Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[PoultryPedia]

BarnGoddess01--Side comment: Your pens looks SO nice, too!

 

[littlecritters]

In regards to the post below, I would be most interested if anyone could share some insights. While my family is new to raising chickens, we had many years experience breeding and showing champion pedigreed rabbits. We had a Rabbitry registered with ARBA and we followied the Standard of Perfection for our breeds. We also followed practices such as tattooing and keeping detailed pedigrees of individual rabbits.

It seems that there are similarities and yet differences with chicken breeding. I would like to learn as much as possible about chicken breeding/showing/raising and your input would be much appreciated.
Regards, Tina

So here is my question about chicken breeds in general and ameraucana specifically. Parentage doesn't matter as long as the result meets sop right ? I ask because I was reading about a lacing project and there was talk of bringing. In a different breed to bring in the lace gene. But as long as the resulting babies eet maeraucana standards the it is an amerauacana and can be labelled as uscb? Assuming of course that the coloring a d breed qualities stay consistent with breeding of those chickens specifically.
Let's say I breed 2 Easter egger together and get a breed standard ameraucana. Is this chicken now for all intents and pirposes an ameraucana?
With dogs of course there are pedigrees. I ask because I don't want to look stupid when trying to decipher an ee vs an am.

 

[buckabucka]

I have my first Blue wheaten ameraucana, and I'm wondering if someone can tell me what is going on with these spots on her legs (i.e. is this normal?). It is the only chick that hatched, so I have nothing to compare to.

She has black spots on her legs, like an Ancona. This side of her beak is yellow, but the other side has black.





I'm hoping this is just some kind of off-coloring that happens occasionally, not some strange fungus or something. She is 8 weeks old now, but 7 weeks in the photo.
I appreciate any feedback. I don't recall seeing these spots on other people's photos of Ameraucanas.

 

[2seth2]

That is not a Blue whaeton. That is a splash, and because of the legs it is actually an ee

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

Has anyone ever had issues with a rooster molting his muff (and some neck feathers) off during this time of year?
Here's a photo of my Lavender rooster. He usually has a really full fluffy muff but its all falling off! x.x

 

[pips&peeps]

Has anyone ever had issues with a rooster molting his muff (and some neck feathers) off during this time of year?
Here's a photo of my Lavender rooster. He usually has a really full fluffy muff but its all falling off! x.x

One of your hens is probably picking at him.

 

[Ksane]

That is not a Blue whaeton. That is a splash, and because of the legs it is actually an ee

Wouldn't that bring us back to chicknadventure's question a few posts up? I'm not an Ameraucana breeder but would love for someone to answer her question.
I've heard time and time again that if 2 purebred Ameraucanas are bred together.....and the feather color comes out an unaccepted Ameraucana color or the leg color isn't slate.....that it's automatically NOT an Ameraucana but an EE. Then recently an Ameraucana breeder told me, "Oh, they're not picky like that." Yet from the above response it would seem so (assuming that the chicken in question actually had 2 Ameraucana parents). This has got to be the most confusing breed. Because if it's a poorly bred/poorly colored Ameraucana, you all just call it an EE instead of a poorly colored Ameraucana. No offence meant, just very frustrating to those of us who don't show this breed but do admire it.
ETA: I know the bird pictured isn't a Blue Wheaten but a Splash.

 

[buckabucka]

That is not a Blue whaeton. That is a splash, and because of the legs it is actually an ee

Thanks for the reply. I would be excited to have a splash, as I like their coloring, but disappointed if it is really an EE. The seller I got the eggs from said she has a wheaton roo, and wheaton, splash wheaton, and blue wheaton hens. I didn't think you could get splash unless you bred BW x BW, but honestly, I have no experience with these birds. The egg that hatched was a beautiful blue, at least.

 

[pips&peeps]

There is no way the above chicken came from any blue wheaten or wheaten cross. It is an easter egger plain and simple.

The ee thing generally applies to birds that are bred willy nilly with no intended purpose. Ameraucanas have to breed true 50% of the time.

There are project birds out there.

There are birds that aren't exactly correct in color, (leakage) but they are still ameraucanas. And there are leg color issues with the buff lines and wheaten lines.

 

[buckabucka]

There is no way the above chicken came from any blue wheaten or wheaten cross. It is an easter egger plain and simple.

The ee thing generally applies to birds that are bred willy nilly with no intended purpose. Ameraucanas have to breed true 50% of the time.

There are project birds out there.

There are birds that aren't exactly correct in color, (leakage) but they are still ameraucanas. And there are leg color issues with the buff lines and wheaten lines.

And even worse, the seller claimed she got her stock from pips&peeps and peachick

. I guess I should've known that if there was no seller feedback, it was probably too good to be true. This is the second time I have tried to get a true ameraucana, and ended up with an ee. I'm about to give up on obtaining this breed. Very frustrating.