Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[delisha]

Quote: http://www.amazon.com/Poultry-Breeding-Genetics-Developments-Veterinary/dp/0444885579
http://chickencolours.com/


I wish I could afford this book...

http://www.nortoncreekpress.com/genetics_of_the_fowl.html

 

[chickenlady099]

These are 2 of my wheaten bantam pullets I hatched, they are 5 months old. Opinions please

 

[Angelicisi]

I have a splash wheatan chick that's about 5 months now and her mother- an 1 1/2 year old blue wheatan.
The chick has out grown her mother. Not bantam/L.F. difference, yet....but definitely a size difference I notice. Should I be at all concerned?
I like it, well I like that the chick is healthy n growing n not undersize. Mama is happy n healthy too just seemed odd to me.

 

[jklyles1]

Anyone near southeast texas with hatching eggs? Im having trouble finding eggs close so they do not have to be shipped. Ive only incubated 2 sets of eggs so I dont want to try shipped eggs yet Would love some blue eggs!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Folks, this thread was intended to discuss pure Ameraucana's. If you wish to discuss a project, Easter Eggers, or Olive Eggers, there are other threads for those discussions.

There will continue to be new folks thinking they have pure Ameraucana's popping in on this thread, and we appreciate your patience with them as they learn the difference between Ameraucana's and Easter Eggers.

 

[pips&peeps]

These are 2 of my wheaten bantam pullets I hatched, they are 5 months old. Opinions please

Very nice tail color, but their body color is too dark.

 

[chickenlady099]

Very nice tail color, but their body color is too dark.

Is there a chance they will lighten up with age? Will I have this problem with all the chicks from this breeding pair?

 

[pips&peeps]

I don't think they will lighten up. You might want to see if you can find a different cock bird. Keep a few of the pullets and breed them to a different line.

Do you know where the original line came from?

 

[chickenlady099]

I don't think they will lighten up. You might want to see if you can find a different cock bird. Keep a few of the pullets and breed them to a different line.

Do you know where the original line came from?

I bought the cock at a youth poultry show and the hen from Larry Gibberson. I have another cock I got from Larry, I have them in with him. His chicks do seem lighter.

 

[pips&peeps]

Jerry DeSmidt took this picture of me at our National a couple weekends ago: