Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[cree57i]

Both my pullets from @samouw are laying gorgeous eggs!!!

How beautiful! Envious and drooling!

 

[FowlStuff]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

[marchick]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas! Have a very Blessed Christmas and a Blessed New Years!

 

[samouw]

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[Ravynscroft]

 

[Prpjewel]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

My Christmas present while waiting for my Ameraucana babies

 

[Chicken5555]

Could I get some advice from you guys. I ordered a dozen Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucana hatching eggs from someone. The egg color was good. 100% of the eggs were fertile and all 10 that made it to lockdown hatched.

Would it be considered slanderous, inappropriate or anything like that if I named the person I bought the eggs from? I don't want anyone else to get "Ameraucanas" that aren't colored right, but at the same time I don't want to trash talk anyone. The person did mention that they were working on their own line, so maybe they are still working on getting rid of the leakage issue? I just wish they had said something before I paid $50 for the eggs. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The chicks are 15 weeks old today....

yellow leakage on head


red leakage on wing shoulder


red leakage on wings and yellow leakage on neck

 

[samouw]

Could I get some advice from you guys. I ordered a dozen Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucana hatching eggs from someone. The egg color was good. 100% of the eggs were fertile and all 10 that made it to lockdown hatched.

Would it be considered slanderous, inappropriate or anything like that if I named the person I bought the eggs from? I don't want anyone else to get "Ameraucanas" that aren't colored right, but at the same time I don't want to trash talk anyone. The person did mention that they were working on their own line, so maybe they are still working on getting rid of the leakage issue? I just wish they had said something before I paid $50 for the eggs. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The chicks are 15 weeks old today....

yellow leakage on head


red leakage on wing shoulder


red leakage on wings and yellow leakage on neck

There is an old saying that my mother used to tell me - "Praise in public, criticize in private"

Let the breeder know about the problems, and if someone asks you privately, feel free to share, but I would not just say the breeder without good cause. No one breeds perfect birds - no one! If you've seen their birds, or pictures of their birds, and they didn't show this type of leakage, then you took your chances. If you have not seen that breeder's birds, or pictures, then next time I'm sure you'll make every effort to do so.

 

[FowlStuff]

Could I get some advice from you guys. I ordered a dozen Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucana hatching eggs from someone. The egg color was good. 100% of the eggs were fertile and all 10 that made it to lockdown hatched.

Would it be considered slanderous, inappropriate or anything like that if I named the person I bought the eggs from? I don't want anyone else to get "Ameraucanas" that aren't colored right, but at the same time I don't want to trash talk anyone. The person did mention that they were working on their own line, so maybe they are still working on getting rid of the leakage issue? I just wish they had said something before I paid $50 for the eggs. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The chicks are 15 weeks old today....

yellow leakage on head


red leakage on wing shoulder


red leakage on wings and yellow leakage on neck

I suggest anyone wanting to know your source should email, PM or personally contact you some other way if they are interested.

 

[junebuggena]

Even the best breeders have leakage issues in their lines. Let the breeder know, that way they can adjust their breeding program accordingly. They can't fix problems they don't know about.