Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Shaffer]

Nicole,
First picture of the black chick is what I would call ideal. The second picture if that is a pure black ameraucana I would have culled him since he does not appear genetically the same as the first IMO. On the ABC forum they talk about the chick down colors.

 

[Brie6895]

Pure Ameraucana's... Black and blue

Splash pure Ameraucana

Pure Ameraucana's... Wheaten and blue wheaten

Easter eggers

I have both Pure Ameraucana's and Easter eggers.

thank you so much! So basically a true ameraucana only comes in black, splash, blue, weaten, kind of like my cochins and orpingtons come in named colors. Whereas the EEs have a bunch of different colors mixed in with their coat? Am I understanding this correct? I believe she has a mixture of both because I definelty recognize the chipmunk looking ones from the first and secede pic but I have seen some yellow chicks just like the ones in the picture with the extra poofy head. So hopefully she has both!

 

[Nicole01]

Nicole,
  First picture of the black chick is what I would call ideal.   The second picture if that is a pure black ameraucana I would have culled him since he does not appear genetically the same as the first IMO.  On the ABC forum they talk about the chick down colors.

I didn't keep any of the chicks in the second picture. They were all rehomed. I wasn't happy with the black one myself(which I did contact the breeder, but I was told tough luck) and I personally can cull only if there is a medical issue or an aggressive rooster. It is so hard to cull. When I rehome, I'm very honest in my description. I buy from out of state breeders. The chicks I don't like, I won't keep.

 

[Nicole01]

thank you so much! So basically a true ameraucana only comes in black, splash, blue, weaten, kind of like my cochins and orpingtons come in named colors. Whereas the EEs have a bunch of different colors mixed in with their coat? Am I understanding this correct? I believe she has a mixture of both because I definelty recognize the chipmunk looking ones from the first and secede pic but I have seen some yellow chicks just like the ones in the picture with the extra poofy head. So hopefully she has both!

There are other colors such as white, silver, buff, ect. You'll have to look on the Ameraucana's breeder site. They show all the colors in standard and bantam sized. I only showed you what I personally own or owned.

 

[Brie6895]

Thank you t

Yes, EE can lay brown eggs! I have one! She has a pea comb and slate blue legs and lays a light brownish pink egg. (The one on the left side of this bowl of eggs) I was somewhat disappointed! Now my coop is full of pullets that will lay every shade of green and blue, dark brown, terra cotta, and of course shades of brown and white! Love the different colors! These are some of my eggs now. Can't wait for the others to start laying! Usually the color they lay first will be the color they always lay. I have, however, had one hen whose brown eggs very slightly from one day to the next. There are only two colors of eggs...white and blue. The brown coloring is like a film that is coated on the eggs as they come out. If the coating is on a white egg, you end up with a brown egg. If the coating is on a blue egg, you get greenish eggs. If you want to learn more about the differences between real Ameraucanas and EE, go to the EE thread and look at all the pictures. EEs are not a breed of chicken, but a mix. You can have an Ameraucana chick born from two true Ameraucana parents, but if one parent was lavender and one was wheaten, the resulting chick would be considered an EE because it would no longer "breed" true to its coloring. Very weird, but that is the "word" about Ameraucanas. Anyway, EEs are a mix of anything that produces those great colored eggs. Most have beards and muffs, and some sort of green/slate legs. The ones you want to keep are the pea combed ones as the egg color gene is situated closely to the comb gene on the chromosomes. However, there are chickens who have single combs who lay colored eggs....like the Isbar and the Crested Cream Legbar. I just hatched some chicks who will be super blue egg layers. They are a cross between a Lavender Ameraucana roo and a white leghorn and then a cross between the cream Legbar Roo with the white leghorn! Can't wait to see those eggs! Also just hatched some beautiful blue eggs that were Wheaten Ameraucanas I got from a great breeder in Tenn. They are only 10 days old, but looking girly to me! Hoo Hoo!

thank you too! That was very I formative! I will also stop by the EE thread and look at some pictures! I just really want some pretty eggs!

 

[Brie6895]

Ok wel

There are other colors such as white, silver, buff, ect. You'll have to look on the Ameraucana's breeder site. They show all the colors in standard and bantam sized. I only showed you what I personally own or owned.

ok well thank you! I think I know what I'm talking about now. the pictures were very helpful!!

 

[Brie6895]

One more thing! Is it possible for an ameraucana to lay a brown egg?

 

[Nicole01]

One more thing! Is it possible for an ameraucana to lay a brown egg?

No, I posted an Ameraucana egg color chart on the previous page of this thread.

The local person your referring to has Easter eggers, not Ameraucana's. Pure Ameraucana's are not easy to find. Like I said before, they are not sold locally in my state. I've ordered from several breeders looking for the bluest of eggs. I now have 3 that lay the beautiful blue eggs and I found 4 more females with even better looking eggs. I'm keeping a wheaten rooster or maybe the blue wheaten rooster that produces that beautiful egg color. My wheatens are stunning chicks.


Here's a female

 

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i have had 3 chicks hatch so far.two blues and one black! And more are hatching.

 

[Brie6895]

Even though I have seen chickies of hers that look similar to the chick pictures posted? Also, I have no idea how to understand that egg chart lol newbie here.