Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Goose and Fig]

Hey folks,

Thought I would share a picture of our fledgling Lavender flock. These little gals and guys came to us via Cindy at Crystal Creek. We are excited to see them grow and develop.

Per Cindy’s advice we have them marked by egg color, and by parent flock.

Thanks Cindy for all your time and help in getting us started with our Lavender project.







Viviana with her new buddies!

Awww! You're off to a great start! And what a cute little future farmer you've got, too!

 

[AinaWGSD]

My blue boy Basil is starting to turn into a bit of a gentleman with the girls! Yesterday I let them out of the run and heard a distinct change to his clucking. I peeked around the corner of the coop and there he was calling the girls to bits of egg shell my husband had left on the ground (he had scrambled egg pocket the night before when he collected eggs)! He of course then also proceeded to pig out on the tidbits, but hey at least he did call the girls over to check out the goodies.

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

Sweet!

 

[GA_in_GA]

That's a Keith. Wheaten cockerel.

God Bless,

Thank you, Tailfeathers.

 

[jerryse]

I knew I was not the only one to have scrambled egg pocket.Thanks for the chuckle.

 

[pips&peeps]

Chocolate projects are hatching again. Two out of five are chocolate so far. About five more eggs to hatch.

 

[GA_in_GA]

Chocolate projects are hatching again. Two out of five are chocolate so far. About five more eggs to hatch.

Congratulations! That is very eggciting! (Please excuse the pun!)

Are these your LF or bantams?

 

[GA_in_GA]

I'd like to know if there is a difference in the genetics of a Black Ameraucana from BBS stock and a Black Ameraucana used to breed in a Lavender project.

Thank you.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Chocolate projects are hatching again. Two out of five are chocolate so far. About five more eggs to hatch.

I'll be setting a dozen bantam Ameraucana eggs later today...

 

[CRYSTALCREEK]

I'd like to know if there is a difference in the genetics of a Black Ameraucana from BBS stock and a Black Ameraucana used to breed in a Lavender project.

Thank you.

They are the same. Some lines are based on EE and some are birchen, but both are blacks and both can be used to improve lavenders, if the blacks are good quality. Once a black bird is crossed to a lavender bird, you get more black birds known as "splits", and they are visually black in color carrying the lavender gene hidden.

When bred to each other, splits will produce
25% lav offspring
50% split offspring
25% black offspring
and you won't be able to visually tell the blacks from the splits because they look the same.

If you breed a split to a lavender bird, you will produce
50% lav offspring
50% splits offspring
and you can be certain that every black chick produced by this cross, does, in fact, carry the lavender gene.