Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[THeelChickinKY]

@Sswanee48
I can help with at least this much - Barred Rock doesn't appear to be what they are crossed with. The barring gene that creates the stripe appearance is dominant, so if they had a Barred Rock parent, they would be barred. We have Dominiques (the breed used to produce the barring on the Barred Rock) and any of their mixed offspring is always striped. Good luck!

 

[tigercreek]

Well since you asked I will try to correct you . First do not breed a leaky male . Second silver will leak also . Third no sex linkage on leakage . Females usually will not show it but can be carriers . So females from a leaky male will pass this trait on . Do not assume they are clean because they do not show leakage . Test breeding is the only way to be sure on females . Silver and gold are sex linked but that is a different topic from leakage .

Thanks...I remembered gold and silver were sex linked, that is what I was referring to, not to leakage being sex linked....didn't know silver would leak...I thought the gold/brown leakage you see was from a gold based line...got a lot to learn ....thanks for the correction...

 

[Sswanee48]

Thanks THeelChicknKY. My thought was they were a mix of the Ameraucana hens and WL. Don't know much about it, just a guess. I did end up with the two BR chicks and possibly one more that is feathering a little slower but showing spots like the B.R. I ended up with 10 good looking chicks. I need to move out of the city! Hahaha

 

[dstokely]

If I were you, I would use both. I'd like to see if you could hatch sons that compare to dad with the leakage type-wise, but without leakage. All it takes is time, right? And all you need to do this is a pen to keep the extra roo in while the other takes some time with the ladies. You give one rooster time in with the hens two weeks to ensure that no other sperm is present, then collect for a week and hatch that batch. Switch roosters, rinse, repeat. With this program you could even do a trial with the roo with gold leakage as it only takes three weeks to set up just to see if you get lucky. I know that a lot of people would say don't use him at all, but the fact is that these varieties were bred all out of the same crazy EE stock and there are recessive color genetics all over the place. I would think it's worth a shot. These are the first blue roosters I've seen I like, most are just not that handsome, lol.

Two weeks is all you have to wait on clearing out the sperm? I thought it was 3-4 weeks. Thank you for the favorable comments on these guys. I have to thank the breeder. This will be the year I start working on my own.

 

[dstokely]

Two weeks is all you have to wait on clearing out the sperm? I thought it was 3-4 weeks. Thank you for the favorable comments on these guys. I have to thank the breeder. This will be the year I start working on my own.

 

[Olive Oil]

Two weeks is all you have to wait on clearing out the sperm? I thought it was 3-4 weeks. Thank you for the favorable comments on these guys. I have to thank the breeder. This will be the year I start working on my own.

I've heard you should wait a month to be sure. I don't know, but I do a month just to be sure, if it matters. I keep several breeds together and some mutts, so for me it really matters!

 

[dstokely]

I've heard you should wait a month to be sure. I don't know, but I do a month just to be sure, if it matters. I keep several breeds together and some mutts, so for me it really matters!

It really matters to me and I was planning on a month, so a month it will be. Thanks.

 

[Wishapup]

Found this post in the Lav Ameraucana thread. One of the only posts I could find that addressed this twisty hackle issue. My black rooster and my blue hen seem to have it. Only my black hen doesn't. I'm hoping I can breed this out without too much difficulty--maybe in a few generations. Does anyone know if it is recessive (i.e. could my black hen also carry a gene for it without displaying it)?

[. . . .] Hen has what some called the Farrah Fawcett hair.Swept back neck feathers . . .

 

[TattooedMama]

Babies arrived starting last night and into the morning!! We successfully hatched 6 W/BW Ameraucanas & 6 BBS Marans!!! Here are pictures of our first Ameraucana hatch; eggs are from Indigo Ridge Farm. They are irresistibly fluffy

 

[Olive Oil]

Babies arrived starting last night and into the morning!! We successfully hatched 6 W/BW Ameraucanas & 6 BBS Marans!!! Here are pictures of our first Ameraucana hatch; eggs are from Indigo Ridge Farm. They are irresistibly fluffy

Congrats! I got some from her too. Love them!