Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

I keep posting baby pics to the TN board so thought I would send a few over here. After I hatched all roosters for my bantam flock I started raiding Jenski's nest boxes...we are nearly neighbors(one town away from each other) and now we have a bunch of bantams.When kids come out I try to send them home with a bantam....or a pair if they are cute and good-the kids not the chickens
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Here is a few just hatched...fuzzy feet is a part of my bantam Cochin collection
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My flock has a wide variety of egg color in the buffs. I have no blue, but minty green, green and khaki..................

I won't just hatch from the best eggs because I think the gene pool is too small as it is, so I hatch everything right now. (don't sell the khaki ones though)
 
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I definitely prefer a turquoise/teal blue egg to one that is a pastel sky blue color.

I know when selecting birds for breeding I will choose only the females that lay a vibrant "blue" colored egg, rather than a pastel shade, which in my opinion, looks "washed" out.

I have chicks coming from John Blehm and Paul Smith this year, my mature stock is all from Jean, I'll also be hatching from my own birds. It will be interesting to see the differences in color when they all come into lay.

The Blue Wheaten pullets that I kept for breeding from Jean's lines both lay an egg like this, or they were. This picture was taken during the summer in the middle of their cycle. I haven't seen any eggs from these girls since early November.
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Here is a bit of literature on egg shell textures:

http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi...=frameset;view=image;seq=389;page=root;size=s

Thanks for posting that Jean! That was quite comprehensive. I get the impression it is quite old but am guessing that much, if not all, of it is still valid and true.

From what I can tell the variation in egg color and the cause for such is still quite a mystery. However, given the info on brown eggs would also apply to blue eggs, it does look like I should continue to breed for a really good male as at least in some breeds the male seemed to make a greater difference than the female.

God Bless,​
 
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My flock has a wide variety of egg color in the buffs. I have no blue, but minty green, green and khaki..................

I won't just hatch from the best eggs because I think the gene pool is too small as it is, so I hatch everything right now. (don't sell the khaki ones though)

Thanks Jean
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I like the minty green eggs. What breed was used to develop the Buff color? Since I'm interested in working with this color, I'd like to learn all I can about it.
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My flock has a wide variety of egg color in the buffs. I have no blue, but minty green, green and khaki..................

I won't just hatch from the best eggs because I think the gene pool is too small as it is, so I hatch everything right now. (don't sell the khaki ones though)

Thanks Jean
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I like the minty green eggs. What breed was used to develop the Buff color? Since I'm interested in working with this color, I'd like to learn all I can about it.
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The only outside breed I have been able to identify is orpington.
 
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Thanks for posting that Jean! That was quite comprehensive. I get the impression it is quite old but am guessing that much, if not all, of it is still valid and true.

From what I can tell the variation in egg color and the cause for such is still quite a mystery. However, given the info on brown eggs would also apply to blue eggs, it does look like I should continue to breed for a really good male as at least in some breeds the male seemed to make a greater difference than the female.

God Bless,

I found it quite interesteing as well. I read on for several pages and there is even some information that may be the predecesor of olive egger projects (before the blue)- using Dutch ("egg paint" if you will) to darken egg color. Neat!
 
is anyone ready for shows to start? I AM!! I don't have my first until April....
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I'm complaining about being ready for shows to start but my best black bantam pullet is beardless!!! lol so I still have to stress about that. HA

So anyone ready. Any suggestions about making that beard and muffs grow back quicker?
 
I have been trying to research eye color in ameraucanas. I read the breed standards on the Ameracauna Breeders site and all it says for eyes is "expressive". Does the eye color not matter? I have a pair of white ameraucanas from very nice lines. Her eyes are dark and his are yellow outlined in red. I personally think he is beautiful. He has a great temperment and is wonderful with his female. Here is a picture taken today. He is a bit dusty and it was windy, but you can see his eyes well.

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