Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[bikechick]

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Wow! What a beautiful Fall picture. (even with your limited camera technology)What is his coloring called?

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Wow! What a beautiful Fall picture. (even with your limited camera technology)What is his coloring called?

He's splash wheaten. Not a standard color, but a natural result of blue wheaten x blue wheaten breedings. I have a mix of wheaten & BW girls, so I'm sure I'll end up with more splashes(if he ever mans up- that is!). I just realized the other day that he even has the red lacing in his "butt fluff". Too bad the pic is totally blurry.

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

Chicken Stalker said "Unlike humans the hens determine the gender of the chicks.
" Wow! I never knew that! did an internet search and learned more about it. Fascinating!

 

[jeremy]

Groovy Man is fantastic! I hope to eventually hatch a splash wheaten out of my BW X BW pairings.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Thanks Jeremy! I love the SW roos too.
Looks like I might have to build a seperate pen for him & some girls though- not a dominant bone in his body. He hardly ever crows, but when he does it's so cute. Sounds like there's a banty cochin stuck inside him

 

[jeremy]

Claude's crow does have a higher pitch to it than my Delaware rooster's does, I wonder if that's a typical Ameraucana trait. My Del sounds like a foghorn!

I really like the softer colors of the SW boys. You got Groovy Man from Tailfeathers, right? He's got quite a nice beard.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Awesome! Pics? Some of us are still waiting (mine are almost 25 weeks old).

Sunny my little Bonnie is getting redder in the comb. Wish us luck lady!

LUCK!

 

[wolftracks]

Tried introducing Bonnie and Clyde today for a few minutes.

End results was Clyde with a mouth full of feathers and Bonnie terrified.

I'm going to pen them next to eachother and see how things go. Don't care how long it takes, I want hatching eggs!

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Yea, I know exactly what you mean! His *ahem* moves need a LOT of work!

Subtle he is not!

 

[godsgurl4evr]

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I would like to hear more about this. Out of 20+ chicks broody hens hatched this year I've gotten 4 pullets. Yes 4! Those are bad odds!