Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[MrsBachbach]

Duh.....I did not connect the dots with the BBS. Thank you so much for rebooting my brain. Maybe the visual will stick with me. In my current hatch, I have many more blues than I wanted because of my pairing. They are pretty and healthy and I know my young Hawkeye, black roo, is doing his job.

Well, don't give up Dstokely. All those blues you have could give you the splash you desire next year! I think Bluexblue pairings make the best looking splash.

 

[MrsBachbach]

I've been thinking about this. I did not block off my two groups so it could have come from the blue roo, splash for black hens. That group has not hatched well and since I had the eggs numbered by group, I will have a better idea if it could have come from there. The only other possibility is when I built the new cage and separated them I had a splash that did not like her new pin and found a hole and went back to the other pen. When I went to move her back I realized later that I got a different splash. That was more than 3 wks, but maybe the blue roo's sperm was still there. I will wait and see if it is splash or white and have a good idea which pen it came from.

Three weeks really isn't long enough for sure. I've had hens still fertile after six weeks of not being with a rooster. The only way to be sure a hen is cleaned out is to wait eight weeks imo. You can sure try it earlier, but the chance is there.

 

[dstokely]

I think it's a girl.

You are my friend!

 

[Ravynscroft]

The bird on the right sure is handsome!!!

Yes, he is! And did well in comparison!

Thanks for sending him back, he's doing great with the girls!

 

[scflock]

Well, don't give up Dstokely.  All those blues you have could give you the splash you desire next year!  I think Bluexblue  pairings make the best looking splash.

I agree on that pairing for splash. My rooster is a product of blue/blue, and I love his dark color. He's throwing some very dark blues with his black hens

 

[montverdechick]

Hi al! Any chance these Wheatens could be pullets? Six weeks old.

Also, is this pullet a Wheaten or Blue Wheaten? Starting to get some bluish feathers. Also, six weeks old. Thanks!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Hi al! Any chance these Wheatens could be pullets? Six weeks old.

Also, is this pullet a Wheaten or Blue Wheaten? Starting to get some bluish feathers. Also, six weeks old. Thanks!

Looks like 3 cockerels in the first pic... last one does look like it's a blue wheaten pullet, but should get a second opinion...

 

[jerryse]

Three weeks really isn't long enough for sure. I've had hens still fertile after six weeks of not being with a rooster. The only way to be sure a hen is cleaned out is to wait eight weeks imo. You can sure try it earlier, but the chance is there.

I just recently did a unplanned test on this . I saved eggs after the rooster was removed . Candled eggs and fertility dropped dramatically after the first week . Since I removed the rooster mid week I had day 4 through day 10 . 19 infertile and 13 fertile . I will not waste 8 weeks in hatching season . I often use the same hens in different projects . I save eggs for 1 week after removing a rooster then add the new rooster . Wait a week and start saving eggs . No problems encountered . John has said the daddy is the rooster that bred her the day before . Stored semen in a hen is used as last in first out .
So any residue dies due to being old as long as new breedings take place . Run your own test and make informed decisions . With my method I consider the odds like winning the lottery . Yes it can happen .

 

[dstokely]

I just recently did a unplanned test on this . I saved eggs after the rooster was removed . Candled eggs and fertility dropped dramatically after the first week . Since I removed the rooster mid week I had day 4 through day 10 . 19 infertile and 13 fertile . I will not waste 8 weeks in hatching season . I often use the same hens in different projects . I save eggs for 1 week after removing a rooster then add the new rooster . Wait a week and start saving eggs . No problems encountered . John has said the daddy is the rooster that bred her the day before . Stored semen in a hen is used as last in first out .
So any residue dies due to being old as long as new breedings take place . Run your own test and make informed decisions . With my method I consider the odds like winning the lottery . Yes it can happen .

I had 18 eggs in the 'bator. Twelve were from the black roo, 1 black hen and 2 splash hens. Six were from the Blue roo, black hen, two blue hens and 1 splash hen. Eleven of the twelve eggs hatched from pen 1. Only 1 hatched from the pen with the blue roo. I know an assumption is a leap, but I am going to assume that the light chicken came from group 2, if it is a splash. If it is white, well, who knows.

 

[Saris]

Only one more week. I have 1 BW egg still going and 2 SiAm eggs still going and 1 SiAm egg that I'm not sure about, but I'm leaving it in anyway.