Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

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I've tried this with no luck. Food coloring or food dye? Is there a type that stains more strongly?


Good idea, but I have 4 hens that I would like to figure out, and they lay sporadically at best so I'm not sure who is supposed to lay when..

Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe once they start laying regularly I could attempt this.

Is there a difference? It has worked for me

 

[gameandmore]

I finally have ameraucanas !

 

[quailtrail]

Eggs set for HAL Wheaten/Blue Wheaten. ..very excited!!! Candeling tomorrow

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Eggs set for HAL Wheaten/Blue Wheaten. ..very excited!!! Candeling tomorrow

This will probably end up being obvious, but what is HAL or what does it stand for? The Easter hatch along ?

 

[CibolaChooks]

This will probably end up being obvious, but what is HAL or what does it stand for? The Easter hatch along ?

yes its the easter hatch along.

 

[Reyvaughn]

Reyvaughn,
There is a person from Benton, Pa that has Wheaten and blue wheatens which is near Bloomsburg don;t know them but they may be there since it is close. There is another fellow that raises the rare game birds that is getting into them right now that will probably be there also send me a PM and I will give you his name you may even know him.

I didn't know anyone else near Benton (I'm outside of Benton) had wheaten Ams. I know a person in Shikshinny has, but I won't get from that person again. I wonder who it is...

 

[heatherscooby77]

I am very excited!!!!!!! I got my Paul Smith chicks and..................hopefully got the ball rolling on a special meet!!!!!!! My "local" poultry club is having there first annual show on 10/11/14!!!!!! If you can make it please come!!!!!!!! I would love to meet some other Ameraucana breeders.

http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Lebanon_Valley_Poultry_Fanciers.html

 

[jtbass2756]

Have no idea what Ameracauna chicks are supposed to look like....and I have one that has similar markings but is a lighter almost yellow....here are some picts....can you all help he here? are these Ameracauns? and is that little yellow fellow/lady also an amercauna...???

 

[johnderosa1]

Have no idea what Ameracauna chicks are supposed to look like....and I have one that has similar markings but is a lighter almost yellow....here are some picts....can you all help he here? are these Ameracauns? and is that little yellow fellow/lady also an amercauna...???

They look like mixed breed chickens, likely easter eggers.. A generic term for mixed breed chickens that lay green, blue, pink colored eggs

 

[LavLady]

Have no idea what Ameracauna chicks are supposed to look like....and I have one that has similar markings but is a lighter almost yellow....here are some picts....can you all help he here? are these Ameracauns? and is that little yellow fellow/lady also an amercauna...???

Careful some folks here are wound awfully tight. If you bought a chick from a feed store that was labeled "Ameraucana" it is most likely what are referred to as EE (Easter egger, which is a not breeding or show quality Americauna cross, which usually lay some variety of green egg, not blue) and a lot of folks get tired of the non-pedigreed birds being here. I usually lurk here, because of the hostility. There is an EE Thread here on BYC, they're super nice. There is also a whole section called "what breed or sex is this," and lots of nice folks will help you with them. And, yes, some of those do look like what are commonly sold as Ameraucanas, but are most likely actually EE. Do ENJOY YOUR BIRDS!