Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[SunnyDawn]

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i eat all my extra roosters... tastes like chicken

smaller than some but it works out...

 

[BuffyGRL]

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Sorry, but I am 99% sure that what you have is simply a partridge-type colored chick there. Often, and especially in EE type colors, or generally speaking, in EE's - You can have solid chocolate colored chicks born that will really convince you they are such, but then you'll find them to feather out, and the further along they come, the more you'll see that they're just a penciled/partridge black and brown coloration as commonly found on Easter Eggers. I've had a lot of chicks come out that way.

The only way to make "chocolate" coloration is through the dun gene or through the chocolate gene, which unless you have over $5,000 to spend on poultry, you're not going to get anytime soon.

The dun gene is possibly in buffs but there is absolutely no gaurantee. Even then, you'll have to dig it out of the buffs by crossing to black, then taking a chocolate penciled from there, cross to black, then cross two resulting chocolate/dun birds to get a dun, black, khaki breeding. The dun gene works a lot like blue.

You are probably right. The hens are all Pure Blue Ameraucana, The rooster has all the correct type except his legs are willow and his color isn't Standard. I thought what the heck? I will have some great looking Easter Egger Chicks that I can sell at an affordable price to local people looking for a Blue Egg Layer. I am definately keeping these to see how they turn out, just for fun and curiousity. The Rooster is blue but looks like he has Silver lineage also as he has fully silver hackles, and silver lacing on his chest so...time will tell. Thanks for your expertise

Here are some pics

 

[SunnyDawn]

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[BuffyGRL]

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The one has the droopsies, LOL

Thanks

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Lockdown is driving me crazy!!! Nothing yet!!!

Maybe because I set them late at night they will be a day later...

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Is your humidity high enough? Fingers crossed for ya!

 

[FrozenChef]

I'm Just getting started in raising Chickens and I was wondering If people knew of and breeders in Wisconsin or joining states that have Black Ameraucanas. I'm looking for pure ones not these ones that every one talks about from the hatcheries EE or easter egg. Any help?

 

[dreamcatcher]

I got to go pick up the 4 new additions yesterday. Now just crossing my fingers not all roo's. Also 12 blue eggs for the bator.

 

[speckledhen]

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Sorry, but I am 99% sure that what you have is simply a partridge-type colored chick there. Often, and especially in EE type colors, or generally speaking, in EE's - You can have solid chocolate colored chicks born that will really convince you they are such, but then you'll find them to feather out, and the further along they come, the more you'll see that they're just a penciled/partridge black and brown coloration as commonly found on Easter Eggers. I've had a lot of chicks come out that way.

The only way to make "chocolate" coloration is through the dun gene or through the chocolate gene, which unless you have over $5,000 to spend on poultry, you're not going to get anytime soon.

The dun gene is possibly in buffs but there is absolutely no gaurantee. Even then, you'll have to dig it out of the buffs by crossing to black, then taking a chocolate penciled from there, cross to black, then cross two resulting chocolate/dun birds to get a dun, black, khaki breeding. The dun gene works a lot like blue.

You are probably right. The hens are all Pure Blue Ameraucana, The rooster has all the correct type except his legs are willow and his color isn't Standard. I thought what the heck? I will have some great looking Easter Egger Chicks that I can sell at an affordable price to local people looking for a Blue Egg Layer. I am definately keeping these to see how they turn out, just for fun and curiousity. The Rooster is blue but looks like he has Silver lineage also as he has fully silver hackles, and silver lacing on his chest so...time will tell. Thanks for your expertise

Here are some pics

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/58064_cho1.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/58064_cho2.jpg

To reiterate what Illia said, here are some chocolate-appearing chicks and what they became as adults, obviously not carrying a chocolate gene, in spite of appearance as chicks:


Here is an EE rooster from McMurray owned by a friend:

Here is another that was the exact same way as a chick, but turned out this way-in fact she was the above rooster's daughter:

And another:

This chick:

Became this:

 

[schellie69]

I lost my only Ameraucana this winter. I was hoping to find someone near me to get one or two pullets from. I am just so upset she laid such a pretty blue egg.