Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[heatherscooby77]

This is the cockerel I will be using. He is just 7 months old in this picture. I already have chicks on the ground from him and my Black hens.

He is a very nice looking boy!!!!

 

[Phage]

This is the cockerel I will be using. He is just 7 months old in this picture. I already have chicks on the ground from him and my Black hens.

Fabulous !!!

 

[reighnysmom]

Hope this is okay to post here: I am looking for a breeder from whom to purchase several Ameracauna hens or a set of eggs. Purebred and breeder only, no hatcheries. We are a family farm in WV, three kids, two parents, 15 chickens, 7 horses, 7 goats, 6 dogs, 3 house cats, 5 barn cats, 1 guinea pig, 2 turtles. We will take great care of these birds! Please help!

 

[dixieland]

Great Thread!!! I am in TN, we raise Large Fowl in BBS, Buff, Brown Red & Lavender. We are also working on a true chocolate LF Ameraucana and also LF in red.
We show our birds several times a year, right now we are in the midfle of hatchapalooza, lol! I would love to see more people get involved with the less popular varieties!! In April we will be at the shows in Cookeville, TN and Dickson, TN. I have requested meets for both of them, so come out if you are local!!!

 

[Reyvaughn]

Great Thread!!! I am in TN, we raise Large Fowl in BBS, Buff, Brown Red & Lavender. We are also working on a true chocolate LF Ameraucana and also LF in red.
We show our birds several times a year, right now we are in the midfle of hatchapalooza, lol! I would love to see more people get involved with the less popular varieties!! In April we will be at the shows in Cookeville, TN and Dickson, TN. I have requested meets for both of them, so come out if you are local!!!

It's great to see a BR breeder!

Someone bought all 3 trios of BRs from Tim Clark before he got back to me. I would not have been able to meet him anyways, he was 8hrs away. I tried... Maybe the opportunity will arise again.

 

[pips&peeps]

Jes is actually our new South Eastern Director.

 

[dixieland]

And Jean and I would get into all sorts of FUN if we didnt live 2000 miles apart!!!

It was actually birds of her breeding that got me hooked on our breed several years back!

 

[DMRippy]

Jes is actually our new South Eastern Director.

YEAH JES! When is the show in Dickson and Cookeville? Might have to come out and see what ya have! I didn't know you had BR.... probably a good thing I didn't know LOL. I need another pen like I need a hole in my head LOL

 

[Tailfeathers]

if they do not meet standard then they are easter eggers but am sure they will be wonderful

non standard ameraucanas are technically EE, I just don't call them that, as they have pure blood, just not looks. an EE is any bird who doesn't meet the ameraucana standard. the blue and black chicks look like that's what they are. Not sure about the others....

I'm about 10 pages behind so I won't elaborate on the above except to say that it is simply not true to say that any "Ameraucana" that does not meet the Standard is an EE. I've written extensively on this before on here and it is sad to see this misinformation continues to be promulgated. I've said before but it bears repeating, that sort of misinformation is exactly why at least one of the "Old Timers" told me he doesn't come to BYC and to always take anything said on here with a grain of salt.

Maybe somebody has already addressed this but if not I sure hope folks will take note.

God Bless,

 

[Tailfeathers]

Quote:
I am an ABC member. I have talked with some of the officers in the past and that is exactly why I posted what I did. As I stated above, I've written on this extensively on here before and if anyone wants to search for that they can. NYREDS is absolutely right and I'll just give two quick examples to prove the point. For those who are talking about the long time breeders, you might ask yourself why you don't see them on here. And I'm always amazed when I hear people talk about the "serious breeders" and the state something like the above? Why? Because it simply defines common logic.

I hatch out about 100 chicks each from the four breeds I show. Inevitably I get a bird or two that does NOT conform to the Standard. Whether it be one of my "calico" Wheaten Ameraucanas (see the ABC Forum for pics) or a Welsummer that has too much red in it. So this one chick that is a full blood sister to 99 chicks isn't an Ameraucana? Or how about some of the other more common faults/DQ's like feather-legs, clean faces, etc. They're not Ameraucanas?

Paul Smith, one of the "long time", "serious breeders", recently wrote on the ABC Forum about all the specific problems folks are encountering with Wheatens. And btw, it is "Wheaten" and not "Wheaton". He listed feather-legs as one that I still remember and is still showing up from time to time. I had 4 or 5 chicks show up with them last year which is the FIRST time since I started breeding them 8 years ago. I've maintained a closed flock and never crossbred or outcrossed whatsoever. And folks on here want to adamantly and strenuously tell me they are EE's?

NYREDS and the others who say those birds are actually "Non-Standard Ameraucanas" are correct. I call them "culls". Most "breeders" are familiar with that term. Those of you who are so strenuously touting that, how long have you been breeding Ameraucanas? If it's longer than Mike Gilbert, I'll listen. Otherwise, I think I'll go with what he says. Additionally, where some legitimate confusion does come in is in the crossing of two approved varieties that are not genetically compatible. But that is a far cry from saying that ANY Ameraucana that does not meet the SOP is not an Ameraucana. That is just not true and hopefully I've shown that to most people's reasoning.

And btw, the Ameraucana is relatively new as compared to many of the other breeds but the breed was approved almost 30 years ago. Plenty of time for some awfully good birds to have been produced. I wonder why they haven't been?

God Bless,