair came from (but our chicken judge friend did say they were show quality).

I did look at 2 of the roosters feet the other day (a lavender one and brown red one ?) and they feet are light grayish (no yellow or green at all).

But I'll suggest to my son to go back out and check their feet.

Thanks !

Our very first purchase of Ameraucanas were bought from a poultry judge and poultry breeder for the better part of 35 years. He sold us EE's. It shouldn't happen, but it happens. Look on the ameraucana.org yourself at the pics available and do a comparison. If your chicks have green or willow legs...that is a SURE sign they are EE's. The cute pics of your chicks on your website are in fact EE's. If you plan on showing and getting a great breeding program going for your family, do some more research, ask a bunch of questions, and don't order through a hatchery. You are on the best thread here on BYC to get good advice on Ameraucanas.