Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Well maybe it is an Ameraucana then, The legs might be slate and I'm color blind. Thanks for the info.

They really aren't hard to tell apart. Post a picture. Where did you get her from?

 

[dstokely]

She is a splash

X 2! Look at my avatar, one of my favorite splash chicks. She is about 18 wks old in the picture.

 

[WendyF]

X 2! Look at my avatar, one of my favorite splash chicks. She is about 18 wks old in the picture.

YAY!!! The splash is my favorite color pattern. This turned out to be a fortunate genetic circumstance for me

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[Heatherschix]

Hi...does anyone have a color breeding chart or can tell me the color outcomes of black, blue wheaten, and white cross?

Thanks

 

[MrsBachbach]

At that age, you can't tell the leg color. This year, I had some purebred Ameraucanas with bright orange legs. They came from a well respected exhibition breeder. I was in a panic calling the breeder who said they would be fine. They were--the orange went away and they have white skin and proper colored legs. Here's a picture:

Nice looking chicks there! Blue, black and splash?

 

[MrsBachbach]

Slate is blue.  Black ameraucanas can have black legs.

What if you have a bird that has both colors on it's legs? Slate and black? Is that permissable?

 

[MrsBachbach]

Ooops I meant to specify and say Ameruacana pullets at point of lay. My Ameruacana pullet's combs and Easter Egger's combs are so different from another chicken's combs I dont know what they will look like when they are about to lay.

As far as I know, combs will turn bright red before POL. That's about it.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Hi...does anyone have a color breeding chart or can tell me the color outcomes of black, blue wheaten, and white cross?

Thanks

You breed blue black an splash together. Wheaten, blue wheaten, and splash wheaten together. You shouldn't cross wheaten and white or anything like that. And look back in thread pictures or do a google search for BBS breeding chart

 

[jajeanpierre]

Nice looking chicks there! Blue, black and splash?

Yup.

 

[jajeanpierre]

What if you have a bird that has both colors on it's legs? Slate and black? Is that permissable?

Some of my splash have had both slate and "splashes" of dark slate/black on their legs/feet.