Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[carpenterraven]

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[carpenterraven]

How much do olive colored eggs sell for I have 4 americanna chickens all laying green eggs and we eat them but are getting More than we can eat so we're looking to sell. Just wondering

 

[ChickNmamma]

How much do olive colored eggs sell for I have 4 americanna chickens all laying green eggs and we eat them but are getting More than we can eat so we're looking to sell. Just wondering

Hello and Welcome to BYC

Please join us over on the Easter Egger thread, as your AmerIcanas are not Ameraucanas and they are called Easter Eggers on this site. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/273489/the-ee-braggers-thread/12980#post_12351383 This thread is for discussing the breeding and showing of the Ameraucana breed, as is shown in the first post that you quoted.

You will have to check around and see what eggs sell for in your area - there is no special price for the blue/green eggs - and some people won't eat them.

 

[ShinShien]

my 6 blue ameraucanas, only 5 are visible

 

[peachick]

Hi guys. I have not been on BYC for most of the summer. Now that life has calmed down I thought I'd check in.

I wanted to share a little project Im going to be working on. This is one of my wheaten roosters, that has become mottled at age 2-3 years old......




This is what he looked like last year.....

 

[my sunwolf]

Hi guys. I have not been on BYC for most of the summer. Now that life has calmed down I thought I'd check in.

I wanted to share a little project Im going to be working on. This is one of my wheaten roosters, that has become mottled at age 2-3 years old......




This is what he looked like last year.....

I may sound crazy, but this looks like yet another case of vitiligo seen in chickens. If he weren't an Ameraucana, I'd suggest checking on the status of the skin pigment underneath the feathers. Very interesting stuff. They always look like completely different birds. There seem to be two types, one that occurs before 4 months of age (autoimmune), and another which occurs after 1 year (unknown).

Here is a link specifically on chickens.

Here is one generally about birds.

Here is one about disease and vitiligo.

 

[speckledhen]

Interesting link about the herpes virus and vitiligo in chickens since many of the contagious (carrier type) viruses that affect chickens are herpes viruses. Hmm. I have some new knowledge to put in my repertoire. Thanks!

By the way, both Snow and Nora, my 5 1/2 yr old Ameraucana hens, started back laying again at the same time. They've each laid two days in a row. They seem to be on the same schedule, even once taking over a year off from laying.

 

[peachick]

thank you for the links. I was hoping someone had seen or heard of this before.

 

[pips&peeps]

I may sound crazy, but this looks like yet another case of vitiligo seen in chickens. If he weren't an Ameraucana, I'd suggest checking on the status of the skin pigment underneath the feathers. Very interesting stuff. They always look like completely different birds. There seem to be two types, one that occurs before 4 months of age (autoimmune), and another which occurs after 1 year (unknown).

Here is a link specifically on chickens.

Here is one generally about birds.

Here is one about disease and vitiligo.

That is very interesting. The cock bird in question does appear to have lost some pigment in the legs too. I bet this is what is wrong with him.

I would further guess that he could be sterile at this point.

 

[Sylverfly]

carpenterraven was that directed at me/my post?