Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Basel]

I never bid on 6 eggs.Too few to expect much.If the seller says they have 2-3 hens and offers 12 eggs I do not bid.Many of these will be too old when set. We all live and learn.

Great points.

 

[AZBootsie]

This is a little reject from my Lav Project and without a pea comb, I can't tell gender. I would be grateful for any guesses. It is such a sweet bird, I am hoping to find it a happy home. Hatched April fools day, so we are looking at 9 or 10 weeks old.





Thank you!!

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I will guess pullet. A roos comb would be redder. Beautiful pullet by the way.

 

[AZBootsie]

I will guess pullet. A roos comb would be redder. Beautiful pullet by the way.

Thank you. It is such a sweetie....but not really project material.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

ok, everybody! EAT!! (2 and a half week old lavender Ameraucana)

 

[roncrna]

My broody lav Ameraucana hatched out a few blue wheaten/black Ameraucanas that appear brown. Will they stay brown as adults? Does anyone have these as adults that could post a pic or 2? Thanks!

 

[chicknadventure]

My wife is retired postal so I knew a little about how the mail moved on weekends and holidays.I try to ship with a two day window on close states and 3 days on places like Ca.,Fl.,Wa.,and Ri. This allows me to sell more of my eggs per week.I sent eggs on saturday to Ca.over the holiday weekend and they arrived tuesday.3 days like any other time I shipped.I send eggs that are 3 days or less old.So even if it takes 4 days the oldest eggs are 7 days still hatchable.If the post office takes 5-14 days as they have on occasion it makes no difference when they were shipped.Results are poor on the longer shipping times.I candled shipped eggs this year.Out of 32 recieved I tossed 16 with no developement at 7 days.Many had air cells that moved.A sign of a rough trip.Hatched 10 and some of these were from eggs with loose air cells.Iwas satisified.I have had 0 develope on some recieved and also some sent.It is usually the trip.I never bid on 6 eggs.Too few to expect much.If the seller says they have 2-3 hens and offers 12 eggs I do not bid.Many of these will be too old when set.      We all live and learn.    

Thannks jerry those are some great tips.

 

[MyTDogs]

yes, thanks the pic does make them all look very close to the same color. In reality the 2 females are much closer in color to the lightest one than to the dark (black) one. I guess i will eventually get to see what they turn into but i am so impatient!

I am not showing or breeding so these birds will be for eggs. I just don't really appreciate the feathered legs but the little girl(?) will stay as long as she is a she )

Anybody have a pic of a splash chick? Do they look really light from the beginning?

I also see one blue and three blacks.... sometimes the black's baby feathers almost look blue, but wait until their new feathers start coming in. I'm not sure what's up with the blue's feathered legs, but that's not good. (If you just want them for eggs, it doesn't really matter.) I would definitely let the breeder know that you have a chick with feathered legs.

I have a bunch of Black Ameraucanas that are almost four weeks now, and I still don't have clue about sex. The B/B/S variety can be so frustrating as they take forever to let you know what they are!

 

[AZBootsie]

ok, everybody! EAT!! (2 and a half week old lavender Ameraucana)

ADORABLE!!!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

my teenagers