Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[pips&peeps]

Your birds are easter eggers, like Illia told you on the araucana thread.

 

[Renegade Rescue]

We were told when we bought our babies they were Ameraucana but we are new to chickens so not sure if they are pure bred or mix maybe some one can tell me.

 

[pips&peeps]

They are easter eggers.

 

[prairie]

How can I tell the difference between easter eggers and Ameracauna's??

 

[Renegade Rescue]

Thank you

 

[heatherscooby77]

Amen to that! I don't like the fads, a lot of crappy birds come from them.

Exactly! Your hens can carry it, and most likely do if your roo is thier full brother. You need to breed to blacks for improvement anyway, and finding nice blacks is alot easier than finding nice lavs.
If you can, buy from somebody that will sell you lavs AND splits., Then you know you are buying from somebody that is trying to improve them and not just cash in on a fad.

 

[heatherscooby77]

http://www.ameraucana.org/history.html This should help you

How can I tell the difference between easter eggers and Ameracauna's??

 

[heatherscooby77]

http://www.ameraucana.org/history.html This should help you also

We were told when we bought our babies they were Ameraucana but we are new to chickens so not sure if they are pure bred or mix maybe some one can tell me.

 

[samouw]

I have two wheaton Ameraucana chicks, one slightly older than the other. Up til recently, I thought both were pullets, but now I'm not so sure. The younger of the two has a much more pronounced comb than the older one, but the coloring would lead me to believe it is a pullet, too. So, I come to the experts for some assistance.

Both pullets together. The younger one on the left and the older one on the right:


The older one (for comparison purposes):


The one in question:


The two of them again from above (younger at top, older at bottom):



So, do I have two pullets or a pullet and a roo? Are they both wheaton or blue wheaton? TIA

 

[heatherscooby77]

How old are they? I might be able to help with the sexing, but I don't know to much about the w/bw/sw. I think the one on the left looks like an EE??? The one on the right somebody might say is a bit gingery??? Not sure................... There legs look slate, maybe a wheaton/buff cross??? Perhaps somebody jumped the fence. I would say the one on the left is a pullet is she is close to 4-5 months, if she is younger like 2-3 months that is a roo.

I have two wheaton Ameraucana chicks, one slightly older than the other. Up til recently, I thought both were pullets, but now I'm not so sure. The younger of the two has a much more pronounced comb than the older one, but the coloring would lead me to believe it is a pullet, too. So, I come to the experts for some assistance.

Both pullets together. The younger one on the left and the older one on the right:


The older one (for comparison purposes):


The one in question:


The two of them again from above (younger at top, older at bottom):



So, do I have two pullets or a pullet and a roo? Are they both wheaton or blue wheaton? TIA