Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[19home]

my hens have the "slate" colored legs and i will probably get blue eggs this winter

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[jerryse]

He's a beautiful rooster. It wouldn't change anything one way or the other. Just wanted to know. I had found several pictures that look exactly like him online labeled Brown Red LF Ameraucanas and since everything on the internet is true...

I thought I should double check. What is the difference between a wheaton and brown red? The roosters look so simular.

I will try to sort the colors out so that you can understand them better. Brown reds are crow wing. That is to say the lower half of the male's wing is black like a crow. Wheaten and black breasted red are in the duck wing family. I used a silver to show that the upper and lower portion has a different color than the middle of the wing creating a band in the middle. Like the bluish band in the mallard ducks wing. In addition both sexes in brown red have gold lacing in the upper half of the breast. The brown red female is mostly black. Wheaten males are identical to black breasted red males but the wheaten gene changes the hens color. No lacing in the wheaten males or females breast. Wheaten males are more red than gold. Your rooster has black and red in the breast which tells me EE. He also seems to carry the Columbian gene another common EE trait. Columbian gene leaves a black tail and black in the neck. Think light brahma and buff brahma. Your rooster also seems to be a dark red which says to me the mahagony gene is present. Mahagony is not in any Ameraucana variety .I hope this is helpful.

 

[DeannaA]

I will try to sort the colors out so that you can understand them better. Brown reds are crow wing. That is to say the lower half of the male's wing is black like a crow. Wheaten and black breasted red are in the duck wing family. I used a silver to show that the upper and lower portion has a different color than the middle of the wing creating a band in the middle. Like the bluish band in the mallard ducks wing. In addition both sexes in brown red have gold lacing in the upper half of the breast. The brown red female is mostly black. Wheaten males are identical to black breasted red males but the wheaten gene changes the hens color. No lacing in the wheaten males or females breast. Wheaten males are more red than gold. Your rooster has black and red in the breast which tells me EE. He also seems to carry the Columbian gene another common EE trait. Columbian gene leaves a black tail and black in the neck. Think light brahma and buff brahma. Your rooster also seems to be a dark red which says to me the mahagony gene is present. Mahagony is not in any Ameraucana variety .I hope this is helpful.

Very helpful. And I can understand what you said. Do you know if there is a book or website that explains all of this in an understandable way? I have found sites with bad information or sites written at level beyond my understanding.

And I love that silver rooster.

 

[megshenhut]

Yes it is common on splits in some lines. Silver leakage in lavenders is hard to detect because lavender malels often get a silver cast in the neck and saddle even though it is not leakage. So use your best split without leakage. This will help rid your line of leakage. If you have nothing better use them until you can get better ones. Red leakage is also possible but less common.

Thanks Jerry. Their adult feathers are still coming in so I will see if any of the males don't have the leakage. These are definitely silver leakage.

 

[chicken farmer2]

I'm Looking to either get one of these varietys in either LF or bantam I think Bantam tho how hard are they to find.

Blue/ Black wheaton

White

Sliver

Buff

 

[sbucciarel]

Hi

Just wanted to post my Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucana chicks hatched out a couple of weeks ago. Got an order in for Feb for 15 W/BW from Paul Smith. These are my first Ameraucanas.

 

[HaplessRunner]

Hi

Just wanted to post my Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucana chicks hatched out a couple of weeks ago. Got an order in for Feb for 15 W/BW from Paul Smith. These are my first Ameraucanas.

Nice looking chicks! If I had to guess based on chicks that I have had, I would guess 4 cockerels and one pullet based on their colors. I have found that the lightest ones tend to be females and the darkest ones tend to be males. I was at the recent Virginia Poultry Breeders Association show in which my blue wheaten cockerel was best variety. I just love the blue wheaten colors. Here is a younger picture of him.. He has since filled out and his muff and beard is now blue.



BTW - where in Virginia are you?

 

[familypendragon]

Here are my 11 W/BW babies from Lark Rise. I am not too familiar with this coloring. Are the darker ones the Blue Wheatens? Any guesses as to gender? The pics are not great as they are so fast moving as they are so terrified of the camera, LOL! I do have one of the lighter colored ones that will not be bred as it has developed a severe cross beak and rolled up foot. It was fine at birth and developed this a few weeks after birth - almost like it had a stroke or something. I decided as long as it seemed to be able to eat and drink and get around I would give it a chance to join the breakfast flock at least.

 

[rbaker0345]

I'm Looking to either get one of these varietys in either LF or bantam I think Bantam tho how hard are they to find.

Blue/ Black wheaton

White

Sliver

Buff

Have you tried Little Ameraucana Mom. I'm not sure what colors she has, but I think she only has bantams.

 

[pips&peeps]

I'm Looking to either get one of these varietys in either LF or bantam I think Bantam tho how hard are they to find.

Blue/ Black wheaton

White

Sliver

Buff

Try John Blehm www.chickhatchery.com