Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[AuntNomi]

Some of my flock. They are all very young..... under six months.

Awe they are so pretty! Are those from Sawmills? I love your Roo!

 

[scflock]

Some of my flock. They are all very young..... under six months.

Good looking birds. I'm learning here, so I'm curious to hear what others think about the comb on that rooster

 

[jerryse]

Good looking birds. I'm learning here, so I'm curious to hear what others think about the comb on that rooster

Not my favorite comb but you can work on it . Select for better combs . As you breed your own you will have to make choices and compensate for weak points . Paired with good combs on hens will help..

 

[scflock]

Not my favorite comb but you can work on it . Select for better combs . As you breed your own you will have to make choices and compensate for weak points . Paired with good combs on hens will help..

I don't know if you've seen my boys, and I don't have any recent pics, but here they are about a month ago. Thay aren't getting any taller, but the necks and chests are starting to fill out more. I will try and get better pics tomorrow. They were early May chicks. If they get anywhere near the size of samouws rooster, I will be happy. The blue has a little leakage in a few feathers in his saddle, so he is getting some BCM hens, but the black looks pretty good and the splash is really looking nice. He has the best shape of them all.

 

[Red Banks]

Not my favorite comb but you can work on it . Select for better combs . As you breed your own you will have to make choices and compensate for weak points . Paired with good combs on hens will help..

Thanks....I rehomed this roo..... he was headed for the chicken and dumplings pot. None of my other young roos stepped up to lead the flock and I realized he had been working pretty hard managing things. I rescued him and brought him home again. He has some things I really like and for now he does a good job. He can be tough but he has a live and let live attitude for the most part. I hope to have a new batch of Ams in the spring. In the meantime I am enjoying these. They are very entertaining.

From the beginning I had a tough time trying to figure out his comb. I appreciate the feedback and advice!

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Beautiful birds !

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Scflock, your birds are very beautiful! They look well loved and cared for!

 

[Red Banks]

Jerryse, I read on BYC that if you breed to a Lavender the result is no longer an Ameraucana but an Easter Egger. I don't understand..... if you breed an Ameraucana to an Ameraucana.... why isn't it considered a pure Am


This information is spread mostly to discourage random breeding . Lavender is a project color . So not accepted into the standard yet . They are shown in the AOV class . Any other variety . They can not win best of breed . They can go to best of variety or best AOV . Lavender is bred to black to improve them .

.A skilled breeder can do this to improve or create . Newbies just make a mess of things when they do this .. So it is discouraged .

As a example Mike Gilbert created blue wheaten bantams by crossing blue and wheaten . This can take 5 or more generations of breeding back to wheaten to get a good blue wheaten . Not a quick process . Newbies are always asking if they create blue wheaten this way . No not in the first cross . Why reinvent something that exists .

I believe in color families . These can be crossed with no problems . The black family includes black , blue ,splash , white if based on black , lavender , cuckoo and lavender cuckoo . Blue and lavender should not be bred together and barring should not be added to white .

Wheaten family is wheaten , blue wheaten , splash wheaten . Wheaten is some times used on buff but it is a long process to get back to good buff .

Thank you.... this makes sense. I rehomed my lavender roo. I had read things about feather quality.... etc. Maybe when I know more!

 

[scflock]

Scflock, your birds are very beautiful! They look well loved and cared for!

Thanks. I have to give the credit to Paul Smith, they came directly from him. This is the first flock I have ever started from a good foundation, so I will be happy if I just don't make them worse

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Scflock, that's really neat! I ordered chicks from Max Strawn, he shows them a lott also and his birds r from Paul Smith! I have even already pai. Mine I ordered 15, 5 blacks, 5 blues, & 5 blue wheatens. I'm so excited! They will be shipped first week in March!
I have a flock of 14, I am such an animal lover, these r lucky chickens cause they will never end up being eaten. I just love them way too much! I dont have any Ameraucanas yet but love love love my sweet girls! I have them all so tamed down! I can pick any one of them up at any given time. They are so spoiled!