Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

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I'll have to get current pics. DH was in a hurry packing birds on Sunday and I didn't get pics of everybody.
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Have you been able to get them to retain their mottling? How about leg color? I am having the hardest time with mottling in my orps- it just vanishes at about 3 or 4 months
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Amy, have you bred the birds with mottling that "vanishes" together?

My guess is that these birds are carrying the gene recessivly and as they age and grow in their adult plumage they lose their spots. By breeding them together you should get birds that visually express and keep their mottling.

We are talking Orps too, right? I need some of them if so!
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Dak, I'd love to see some updated pics of your Mottled Ameraucanas, too.
 
Yeah- its the orps, Jeremy. I had a roo growing out- the slowest feathering I have every seen. He finally gets some back feathers and BAM! 3 red ones!
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So.....I have more babies growing out.
If I had known the mottling was going to disappear I would have gotten better pics. Kicking myself!

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I am setting some lav cuckoo ameraucans though, and wonder if the leg color thing will make it all for naught. Oh well- they'll be some pretty EEs I guess! I haev seen the color in English Orps and I think it would look great with a beard.
 
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HappyMtn,
If you follow the Ameraucana club forum you will know that cuckoos will not be eligible to be admitted because the males will never have the complete dark legs. You may want to concentrate more on the Lavender Cuckoo Orps since they should have clear legs which are possible. Good luck To achieve a lavender cuckoo the easy way take a white with the cuckoo gene and breed it to a lavender. 3 years you should be on the money if things go easy/right without any mishaps.
 
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HappyMtn,
If you follow the Ameraucana club forum you will know that cuckoos will not be eligible to be admitted because the males will never have the complete dark legs. You may want to concentrate more on the Lavender Cuckoo Orps since they should have clear legs which are possible. Good luck To achieve a lavender cuckoo the easy way take a white with the cuckoo gene and breed it to a lavender. 3 years you should be on the money if things go easy/right without any mishaps.

Thanks Harry- I knew the legs might be an issue. Its really just for fun. I have the birds to hatch some in a few weeks, so I figured I would give it a shot. I should get some regular cuckoos this hatch too. Probably could have done the orps at the same time but I gave away my single combed split for lav cuckoo roo
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My lav ameraucanas are not completely dominant for pea comb, I found out while making the splits.

Jeremy- my "split for mottling" orps are at POL right now. I just hatched a new roo from unrelated stock (Braclin) , so it'll be spring before I can try again unless somebody can get me a mottled or split roo. Its so sad to see those spots just dissappear!
 
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The new cockerel is split for mottling too then? It sounds like I'll be patiently waiting for him to get to mating age.
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I wonder how many other folks have these birds and are working on them?
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HappyMtn,
If you follow the Ameraucana club forum you will know that cuckoos will not be eligible to be admitted because the males will never have the complete dark legs. You may want to concentrate more on the Lavender Cuckoo Orps since they should have clear legs which are possible. Good luck To achieve a lavender cuckoo the easy way take a white with the cuckoo gene and breed it to a lavender. 3 years you should be on the money if things go easy/right without any mishaps.

We like when you pop in Harry!
 
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No, too many issues in both varieties to consider. Truthfully, I'm not sure how much longer I'm willing to feed these Lavs if I can't show them beyond the variety. The Mottled may also not be accepted, but they are absolutely beautiful and are quickly becoming my favorites.

I have a friend here in NM that is working on Lav cuckoo EEs using some of my Lav Ams and BRs.
 
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No, too many issues in both varieties to consider. Truthfully, I'm not sure how much longer I'm willing to feed these Lavs if I can't show them beyond the variety. The Mottled may also not be accepted, but they are absolutely beautiful and are quickly becoming my favorites.

I have a friend here in NM that is working on Lav cuckoo EEs using some of my Lav Ams and BRs.

I just loved mottled birds! The more white the better.
I used a light-laying, clean-legged cuckoo marans to keep the white skin. I can't believe how many I had to hatch to get a decent roo with a pea comb. The girls- you would never know they aren't pure black ameraucana. We'll have to see what happens when the one I kept starts laying.
 

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