Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[quailtrail]

Love everyone's pictures! !! We didn't have any hatch from the Wheaton/Blue Wheaton eggs we ordered. Have BBS and Lavender ready for lock down next Wed. Fingers crossed....

 

[OwensChickens]

They look like they are doing great so glad they are in good hands

Thanks! We got them from good stock!

Owen has been working with Mr. Roo, the black one, everyday. Liam choose the hen, which he named Little Brownie, as his show bird. He is a little more unsure, but has been working on holding her correctly and just being friendly.

Would you be able to sex the younger wheatens (yours and the LF we got from debbie) if I take some good pics? Many have started to feather out.

 

[jonsccm]

Here's a picture of the chicks I posted as 11 week olds above. The bottom two are blue, the light one top left is splash and the dark ones behind are blacks. I was surprised at how orange their legs were, but they went the right color after what seemed like forever, with white/pink bottoms of their feet. Here's another of the group--splash on the outside, blues in the middle and blacks at the bottom and at the top:

Thank you! That gives me hope.

 

[DrFarmersDrWife]

They are very pretty.  Mine will be three weeks Monday.  I have been out of town for almost two weeks, so I cannot wait to see how mine have grown. I will probably have to post pictures.

Oh! Please do! I would love to see them

 

[sharihumpy]

ARE These Ameraucana

 

[delisha]

Next my four LF blues, almost 11 week from Paul Smith.

Chick #7, boy?:


Chick #8, girl?:



Chick#9, boy?:


Chick #10, boy? This is the one I like the color the best, but don't like his wings, particularly his left one. It almost looks like a split wing, but I am sure all the feathers are there, just growing in. He has the clearest blue of the four and has nice lacing. He carries his wings too low--I just don't like what is going on with his wings. Thoughts?

yu are correct on sex guess

Do not worry about wings..some time out in the grass and it will be fine. He needs to run and excercise.

Quote: cute baby picks

 

[PoultryPedia]

I had some Ameraucana chicks that seemed like they had split wing when young, but grew out of it. They were a little younger than your cockerel when the drooping wings were most manifest.

I figured out it was caused by their particular chick starter; other chicks eating it developed the same problem, while related ones eating other food did not. I'm guessing the food had too high of a level of protein, since I've read that extra high protein can cause that problem temporarily in growing chicks while they're developing.

The manufacturer of that chick starter was Steve Regan but it may be they had just had some problems with the formulation of that particular batch of feed.I let them know about the problem.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I had some Ameraucana chicks that seemed like they had split wing when young, but grew out of it. They were a little younger than your cockerel when the drooping wings were most manifest.

I figured out it was caused by their particular chick starter; other chicks eating it developed the same problem, while related ones eating other food did not. I'm guessing the food had too high of a level of protein, since I've read that extra high protein can cause that problem temporarily in growing chicks while they're developing.

The manufacturer of that chick starter was Steve Regan but it may be they had just had some problems with the formulation of that particular batch of feed.I let them know about the problem.

Thanks. I looked at his wings and it seems all the feathers are growing in although I didn't count. He has two feathers that are very short where that axial feather is, so maybe that is why they look like there is such a gap--the feathers are too short still. I'll keep my eye on it.

I really like his color but don't know if his color at this age--11 weeks Monday--means anything.

 

[greybush]

So I have two game hens and two ameraucanas and my rooster is shamo red hatch mix and was looking to mix breed my two ameraucanas with him and was wondering if anybody had any hens that were close to that mix
Ultimately I would like to do a straight blood line shamo with my ameraucana for the hopes of having a bigger bird but not too sure how that would turn out maybe a Frankenstein

 

[jajeanpierre]

Question: Does any predator other than a fox or a dog dig into a pen?

I want to put my 11 week old chicks in my parrot aviary. It is completely safe unless something could dig in. I was going to put them in a big dog crate at night. I thought I might need to cover the crate vent holes and door with small wire, but realized the only thing that is getting in would be a fox. A fox (or a dog) doesn't have hands to reach into the crate the way a raccoon could.

The ground is really hard and the aviary sits on 12" patio squares. Nothing has ever dug in after my parrots or their spilled food, but I realize my parrots aren't anywhere near the ground at night tempting Mr. Fox.

What kind of predator (south central Texas) can dig in? (I've never seen any evidence of rats.)

Thanks.