Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[speckledhen]

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Oh no, here at the prison new inmates get a private cell outside until they are deemed ready to be sent to general population. I did take the rare step of adding another female with her. Henna was being bullied by the male inmates and needed to be separated for her own safety. I am hoping having her in Administrative Segregation for a few weeks will give the rowdy roos time to forget her. Henna and Skye will not be partying though. During their time in the garden coop they will be expected to clear the area of all bugs.

The Warden's Quarter's houses chicks hatched on the facility for a minimum of three weeks indoors or until they start stinking.

We are a tough love facility.

Mary

We're at that three week mark here at the Chicken Asylum now with my 18. Before Saturday, out to the Firetower!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Hope I can have some of those in my brooder in 23 or so days! Hope you have tiny feather legged bearded chicks in yours.

 

[The Sheriff]

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It's the hardest part of chicken keeping! When Rocky and Betty were in Administrative Segregation they came close to becoming eligible for the death penalty. There were daily escape attempts, some successful, and an hour of guards having to chase them down at bedtime. There was unauthorized pecking of the melons in my garden, digging in the herb garden, eating cherry tomatoes and leaving the dried peels all over. The list goes on and on. Betty was able to be rehabilitated and has been a model prisoner in General Population since her reintegration. She is apparently still holding a grudge, refusing to lay anymore, forcing me to bring in another Marans. Rocky on the otherhand, has been transfered to a facility better equipped to handle trouble makers.

Hang tough Cyn!

 

[BUMPKIN]

I have a question about wheaten/blue wheaten and blue wheaten ameraucanas. Is there a difference or are the terms interchangeable?

If you breed wheaten/blue wheaten together is that what you get or do they do like sex links? I know I have a lot of questions but I am really interested. Thanks in advance to anybody who can answer.

 

[speckledhen]

They are two different colors. If you cross a Wheaten with a Blue Wheaten, you'll likely get some of each, if I'm not mistaken. The males and females have different plumage, but you can't tell the sex at hatch, as in an actual sexlink.

 

[cottagegarden]

Wheaten and Blue Wheaten are two of the eight varieties of the accepted colors of Ameraucanas.
They are separate colors but can be penned together as Wheaten is black based and Blue Wheaten, blue based
and it follows blue black splash breedings. The Wheatens are basically darker birds colorwise, b/c they have black feathers.
You can tell pullet and cockerel chicks apart from their feathering.
You can look at pictures of adults and chicks at ameraucana.org and read through this whole thread as there are many nice examples
and probably the answers to any other questions you might have.

 

[Tailfeathers]

Warden, I meant to say "Congrats!" yesterday but got sidetracked from BYC and was just reminded of it now. Nice looking little pullet.

This may have been posted before and Cottage has already answered it pretty well but thought I'd post this too:

Wheaten x Wheaten = 100% Wheaten
Wheaten x Blue Wheaten = 50% Wheaten & 50% Blue Wheaten
Wheaten x Splash Wheaten = 100% Blue Wheaten
Blue Wheaten x Blue Wheaten= 50% Blue Wheaten, 25% Wheaten, 25% Splash Wheaten
Splash Wheaten x Blue Wheaten = 50% Splash Wheaten & 50% Blue Wheaten
Splash Wheaten x Splash Wheaten = 100% Splash Wheaten

And for a bit of news from the homefront, I got a nice surprise yesterday in the lower coop. One little blue egg in a nesting box! Long and thin, torpedo shaped and very nice color. Quite a bit of blood on it which I've experienced only a couple of times. Don't think it'll be a problem though and certainly hoping it won't be. Now if I can just get all my others that are in breeding pens to start laying again!

God Bless,

 

[KKatknap]

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Oh no, here at the prison new inmates get a private cell outside until they are deemed ready to be sent to general population. I did take the rare step of adding another female with her. Henna was being bullied by the male inmates and needed to be separated for her own safety. I am hoping having her in Administrative Segregation for a few weeks will give the rowdy roos time to forget her. Henna and Skye will not be partying though. During their time in the garden coop they will be expected to clear the area of all bugs.

The Warden's Quarter's houses chicks hatched on the facility for a minimum of three weeks indoors or until they start stinking.

We are a tough love facility.

Mary

You are so funny! I love your posts!

 

[Goose and Fig]

My splash wheaten roo isn't getting his job done- or at least not very well. He hatched April last year. I was hoping for some blue-ish EE chicks for Easter time.

How long until they "man up"?

Also- I found a HUGE yellow- yes yellow- egg in the layer coop the other day. (all brown egg layers & 2 buttercups) Hope to god it isn't from the BW hen. There haven't been anymore though. It was so strange

 

[momma-hen]

My BBS babies are hatching! Here's some mostly dried off. Are those light ones Splashes, or really light Blues?