Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Chicken Love]

LOL I have a blue wheaten hen who's 30 weeks old and STILL no egg! Her sister started laying at about 26 weeks. I'm trying to be patient

 

[ChickPooh]

Does anyone know what I can get if I breed a black hen to a blue splash wheaten roo??

Is this acceptable or should I breed black with black or blue (and vice-versa) only, and blue wheaten with blue wheat, blue splash wheat and wheaten only?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Does anyone know what I can get if I breed a black hen to a blue splash wheaten roo??

Is this acceptable or should I breed black with black or blue (and vice-versa) only, and blue wheaten with blue wheat, blue splash wheat and wheaten only?

you wont get an accepted color. IMO opinion you should only breed blue, black and splash together and wheaten, blue wheaten, and splash wheaten. I think I got the wheatens right, correct me if I am wrong, I dont raise wheatens. I don't know if you can fit the blue splash wheaten into W/BW/SW breeding or not. Someone else would have to anwser that

 

[pips&peeps]

Ah, I think I just got it, the multiple spurs are a throwback from when Sumatra was mixed into the lines--for better blue coloring?

Again, to my knowledge Sumatra was only used in bantams by Mike Gilbert. There are no long time breeders that have used Sumatra in large fowl.

 

[delisha]

Quote:
Maybe a few OZ more. They gradually get largerand vary for bird to bird, but this line seems to be pretty consistent on the med sized eggs.

Quote: holly cow..poor chicken..I would love to hatch a few of those..

I have never seen this before, but I have heard of it. Anyone ever had an Ameraucana rooster grow more than one set of spurs?

This Blue guy with lots of gold leakage is a little over 1 year and just started growing a second set of spurs just under his first set (which are too long and sharp for my comfort).

You can remove them.

 

[Chicken Love]

you wont get an accepted color. IMO opinion you should only breed blue, black and splash together and wheaten, blue wheaten, and splash wheaten. I think I got the wheatens right, correct me if I am wrong, I dont raise wheatens. I don't know if you can fit the blue splash wheaten into W/BW/SW breeding or not. Someone else would have to anwser that

CCCCCCCCHICKENS is correct. You won't get an accepted color, but it would be fun to see what you get

 

[KilnChick]

Would Girtie be considered a splash?

 

[Chicken Love]

yep

 

[pips&peeps]

Would Girtie be considered a splash?

No, that is an ee.

 

[mcoody]

Would the offspring of a Blue Wheaton Americauna over a Black Copper Maran result in an Olive egger?