Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[MrsBachbach]

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Yes, looks like a deformity. No idea what the little pouch is, but I'm wondering if her tongue or base of it is resting in there. Or if it is somehow collecting food in there. She is very likely little because of this deformity. Even though she is eating she isn't eating enough to keep up with the others. I'd give her some liquid vitamin supplements once in awhile. Hope she makes it.

 

[deputychicken21]

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Thanks for the info, very well could be her tongue. Luckily none of her flock mates pick on her so maybe she will do ok.

 

[jajeanpierre]

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I have an Ameraucana that is sick. This is Jessica she has a strange looking soft pouch thing under her lower beak. Her lower beak is too small but she eats wet food with no problem (fermented). She is half the size and weight of here flock mates. All the others are healthy. And of course she had to be the sweetest chick out of the bunch. Any help would be appreciated

The spot under her neck has always stayed damp but I guess thats from her drinking.

Born August 7th 2014
Received 15 chicks, 4 fell over dead after 4 weeks and one has scissor beak but is fat and happy
She has great appetite
She is not lethargic
She has puny legs
She is half the weight of others

I have a lavender hen who always seems to have a wet beard like your bird. The lavender is the only one I've ever seen whose beard gets wet. I didn't think anything of it before your post. Maybe I'll have a close look tomorrow, but I really don't think there is any thing wrong with my bird.

Some chicks are smaller than other chicks. Her small size might mean nothing as long as she is carrying enough weight.

I have no idea what the extra skin is on her face, but it might be related to her deformed beak. It might be nothing. Since you are feeding fermented feed, your little bird should have no trouble getting enough to eat. Make sure you keep the top beak trimmed short. Do you know if there was an injury or infection to the base of the beak where it starts growing? Not that it really matter why....

This summer I was keeping a bantam Cochin cockerel in a big aviary with a couple of African Greys (the Grey parrots weigh at most a pound) and a smaller parrot. One African Grey became territorial and attacked the cockerel after living together peacefully for months. He bit the cockerel really badly--lacerations through his comb and bites to his face and beak. One bite put a huge hole in the bottom floor of his mouth and broke his jaw.. I thought I would have to cull him, but he was able to eat pellet and drink. I think he is pretty much healed up as much of the swelling is down from the fracture site. If you keep a close eye on her condition, she may be fine.;

 

[Going Quackers]

Oh, the black one i know is a cockerel it';s that darn blue with a cushion like comb that everyone has a differing opinion on lol it'll either crow or lay an egg ...

 

[jajeanpierre]

Thank you, this bird will drive me bonkers. I did get pics of the one i know is a cockerel.. i had black, splash and blue eggs under my hen...

This one? I vote cockerel. Too much comb for a pullet. Blues cockerels are easy to tell when they start getting new feathers on their hackle, cape, saddle and the bow of their wing. The feathers are black and stand out even on a dark blue bird. Because they are so black and shiny against the duller blue older feathers, they show off their narrowness and pointedness more obviously and earlier than your black or splash birds' feathers will. Part the feathers and look at the new ones coming in on the saddle area. A single feather of a blue cockerel will be obvious.

 

[CluckEwe]

Hello. I had acquired several chicks this May, and told they were Ameraucana. Now they're pretty mature, and I'm not sure that they really are, I'm thinking maybe EE. Does anyone have a more seasoned opinion on this? Also, I would love some help figuring out what their coloring would be called. I have done research and have a hunch for some of them, but would like to hear other opinions. Cheers!

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[CluckEwe]

Also, I found a cockerel at the feed store and had to get him.. I think he is close in age to my pullets. I thought he was an Ameraucana but his beak and shank coloring to me, say otherwise. Any opinions? EE? Cheers

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Also, I found a cockerel at the feed store and had to get him.. I think he is close in age to my pullets. I thought he was an Ameraucana but his beak and shank coloring to me, say otherwise. Any opinions? EE? Cheers

He is an Easter egger. A general rule if thumb is if it comes from a farm store of hatchery-then it is an Easter egger

 

[Hinotori]

Hello. I had acquired several chicks this May, and told they were Ameraucana. Now they're pretty mature, and I'm not sure that they really are, I'm thinking maybe EE. Does anyone have a more seasoned opinion on this? Also, I would love some help figuring out what their coloring would be called. I have done research and have a hunch for some of them, but would like to hear other opinions. Cheers!

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They are Easter Eggers. I have ones that look like 1, 2, and 3. I'll probably get more from the same source next year as I rather like the light coloring and grey heads.

 

[cjpines]

Hello. I had acquired several chicks this May, and told they were Ameraucana. Now they're pretty mature, and I'm not sure that they really are, I'm thinking maybe EE. Does anyone have a more seasoned opinion on this? Also, I would love some help figuring out what their coloring would be called. I have done research and have a hunch for some of them, but would like to hear other opinions. Cheers!

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