Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Athensm50]

It is normal for hens to stop laying when moved to a new place.The egg you got was already on its way.You really should isolate new birds in case they carry a disease not detected.Since you have had them six weeks or more you got lucky that they had no disease.Most times they do not.One bad experience and you will rethink the isolation issue.You need about 14 hours of daylight/lights to get eggs.Many flocks are molting now.

and how long should they be isolated?

new here....never thought of that.

 

[CackleJoy]

Hey Guys....I have 2 white Ameraucans that I got several weeks ago...first few weeks they stayed in the coop, do to the others not playing well, ...but they are coming around.....they go outside now....(for the last 3 weeks or so)....but still NO EGGS!!!!!!.....the day I brought them home...i got a blue egg....not a one since!!!!


molting...maybe?????....I have lots of feathers around....but they look good.....just no eggs?...

I have no idea how old...they dint look young ......or old.


did I just get a couple of duds???....

Do you have lights? Depending on their light, they could just be on a winter cycle and not laying.

 

[Roxannemc]

Last yeari hatched someLavender amercaunas2 roos one hen I mosty own Brahnas and English and lavender Orpungtons and this litle Lavs Am hen seems so small compared Are the Lav Ams usually small? The roos arent huge but bigger than she is.She was laying but i havent seen an egg in a couple minths However she free ranges and my chorkie i suspect stole her last eggs 2 months ago shw was setting on.

 

[TulsaChick]

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Do you have lights?  Depending on their light, they could just be on a winter cycle and not laying.  

could be stressed from new environment and being picked on

 

[mstricer]

 
It is normal for hens to stop laying when moved to a new place.The egg you got was already on its way.You really should isolate new birds in case they carry a disease not detected.Since you have had them six weeks or more you got lucky that they had no disease.Most times they do not.One bad experience and you will rethink the isolation issue.You need about 14 hours of daylight/lights to get eggs.Many flocks are molting now.

and how long should they be isolated?

new here....never thought of that.

30 days

 

[jerryse]

Last yeari hatched someLavender amercaunas2 roos one hen I mosty own Brahnas and English and lavender Orpungtons and this litle Lavs Am hen seems so small compared Are the Lav Ams usually small? The roos arent huge but bigger than she is.She was laying but i havent seen an egg in a couple minths However she free ranges and my chorkie i suspect stole her last eggs 2 months ago shw was setting on.

The large fowl lav Ams were bred up from the lav bantam.There are still some small ones around.Your best bet is to use some good LF blacks to improve size.

 

[Angelicisi]

Could crossing LF and bantams both wheatans tho, cause hatching/chick issues, possibly making it weaker? Being that eggs were bought and hatched and not chicks from the breeder that they hatched and may had already culled the "off" chicks from the pairing...
I'd like to think its not possible for a breeder to miss a LF vs bantam, but I do not know bantams, I do know some lines of LF wheatans have trouble reaching good weights as adults.
Or is there zero issues with breeding LG & bantams?
But I came across a woman who has mistaken LF & bantam breeder birds and shyed away from the purchase and now she's not breeding anymore, I missed out maybe lol, so I was curious if genetically they'd be more prone to problems? A bantam roo may have a hard time fertilizing accounting for low fertility? Just curious, I love the wheatans myself

Several things could be in play here...were the eggs from young pullets?   Are they birds she has hatched from very closely related stock, ie brother and sisters?  What was the health of the laying hens?  Now the feathered legs do not show up because of molting, they show up due to genetics.  Sprigs are unfortunately common in some lines of Wheaten/Blue Wheaten and may not show up until you breed two birds with that gene.  I have some chicks I am growing out from related stock and the person had never seen feathered legs but I got them.  Molt can effect the health of the chicks but usually the birds are not laying if they are heavy in molt and not getting enough protein but they can.  I would think you hatched pullet eggs and with pullet eggs some of the first eggs will often not be fertile plus chicks are often weak and small.  Sprattled  legs can be caused by simply weak chicks that can not get up very well.  Now the umbilical issue I have never seen so not sure what causes that....

 

[johnderosa1]

You have an Ameraucana that regularly lays a Jumbo egg?  That is a huge egg!

Here is a picture of the hen that lays a jumbo egg... She is just completing her molt and just started laying again. Even without lighting. I am pretty surprised.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

30 days

at least

 

[johnderosa1]

Here is her daughter and a picture of her 4th egg... She is approx 7 mos and just started laying.