Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[MrsBachbach]

Here are some pics of splash I have had in the BBS variety. They can vary in coloration. I think the last pic is ideal. The first one is too white.

Here is a pic of a splash wheaten I found at a site I am a member of. I hope it's ok to post it.

 

[MrsBachbach]

Please tell me the difference between splash and splash wheaten?  In looking at my charts, I assumed(wrongly, I guess) that a splash was a splash.

Whoops. Forget my last question to you. I quoted the wrong post.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Here are some pics of splash I have had in the BBS variety. They can vary in coloration. I think the last pic is ideal. The first one is too white.






Here is a pic of a splash wheaten I found at a site I am a member of. I hope it's ok to post it.

I also like the last splash the best

 

[dstokely]

Here are some pics of splash I have had in the BBS variety. They can vary in coloration. I think the last pic is ideal. The first one is too white.






Here is a pic of a splash wheaten I found at a site I am a member of. I hope it's ok to post it.

My splashes look like your first one but they are just over a month old. I hope they turn out like the third one. I understand now, keep the wheatens separate...no mixing. Lavenders too, to an extent. Probably I should have just gotten the BBS and stayed withing that grouping.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

My splashes look like your first one but they are just over a month old. I hope they turn out like the third one. I understand now, keep the wheatens separate...no mixing. Lavenders too, to an extent. Probably I should have just gotten the BBS and stayed withing that grouping.

They will get more color as they get older. Now how much is the question. But at 2 months mine have all sorts of splashes. (though you can't see it in the pictures)

 

[jonsccm]

I will try to get pictures in better light

It is a splash Ameraucana from meyer here are more pics

Put them with the flowers for color reference no Wheaton that I can see

 

[MrsBachbach]

It is a splash Ameraucana from meyer here are more pics

Put them with the flowers for color reference no Wheaton that I can see

Yes, that shows the color better. Not wheaten. Looks like a splash but the leg color is wrong. At that age it should be showing some slate color. I've not seen that leg color in Ameraucana except in young wheaten. It's not even willow like EE's have.

 

[jonsccm]

Yes, that shows the color better. Not wheaten. Looks like a splash but the leg color is wrong. At that age it should be showing some slate color. I've not seen that leg color in Ameraucana except in young wheaten. It's not even willow like EE's have.

I agree I was worried when she arrived she had pale yellow legs. But this week I'm noticing a change she has more of a slate color spreading down her legs. It's not visible in the pictures yet. Some others on BYC said that they have had this with splash. But it's not something I have much experience with

 

[speckledhen]

I agree I was worried when she arrived she had pale yellow legs. But this week I'm noticing a change she has more of a slate color spreading down her legs. It's not visible in the pictures yet. Some others on BYC said that they have had this with splash. But it's not something I have much experience with

There should be no yellow tint at all with a splash Ameraucana. I've had splash birds with white legs (all Ameraucanas and Orpingtons have white skin) and with dark slate legs, but never with yellow. If you look at the bottoms of her feet, they should have no yellow tint-that tells the tale. If you're not sure of the leg color, that is the way you determine it. If the soles do have yellowish cast, she has yellow skin. Even if there is a darkish overwash, the skin is still yellow, and with a dark color on the fronts, the yellow sometimes will appear greenish like many Easter Eggers.


Funny thing about yellow skin. The parents can have perfectly correct white skin and slate legs, but if there was a yellow skinned breeder somewhere back in the line, a yellow skinned chick can pop up spontaneously. That happened with many of Sandhill Preservation's Blue Orpingtons because at some point, they bred in Blue Plymouth Rocks for some reason. There is also a barring gene that is in there and expresses itself. My own Blue Orp rooster once produced a barred chick-he himself had a hint of it in his sickle feathers.

 

[minamisfit]

Hey everyone! This is Guinness one of my Ameraucana chicks, about 5 days old. I'm about 80% sure he's a Roo just by the way he acts! Chest bumps everything and gets mad when you mess with the other chicks. Lol have any of you had any experiences with this, is there any way I could tell the sex of this chick? Its so funny, my Ameraucana chicks follow me around the room. Love them! Thanks in advance!