Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[MrsBachbach]

gonna post up some pics, if y'all don't mind. I know the 'hen or rooster' has to get tiresome, LOL but I have one I thought was a rooster, now I'm not so sure. I'll post three pics of it, then pics of the 3 I know are roosters that are the same age. I'm going strictly on the tails, at this age with the tails on the three, the other one isn't turning out the same. One pic will show hen on left, question to it's right, rooster, then hen. Post that pic first, then the pics of the for sure roosters. These are 15 weeks old, had one crow three times day before yesterday and haven't heard him do it again.....

ok here it is, hen, question, rooster, hen?

two more pics of the one in question followed by a couple of the roosters.





ok now for the boys:






the last pic is the one who crowed the other day.

all the one's I've shown are the same age, 15 weeks. I was sure I had 4 roosters, now I'm not so sure the one in question is. Won't hurt my feelings if it's a hen, that's for sure!

Your questionable one is a cockerel. I can see the sickle feathers starting and the darker areas of the cape coming in. He's darker than your other boys, but in the pics you can see the darker cape.

 

[EastNashChick]

Any idea what this purebred BBS Ameraucana chick will look like? Doesn't look like my blacks at all and not really like my blues. Dark blue? Splash? This is only my 2nd round of Ameraucanas so not sure what to expect.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Any idea what this purebred BBS Ameraucana chick will look like? Doesn't look like my blacks at all and not really like my blues. Dark blue? Splash? This is only my 2nd round of Ameraucanas so not sure what to expect.

If I had known you were up, I'd have texted you! lol Every time I remember I need to, it's been really late... sorry, been hectic last few days...

Looks like that'll be a black, but could be dark blue... my blacks are all based on Extended black (E), which means the black extends over those light areas as it matures...

 

[EastNashChick]

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If I had known you were up, I'd have texted you! lol Every time I remember I need to, it's been really late... sorry, been hectic last few days...

Looks like that'll be a black, but could be dark blue... my blacks are all based on Extended black (E), which means the black extends over those light areas as it matures...

That was my guess. It just seemed to have different markings than I'd seen and since I hadn't had a dark blue thought that might be it.

I need to read up on extended. I haven't gotten that far into genetics I guess! Yeah, txt me back! I want to hear what y'all think of them. I'm pretty impressed! Especially the extra chubby ones! They are all very healthy!

 

[saltandpepper2]

Anyone want to NOT break my heart and tell me this is a 7 week pullet?? Somehow I feel like that's too much to ask for.

 

[junebuggena]

I would love to tell you it's a pullet, but I can't.

 

[saltandpepper2]

I was afraid of that! Oh well... That means both of my light splashes are cockerels

 

[junebuggena]

Well, good news is that someone might want him to make pretty Easter Eggers.

 

[saltandpepper2]

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Well, good news is that someone might want him to make pretty Easter Eggers.

he's a splash ameraucanas? That's what he was sold as. Blue legs and pink beak n' all

 

[saltandpepper2]

Mind you, he's going to auction tonight, so that might very well be what he's used for.