Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[MrsBachbach]

Thankx. Seems im getting mixed answers though. She told us that she had wheaten and blue wheaten. So at least that matches up with what she says she sold us

They definately look to be of the wheaten/blue wheaten variety but not good specimens. From the descriptions I have read that really does look like a splash female. She has white in the tail feathers where either blue or black should be. That's what I've read in more than one place. That middle female color is really off so I would question her. Males tend to look a mess when young and yours still do. Some of the issues with wheaten/blue wheaten varieties are bleeding into the chest and other areas that should be blue or black and bleeding into the tails and black in the hackle and saddle feathers. That last male also does not have a proper tail. Curious as to where you got them. Can pm me if you wish.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

I would have to agree with MrsBachbach. They are definitely Ameraucanas, your solid tan pullet is a splash wheaten and the one with a black tail looks a bit like my wheaten.

 

[MrsBachbach]

How do you know if they are pure? The lady I bought them from has show birds. She breeds them and blue splash marans. All her birds were separated. They all have the slate b lueish legs. Is there any other way to tell? I know three may be roos. The two grey ones and the one with all of black. Only because of the three row comb. Does that mean for sure they are boys?

That might explain some of the issues if she did a cross in the past. The first three are boys. You can tell by the color in this case.

Here is what my blue wheaten looked like at around thirteen weeks.

Here is a full grown wheaten male

In the blues, there will be blue where there is black in the wheatens.

Here is a blue wheaten grown female. Now, there will be some variation in the lightness or darkness of the buff color.

How old are your males? At second glance they do seem to be lacking the red filling in on the head. The wheaten male comes close, but that tail doesn't look right. Yes, I would say something is going on in that flock.

 

[RoosterLew]

.... Most b/w EEs are roosters and most brown (partridge) EEs are hens.

You know I have read this alot...But my EE rooster looks alot like the one pictured above - I call him a silver as he is very similar in coloring to a Silver Ameraucana. So far in the last year out of maybe a dozen chicks ot of him he has had 4 black and white EE daughters...no sons!! 2 grew to be mostly white with just black tail & wing adornments, the other I would call a paint, kinda, maybe??
As well we've had 3 partridge chicks turn out to be males??

I'll agree with the "most" statement, lol, but mine seem to break the rules!!
We cross the SIlver EE Rooster on feed store RIR, Black Australorp, Welsummers and Buff Orps.

 

[RoosterLew]

Here is a full grown wheaten male



In the blues, there will be blue where there is black in the wheatens.

Here is a blue wheaten grown female. Now, there will be some variation in the lightness or darkness of the buff color.

Love this hen!!

 

[MrsBachbach]

You know I have read this alot...But my EE rooster looks alot like the one pictured above - I call him a silver as he is very similar in coloring to a Silver Ameraucana. So far in the last year out of maybe a dozen chicks ot of him he has had 4 black and white EE daughters...no sons!!  2 grew to be mostly white with just black tail & wing adornments, the other I would call a paint, kinda, maybe??
As well we've had 3 partridge chicks turn out to be males??

I'll agree with the "most" statement, lol, but mine seem to break the rules!!
We cross the SIlver EE Rooster on feed store RIR, Black Australorp, Welsummers and Buff Orps.

Hey! Don't blame your male for the sex of your birds! It's the female that determines sex in chickens.

 

[RoosterLew]

Hey! Don't blame your male for the sex of your birds! It's the female that determines sex in chickens.

LOL, I wasn't...I was blaming him for the colors...HE seems to throw black & white girls and colored boys!

But I guess that's on the hens too?
What a headache I get from trying to figure genetics on feed store birds!
They were our first, he came out of the "Pan-fry specials" bin, lol!

But still every time we get a chick that looks like he did, It is always a male!

 

[MrsBachbach]

Love this hen!!

Thanks! She likes to make girls too! That's her one male offspring in the picture above. The young blue one that is.

 

[Nofowlplay]

That might explain some of the issues if she did a cross in the past. The first three are boys. You can tell by the color in this case.

Here is what my blue wheaten looked like at around thirteen weeks.

Here is a full grown wheaten male



In the blues, there will be blue where there is black in the wheatens.

Here is a blue wheaten grown female. Now, there will be some variation in the lightness or darkness of the buff color.


How old are your males? At second glance they do seem to be lacking the red filling in on the head. The wheaten male comes close, but that tail doesn't look right. Yes, I would say something is going on in that flock.

So Beautiful! Love them all!

Are they Ameraucanas or EE's?

 

[MrsBachbach]

So Beautiful! Love them all!
Are they Ameraucanas or EE's?

Well, they better be Ameraucanas. If they aren't, then the judges were stumped also.

Btw, Thanks!