Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[RugerFan777]

From John Blehms line. John what do you think?

 

[RugerFan777]

Same eggs with light. You can see the lavenders egg is much more green but looks more blue with seen from your eye rather the camera on the iPhone 6.

 

[RugerFan777]

2nd lavender egg. This one seems bluer.

 

[dstokely]

2nd lavender egg. This one seems bluer.

My one lavender hen lays the prettiest blue egg of all my AMs. I do have an easter egger that lays the prettiest of all.....when she lays, but she is going on 4 yrs. I have blacks that lay a different color as do the splashes and blues. My Blue Wheatens lay the lightest but blue egg of all. I think it just depends on the hen.

 

[scflock]

This is why: (Courtesy of bruceha)

"[COLOR=333333]I lived in SC (hah, take THAT scflock!) for the first ([/COLOR][COLOR=333333]51)[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]years, then I moved away from the overpopulation [/COLOR][COLOR=333333] [/COLOR][COLOR=333333] [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]There were ~.5M in Los Angeles county when my grandparents moved there (3 from Spain), 5M when I was born, 7.4M people when I left in 1979. There are over 10M now. Better "you" than  "me"   "  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]I think there was 17 million in the LA metro area when I left, needed more space and a slower pace.  But California will always be my home state.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]It's a gorgeous day in New Mexico as well today!  Probably need to live here another 400 years to be considered a New Mexican though.  [/COLOR]

Plenty of new Mexicans in SC

No problem.  CA is easy to pick on because many people think Californians are reflected by what you see on TV, where nothing could be farther from the truth.

Referring to adult themes is for another thread........ ask SCFlock.

ribbit

 

[FowlStuff]

From John Blehms line. John what do you think?

If you have better I would not hatch them, especially the one on the right that is quite green. But then it depends on what traits are most important to you at this time and what you want to select for.
As those of us that created the different varieties of Ameraucanas went about it we selected for "Standard" traits first while maintaining the blue egg gene in the birds. Refining egg shell color was generally the last characteristic we were concerned with. Of the LF the silvers and wheatens used to produce the bluest eggs, but now I believe at least in my lines that the LF blacks are on top. Since they can be used to cross with lavenders it is fairly simple to get big beautiful blue eggs from lavenders. I see progress every year. Below is a photo of eggs I sat on Monday. The ones with "20" and "14" on them are from my LF blacks. Even though all my breeders came from blue eggs you can see 8 greenish eggs that one pullet is producing. If they hatch they will be sold locally as "backyard" chickens. I'm looking for "continuous improvement" and so with continuous selection for egg color the greenish ones are fewer and fewer every year.

 

[ramsey590]

Hey folks, I been away for few months but while I was away I purchased some chick from Mt. Healthy Hatchery (very pleased with them!!) I ordered 3 ameracauna pullets along with 7 others pullets. One of three is obviously ameracauna with her muffs around her cheeks, the other two doesn't not. Can anyone shine a light on this situation. They are 4 months old.

 

[FridayYet]

If you have better I would not hatch them, especially the one on the right that is quite green. But then it depends on what traits are most important to you at this time and what you want to select for.
As those of us that created the different varieties of Ameraucanas went about it we selected for "Standard" traits first while maintaining the blue egg gene in the birds. Refining egg shell color was generally the last characteristic we were concerned with. Of the LF the silvers and wheatens used to produce the bluest eggs, but now I believe at least in my lines that the LF blacks are on top. Since they can be used to cross with lavenders it is fairly simple to get big beautiful blue eggs from lavenders. I see progress every year. Below is a photo of eggs I sat on Monday. The ones with "20" and "14" on them are from my LF blacks. Even though all my breeders came from blue eggs you can see 8 greenish eggs that one pullet is producing. If they hatch they will be sold locally as "backyard" chickens. I'm looking for "continuous improvement" and so with continuous selection for egg color the greenish ones are fewer and fewer every year.

Beautiful eggs John!

 

[abbevilleoz]

If you have better I would not hatch them, especially the one on the right that is quite green. But then it depends on what traits are most important to you at this time and what you want to select for. As those of us that created the different varieties of Ameraucanas went about it we selected for "Standard" traits first while maintaining the blue egg gene in the birds. Refining egg shell color was generally the last characteristic we were concerned with. Of the LF the silvers and wheatens used to produce the bluest eggs, but now I believe at least in my lines that the LF blacks are on top. Since they can be used to cross with lavenders it is fairly simple to get big beautiful blue eggs from lavenders. I see progress every year. Below is a photo of eggs I sat on Monday. The ones with "20" and "14" on them are from my LF blacks. Even though all my breeders came from blue eggs you can see 8 greenish eggs that one pullet is producing. If they hatch they will be sold locally as "backyard" chickens. I'm looking for "continuous improvement" and so with continuous selection for egg color the greenish ones are fewer and fewer every year.

Is that a row of pink eggs?

 

[FowlStuff]

Is that a row of pink eggs?

No. Most are Ameraucana eggs, both bantam and LF, in the photo. The bantam white/tinted ones are Vorwerk/Lakenvelder eggs. The large dark brown eggs are from partridge Chanteclers and the large light brown that look pinkish in the photo are from my buff Chanteclers. The eggs are wet and shining from the disinfectant I sprayed on them just before going into the setters. I mentioned in another thread that when the eggs are wet it is the best time sort them for color.