Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[TK Poultry]

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Oh mine were laying like crazy, and as soon as I had most of my egg orders filled they all went broody before I could get some for myself!

Are you kidding!!! I can't get mine to lay for anything! I think if I said "I will give you treats everyday!" They would just glare at me and say "NO!" I'm crossing my fingers....

 

[Illia]

I'm getting more Ameraucana eggs than I can handle right now. . . . Too bad my ONE Ameraucana male isn't breeding anyone yet.

But, then that's what Olive Eggers and Easter Eggers come in handy for. . . .


ETA: My blue cock who is going to Cloverleaf would be happy to do some business for me, and I still do technically own him, but I think my family would kill me if I hatched some BBS eggs. Which is ridiculous because they've yet to realize that other people love them.

 

[LarissaCluck]

I'm telling you guys, ....."California". My several adult chickens have been laying at full speed since mid January. Don't hate!

Course I pay the price in real estate. Booo.

 

[PepsNick]

I have decided to not keep my Ameraucanas penned separately. They will be kept in an assorted layers pen with Silkies, Marans and a BR. Instead, I am using the room for Delawares. Still planning on five Ameraucanas.

 

[pips&peeps]

FYI, this is from our NPIP Director:

Low pathogenic avian influenza H7N3 was detected in Missouri (Polk County) commercial turkeys as part of the NPIP routine surveillance. No clinical signs of sickness or disease was evident in the turkeys. Low pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus raises concerns due to the risk of mutating to the highly pathogenic form as occurred in the British Columbia AI H7N3 outbreak in 2004. Washington State lies beneath the Pacific America flyway for migrating waterfowl. It is important to maintain biosecurity to prevent the spread of avian influenza from migrating waterfowl to domestic poultry.
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[Shaffer]

Jean,
Well, I hope this doesn't migrate to the big exotic sale in Ohio this weekend and cross over the Pa border. Last time the AI outbreak killed the shows and the hobby in the 1980's here in Pa.

 

[EweSheep]

Happy to say that I am a proud owner of a black Ameraucana 2010 hen from Mike Gilbert. She is one beautiful girl! She arrived this morning, and doing well. I hated to put her in a cage for isolation but it is for my sake and my girls out there. So the month long isolation begins today. I hope she can put up with the wire floors or I can put down a rubber mat on half of the cage to make her more comfortable.

It is going to be a cold night for this poor girl.

 

[Braclin]

Well the hunt is still on for a replacement for my dearly departed Rooster. I'm looking for a solid blue or solid black Ameraucana breeding age roo. Im located in east/central Ky. Any help locating one would be appreciated!!

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Maybe Citygirlinthecountry? I think she's by Murfreesboro, TN. She had/has BBS.

 

[Ivywoods]

pips&peeps :

FYI, this is from our NPIP Director:

Low pathogenic avian influenza H7N3 was detected in Missouri (Polk County) commercial turkeys as part of the NPIP routine surveillance. No clinical signs of sickness or disease was evident in the turkeys. Low pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus raises concerns due to the risk of mutating to the highly pathogenic form as occurred in the British Columbia AI H7N3 outbreak in 2004. Washington State lies beneath the Pacific America flyway for migrating waterfowl. It is important to maintain biosecurity to prevent the spread of avian influenza from migrating waterfowl to domestic poultry.
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hmmmm. Polk county is not all that far away from us. We've had snow geese migrate through in hundreds of thousands. They have been "close" to my yard... like in the soybean fields adjacent to our place. None have actually been in our yard. They did, however, fly low over our place as many of them would spend the night on nearby ponds not over one mile away. I suppose it is possible they "bombed" our place as they flew over.

I wonder how you would prevent a problem in a scenario like that!?!​