Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[PaintedFeathers]

I did find a picture of one of my pullets. See how narrow her comb is? And how much wider and bumpy looking yours are?

darn =( gonna have to drive an hour and a half again to trade them out...

 

[chickee]

darn =( gonna have to drive an hour and a half again to trade them out...

I'm sorry!

The good news is that you CAN trade them out and now you know how to sex them

 

[PaintedFeathers]

I'm sorry!

The good news is that you CAN trade them out and now you know how to sex them

I just read you shouldn't sex them by the combs though

eh i'll give them another few weeks. She is going to hold 2 that look like pullets for me anyway until I know for sure.

 

[chickee]

I just read you shouldn't sex them by the combs though

eh i'll give them another few weeks. She is going to hold 2 that look like pullets for me anyway until I know for sure.

If that makes you feel better, but by color alone, which is one of the best indicators, the dark one is a rooster for sure and the other one's colors just doesn't look right for a pullet. For your sake I hope I am wrong.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Question for y'all--I have a wheaten Ameraucana rooster that's the flock alpha. You should see him chase my Marans, which outweighs him by a couple of pounds! Anyway, he allows his hens to pluck his beard and muffs out. Right now he's bald faced. I was trying to figure out if he had mites or what, and then saw a group of hens preening his face and plucking all feathers off. Has anyone seen this before? It's so strange to me. Thank goodness I have no plans to show him or anything.

 

[FFAChickenFan]

Hey everyone~!

I'm excited to start posting about my Blue Ameraucana babies soon! I'll post a video of when they start hatching and maybe some candling pictures when I take a look on day 14 and 18!

Nice to see so many beautiful birds- I hope mine will be half as beautiful as the rest of yours!

 

[ChickNmamma]

Question for y'all--I have a wheaten Ameraucana rooster that's the flock alpha. You should see him chase my Marans, which outweighs him by a couple of pounds! Anyway, he allows his hens to pluck his beard and muffs out. Right now he's bald faced. I was trying to figure out if he had mites or what, and then saw a group of hens preening his face and plucking all feathers off. Has anyone seen this before? It's so strange to me. Thank goodness I have no plans to show him or anything.

Yes, the girls do "groom" the roosters, and sometimes each other. I have a bunch of clean faced birds right now - little stinkers!

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Yes, the girls do "groom" the roosters, and sometimes each other. I have a bunch of clean faced birds right now - little stinkers!

Great, thanks for letting me know. I keep a bunch of EEs and keep an Ameraucana roo to make more, so I've had them before. This one was freaking me out with his perfectly smooth face. It's like he should be in a Gillette commercial!

Now that you say it, I *do* have some clean-faced EEs right now, too. Huh.

 

[salt and pepper]

Finally found a picture of a barrasdupre ameraucana, I've been curious ever since I heard about them.

They were bred to look like an eagle, but still be an ameraucana.
Not my pic, found it on line.

 

[dak]

Finally found a picture of a barrasdupre ameraucana, I've been curious ever since I heard about them.

They were bred to look like an eagle, but still be an ameraucana.
Not my pic, found it on line.

Looks like a typical hatchery easter egger.