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Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds
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White Ameraucana Hatch + 1 Lavender Ameraucana.....few more in the incubator drying.
White Ameraucana Hatch + 1 Lavender Ameraucana.....few more in the incubator drying.
Ohhh new babies! The whites have such dark feet even as babies! Super cute.
Hello Everyone!
I am just a lowly backyard chicken gal, but I've read a lot of this thread to learn more about Ameraucanas. I recently acquired two chicks that I was told were blue ameraucanas (NOT EEs) and was told that they were hatched from eggs bought from a reputable breeder (I don't know who). I don't want to breed them, I just want to know more about them and know if I have the "real deal." Below is a pic of each of the two. They are 7 weeks in the pic below. Do they both look like BA's to you? Any guesses on sex? They look so different, it's hard to imagine they are the same breed. I'd just love any input at all!
Much thanks!
I am just a lowly backyard chicken gal, but I've read a lot of this thread to learn more about Ameraucanas. I recently acquired two chicks that I was told were blue ameraucanas (NOT EEs) and was told that they were hatched from eggs bought from a reputable breeder (I don't know who). I don't want to breed them, I just want to know more about them and know if I have the "real deal." Below is a pic of each of the two. They are 7 weeks in the pic below. Do they both look like BA's to you? Any guesses on sex? They look so different, it's hard to imagine they are the same breed. I'd just love any input at all!
Much thanks!
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Those are beautiful babies!!!
Those are beautiful babies!!!
Yep, those look like the real deal.
Congrats!
And here's some of my latest buffs.
Huge chick and normal chick. (also, the huge chick carries dun, the normal chick is khaki based)
The huge ones' beard/muffs.
A Brownie and a Blondie! (the brownie of course is not a buff am
)
And here's some of my latest buffs.
Huge chick and normal chick. (also, the huge chick carries dun, the normal chick is khaki based)
The huge ones' beard/muffs.
A Brownie and a Blondie! (the brownie of course is not a buff am
Illia, how do you know they carry Dun & Khaki???
Ohhhh I love the buff babies! Thanks for posting, Illia!
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Because my Buff pullet is carrying Dun, and my cockerel is carrying Khaki. I get 50/50 out of that, and the khakis are born lighter.
How do I know this? Buff colored chickens theoretically have the dun gene, not all, but most. . . Well, when I bought my boy, he had some weird khaki color in his tail, so I thought hey, perhaps that's it? Then people started going on about how some of their Buffs are spitting out black/orange mottled chicks, which made sense. . . It's the black coming out of dun x dun. And then, finally, my theory was confirmed when my Buff hen's first eggs hatched, and were mutts - but about half of them were chocolatey champagne like in color. Thus, she's got one copy of the dun gene, and that passed on to 50% of the mutt offspring. They had no black, instead the black was the weird color, and they had the typical gold leakage as well from crossing to a solid black bird. The others were typical black and gold.
The dun gene is what helps hide any black in a Buff bird, at least, in Buff Ameraucanas. I can't say that for other breeds though, as I've no clue or experience.
Because my Buff pullet is carrying Dun, and my cockerel is carrying Khaki. I get 50/50 out of that, and the khakis are born lighter.
How do I know this? Buff colored chickens theoretically have the dun gene, not all, but most. . . Well, when I bought my boy, he had some weird khaki color in his tail, so I thought hey, perhaps that's it? Then people started going on about how some of their Buffs are spitting out black/orange mottled chicks, which made sense. . . It's the black coming out of dun x dun. And then, finally, my theory was confirmed when my Buff hen's first eggs hatched, and were mutts - but about half of them were chocolatey champagne like in color. Thus, she's got one copy of the dun gene, and that passed on to 50% of the mutt offspring. They had no black, instead the black was the weird color, and they had the typical gold leakage as well from crossing to a solid black bird. The others were typical black and gold.
The dun gene is what helps hide any black in a Buff bird, at least, in Buff Ameraucanas. I can't say that for other breeds though, as I've no clue or experience.
So what would it take to get a visibly Dun or Khaki colored bird from your or other Buffs?
I had considered using Sumatra to introduce the color... but then you would have to try to get rid of yellow shanks, etc. IF the colors are already there though... Tell me more!
I had considered using Sumatra to introduce the color... but then you would have to try to get rid of yellow shanks, etc. IF the colors are already there though... Tell me more!
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