Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Miss Ameraucana]

You have got the Ameraucana bug!!! Addicted! What is with all the name changes? Maybe I need a new name also!    lol 

Your as bad as me! When I joined I just signed on with my user ID we use for everything and have wanted something different for a while. Just decided to make it happen today. She just changed it I was about to .PM you

 

[dstokely]

Your as bad as me! When I joined I just signed on with my user ID we use for everything and have wanted something different for a while. Just decided to make it happen today. She just changed it I was about to .PM you

I did the same when I started. Guess I should get creative too.

 

[dstokely]

Here's a pic of my seven month old Splash from D and D Farm for comparison (and because I think she's pretty!

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I think they continue to get prettier as they mature. Splash are my favorite, well today anyway.

 

[amanda1]

This is our new 2 week old chick, could someone tell me what color she should end up being?

I was hoping for a blue, but this was the only color choice we had. Although I do love her color pattern. She is extremely wild in comparison to previous chicks we've had. I hope she will calm down a bit. She and our Black Sex Link hate to be handled, and scream at the top of their lungs when we pick them up. I am looking forward to watching her grow up and finding out what color tone her eggs will be. And hoping she will get tamer with patient handling!

 

[FowlStuff]

This is our new 2 week old chick, could someone tell me what color she should end up being?

I was hoping for a blue, but this was the only color choice we had. Although I do love her color pattern. She is extremely wild in comparison to previous chicks we've had. I hope she will calm down a bit. She and our Black Sex Link hate to be handled, and scream at the top of their lungs when we pick them up. I am looking forward to watching her grow up and finding out what color tone her eggs will be. And hoping she will get tamer with patient handling!

Silvers are the most flighty of any of the Ameraucana varieties...always have been, but the LF are getting calmer.

 

[FridayYet]

This is our new 2 week old chick, could someone tell me what color she should end up being?

I was hoping for a blue, but this was the only color choice we had. Although I do love her color pattern. She is extremely wild in comparison to previous chicks we've had. I hope she will calm down a bit. She and our Black Sex Link hate to be handled, and scream at the top of their lungs when we pick them up. I am looking forward to watching her grow up and finding out what color tone her eggs will be. And hoping she will get tamer with patient handling!

She's a very pretty chick, but not an Ameraucana. Probably an Easter Egger, which can feather out into many different colors and patterns.

Keep handling them, and they should get calmer and more used to you,

 

[pips&peeps]

This is our new 2 week old chick, could someone tell me what color she should end up being?

I was hoping for a blue, but this was the only color choice we had. Although I do love her color pattern. She is extremely wild in comparison to previous chicks we've had. I hope she will calm down a bit. She and our Black Sex Link hate to be handled, and scream at the top of their lungs when we pick them up. I am looking forward to watching her grow up and finding out what color tone her eggs will be. And hoping she will get tamer with patient handling!

It is not an ameraucana. It is an ee. It will probably be a dark brownish color with some gold high lights.

 

[FridayYet]

Silvers are the most flighty of any of the Ameraucana varieties...always have been, but the LF are getting calmer.

You think that's a silver chick?

Amanda, where did you get it?

 

[amanda1]

I got it at Pickering valley feed in Eagle, Pa. They are a reputable store and get their chicks from a hatchery in TX. I did read that s lot of places sell Ameraucanas and alter the spelling slightly so they can sell EEs instead, but I checked the spelling on their site and it is spelled correctly. I wouldn't expect the incorrect label from this place, but I guess it's possible. I would love to hear more opinions on this.

 

[junebuggena]

I got it at Pickering valley feed in Eagle, Pa. They are a reputable store and get their chicks from a hatchery in TX. I did read that s lot of places sell Ameraucanas and alter the spelling slightly so they can sell EEs instead, but I checked the spelling on their site and it is spelled correctly. I wouldn't expect the incorrect label from this place, but I guess it's possible. I would love to hear more opinions on this.

You can not purchase true Ameraucana at feed stores. The few hatcheries that do have true Ameraucana charge about $20 per chick. And no hatchery has Silver Ameraucana. Basically, if this chick was not sold with a color/variety specified, it's an Easter Egger.