Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[chickee]

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I did not see that coloring in any of the buff chicks I hatched from your eggs. Only the Meredith birds.

I had at least one "tan" chick from Ramey, Meredith, and Jean.

Interesting! besides the Meredith chicks with lavender leakage, one from Jean had incomplete partridge markings. Boy was she pretty! If nothing else, these project birds will be super pretty EEs!

 

[chickee]

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Mine are large fowl and I only have two buff hens to work with.

Sorry to hear about your pullet

It is so upsetting to have a sick bird

I hope she gets better!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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I agree, but slow feather is not a death sentence. He needs to be bred to fast feathered females. Please visit the ABC forum for a discussion and links to more information about K.

You don't want brassiness, but use him on fast feather pure black hens and see what you get.

You also want to clean up the "fretting"--small black horizontal lines or bars in the feathers that give the bird a sooty appearance from a distance. He has quite a lot of it. You want a tighter comb, and higher wingset. Breeding to black will also tighten up the feathering, as he is a bit fluffy.

If you have lav females to use, I probably would try to get a pure black male of exceptional quality and work on getting back to lav that way due to the way the sex-linked trait K is passed down.

He's probably not going to produce any male offspring that grow adequate tails by 6 months, just so you know. I say that based on what I have grown out here from similar stock, but maybe your bird will be different. If he's KK, you could produce naked birds if your females are K-. If you are diligent, you can eliminate it in a couple of generations with fast feathered blacks, but you will have to be dedicated and willing to cull pretty birds.

Good luck.

His tail is a little funky but some and maybe all of that is to due with my Guinea Hen picking on him.

Sorry, I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but the OP stated their Guinea hen is picking at the tail feathers on the Lav cock. If that's the case, I don't feel there is room to critique what may be left of them as a "genetic trait" or fault. We don't know what he did have before, if they are now mostly gone or broken off.

Edited for really bad grammar!​

 

[CRYSTALCREEK]

You're right.

 

[kopeck]

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I agree, but slow feather is not a death sentence. He needs to be bred to fast feathered females. Please visit the ABC forum for a discussion and links to more information about K.

You don't want brassiness, but use him on fast feather pure black hens and see what you get.

You also want to clean up the "fretting"--small black horizontal lines or bars in the feathers that give the bird a sooty appearance from a distance. He has quite a lot of it. You want a tighter comb, and higher wingset. Breeding to black will also tighten up the feathering, as he is a bit fluffy.

If you have lav females to use, I probably would try to get a pure black male of exceptional quality and work on getting back to lav that way due to the way the sex-linked trait K is passed down.

He's probably not going to produce any male offspring that grow adequate tails by 6 months, just so you know. I say that based on what I have grown out here from similar stock, but maybe your bird will be different. If he's KK, you could produce naked birds if your females are K-. If you are diligent, you can eliminate it in a couple of generations with fast feathered blacks, but you will have to be dedicated and willing to cull pretty birds.

Good luck.

His tail is a little funky but some and maybe all of that is to due with my Guinea Hen picking on him.

Sorry, I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but the OP stated their Guinea hen is picking at the tail feathers on the Lav cock. If that's the case, I don't feel there is no room to critique what may be left of them as a "genetic trait" or fault. We don't know what he did have before, if they are now mostly gone or broken off.

I really should post a newer photo. I looked at him today when I let them out of the coop and his tail feathers are in much better shape and his comb is more developed. What I didn't do for you folks (cardinal sin?) is give you his age, he's about 8 months old now and 6.5/7 mo in that picture.

K

 

[Muggsmagee]

I have decided to unload all of my Wheatens and Buffs to focus primarily on Blacks, Lavs/Splits and my newest Ameraucana project. This has been a super tough decision to make...I love the Wheaties.

Having limited space keeps me focused on the breeds/varieties I can't live without.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Oh- I know how it is. The wheatens have been on my short list for some time because they just don't seem to pull thier weight around here. They're so pretty though- I have just downsized instead. You're doing great work with the lavs though.

 

[FOGELLY]

I know this gets asked all the time but I am gonna ask it anyway( mostly because it seems like everytime some asked it their birds start laying very soon after they ask)
When can I expect to get my first eggs?
My W/BW are 31 weeks old. I have had them under four hours of additional lights all fall.
Sorry just had to get that out of my system. Patience is not one of my best traits.

 

[Christie Rhae]

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Well since you asked...... right about.........NOW! Quick go check!

 

[Rainwolf]

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I have 4 that are 39 weeks old now and 1} started laying 4 weeks ago, 2} started 2 weeks ago, 3} just started and 4} has not started.....
Hope this helps