Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[brahmabreeder]

Can someone please tell me the quality of these birds. These are NOT my birds. I really want to trade eggs for these birds but I don't want to trade eggs for something that isn't SQ or at least close to it. Thanks in advance.

 

[sandiklaws]

Ok so I have a nice hatch of my very first Ameracaunas (hooray

) my silly question for everyone is; should I cull if the leg pigment fails to extend to the tips of the toes (talking week old chicks) or will it fill in as they grow? Beards and all else look great, they are mostly blacks but I do have 3 blues in the hatch that seem fine regarding this issue... I am used to Favs which have white legs and cochins which have yellow so this is all new to me.

 

[salt and pepper]

Ok so I have a nice hatch of my very first Ameracaunas (hooray

) my silly question for everyone is; should I cull if the leg pigment fails to extend to the tips of the toes (talking week old chicks) or will it fill in as they grow? Beards and all else look great, they are mostly blacks but I do have 3 blues in the hatch that seem fine regarding this issue... I am used to Favs which have white legs and cochins which have yellow so this is all new to me.

Ok, I have white ameraucanas, and for the first two weeks I was worried, because their legs were really pale, now, their legs are the proper color, so I would defiantly wait.

 

[salt and pepper]

Is it odd to have an EE that looks EXACTLY live an silver ameraucana? She does have green legs, but here body, and coloring matches it to the dot. also, I have two chicks that I thought were white, but now, they have a silvery tinge to their feathers, and are getting grey, and black splotches. Are they going to be a splash? (that would be perfect!!)

 

[chickery-do]

Boy, some really nice pix's of their family's I just looked at. But a true Mom as I am I think my girls are just as beautiful!

I would love to meet someone from the northern part of NH to chat with.
I'm new to this gig, so bear with me. I would love to chat with anyone! I will some be moving them to there summer home. It's a lot bigger for them. We don't use it because it's to far and we would have to snow blow the aviary for them to walk arnd. Right now their under our sun room. There's lots of space with 1/3 sun. There's just no snow to contend with.
Have girls to attend to so bye for now!

 

[OHfarmerswife]

Hi all! Ohio and new to Ameraucanas.
I currently have 7 Silvers in my incubator.
I have 6 Lavenders under a broody!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Looks like I have allot of reading to do.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Ok so I have a nice hatch of my very first Ameracaunas (hooray

) my silly question for everyone is; should I cull if the leg pigment fails to extend to the tips of the toes (talking week old chicks) or will it fill in as they grow? Beards and all else look great, they are mostly blacks but I do have 3 blues in the hatch that seem fine regarding this issue... I am used to Favs which have white legs and cochins which have yellow so this is all new to me.

My Ameraucanas from John Blehm had some with dark feet all the way to the toes, and some with pink toes and dark ankles. Those birds now have dark feet - completely. There was some talk that it was an indicator of sex, I think the ones with the dark legs and pink toes were supposed to be boys.. but don't quote me on that...

Is it odd to have an EE that looks EXACTLY live an silver ameraucana? She does have green legs, but here body, and coloring matches it to the dot. also, I have two chicks that I thought were white, but now, they have a silvery tinge to their feathers, and are getting grey, and black splotches. Are they going to be a splash? (that would be perfect!!)

No, it is not odd, but it is rare. It is always a possibility because EE genes do carry the Silver coloration - but it is rare when the combination is clean enough to express as a pure looking silver. The green legs do give her away though - she is still mixed breed.

Um, if you are looking at juvenile feathers they are not a good indicator of what the birds will be when they get their adult feathering. I am just learning about feather pattern genetics and I recently learned that barring can show up in juvenile feathers when it does not express in adult feathers - because they have only one copy. Almost all of my EEs had really neat barring in their juvenile feathers - and the black and white ones were all roosters.

I so wish they would have kept their juvenile feather patterns - they were beautiful!

 

[unkadan]

"My Ameraucanas from John Blehm had some with dark feet all the way to the toes, and some with pink toes and dark ankles. Those birds now have dark feet - completely. There was some talk that it was an indicator of sex, I think the ones with the dark legs and pink toes were supposed to be boys.. but don't quote me on that..."

nope pink/white toes = female,,, IF the theory holds true,,,you should band those chicks and report what you find. Mike Gilbert found some data indicating this possibility if I remember correctly this was 1st found in Barred Rocks but could very well carry over to other colors in other breeds,,,,something like almost 80% of the time

 

[sandiklaws]

"My Ameraucanas from John Blehm had some with dark feet all the way to the toes, and some with pink toes and dark ankles. Those birds now have dark feet - completely. There was some talk that it was an indicator of sex, I think the ones with the dark legs and pink toes were supposed to be boys.. but don't quote me on that..."

nope pink/white toes = female,,, IF the theory holds true,,,you should band those chicks and report what you find. Mike Gilbert found some data indicating this possibility if I remember correctly this was 1st found in Barred Rocks but could very well carry over to other colors in other breeds,,,,something like almost 80% of the time

will try to track them... I do know I have 3 Australorp pullets that had the pink toes as well

 

[ChickNmamma]

"My Ameraucanas from John Blehm had some with dark feet all the way to the toes, and some with pink toes and dark ankles. Those birds now have dark feet - completely. There was some talk that it was an indicator of sex, I think the ones with the dark legs and pink toes were supposed to be boys.. but don't quote me on that..."

nope pink/white toes = female,,, IF the theory holds true,,,you should band those chicks and report what you find. Mike Gilbert found some data indicating this possibility if I remember correctly this was 1st found in Barred Rocks but could very well carry over to other colors in other breeds,,,,something like almost 80% of the time

Thank you, I have dyslexia and I get things backwards all the time - that's why I said not to quote me...