Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[nordahlbunch]

I purchased marans eggs and was sent some extra ameraucana eggs as well. Is this chick truely an ameraucana or is it an EE? I can't seem to find this coloring on the ameraucana websites. What color is this? Is this a pullet or cockerel? It is 8 weeks old.

 

[Kansaseq]

Looks like a red-pyle (ish!) EE cockerel

Edited to add; I may be wrong on gender (cause I don't see pointy saddle feathers), but I do think it's an EE

 

[Kansaseq]

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I'm confused? He looks black to me. And what is he standing on? Is that some sort of coop? I'm intrigued!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Easter Egger roo!

 

[Goose and Fig]

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I'm confused? He looks black to me. And what is he standing on? Is that some sort of coop? I'm intrigued!

He's really dark blue. You can't see in the pic but he has really good lacing in it. He's sooo tiny though! Maybe 8 weeks old?
I always fall for the sweet roosters

He's standing om an upside down nest box (old 7 up crate) on top of the banty pen roof.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Easter Egger roo!

It almost looks like a really poor (color wise) wheaten pullet. I like it though.

 

[Kansaseq]

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I'm confused? He looks black to me. And what is he standing on? Is that some sort of coop? I'm intrigued!

He's really dark blue. You can't see in the pic but he has really good lacing in it. He's sooo tiny though! Maybe 8 weeks old?
I always fall for the sweet roosters

He's standing om an upside down nest box (old 7 up crate) on top of the banty pen roof.

Thanks!He's pretty, and you can see his lacing.
I have some of those old crates, but, uh, they are IN my house. What can I say, I like rustic decorating.

 

[NewHen]

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Thanks for your reply. I would have felt badly if it really was an injury from putting the chicks out too early. I hope we've got three girls. I have BCMs and people really thought I had 3 males and one female but now it's unclear...one is definitely a male since it crowed. I really don't want any roosters and can only keep only one in Los Angeles anyway. My daughter, however, really wants to have fertilized eggs though for next year. I think of the blue marans is a male.

If I keep a male Ameracauna who fertilizes the eggs of my marans, leghorns, red sex link, light brahma, silkie and australorp, what color eggs will the offspring lay? They'll all be EEs with blue or green or olive eggs right?

If I keep a male black copper or blue marans or leghorn what color eggs will offspring of the other birds lay?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Correct, and if you keep the marans roo, they will all lay some shade of brown.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Correct, and if you keep the marans roo, they will all lay some shade of brown.

Ameraucana (blue egg gene) over the brown egg layers should get you Olive Eggers (various shades of green, darker Olive over the Marans).