Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[ladysmith]

The one in front is Brave, I know her tail doesn't look very good now, she was picked on. The two white ones are the twisted sisters

 

[hotlipshens]

Well my black girls were hatched late May, my blues and splashes early June and my lavs late June so I may have surprizes all winter - ha!

 

[MrsBachbach]

I'm sorry for that comment.  I stated that, "good quality Ameraucanas don't usually show up in those places.: I didn't mean that good breeders don't ever use those places.  I suspect that when you sell your birds on places like Craig's list, the person buying them doesn't pop on this list and ask if they are proper Ameraucanas.  I suspect they are made pretty aware of what is behind your birds.  I think there is a very low percentage of serious breeders on places like Craig's List versus Easter Egger breeders passing them off as Ameraucanas.  Sorry, I wasn't really clear.

Oh, it's all good. I wasn't offended or anything. I just didn't want people to think every Ameraucana on Craigslist or at a sale barn is an EE, because I know mine aren't! Yes, I still see people passing EE's as Ameraucana on Craigslist but, I am starting to see some real ones on there also. At least in my area.

 

[MrsBachbach]

The one in front is Brave, I know her tail doesn't look very good now, she was picked on. The two white ones are the twisted sisters

I'm not so sure Brave is a girl. Looks alot larger than the others, comb is a little bigger and that tail just doesn't look like a hen, but it is hard to tell, they seem to be missing feathers. It's a splash, that is all I can say for sure.

 

[MrsBachbach]

She is EE. Yellow beak = yellow skin and green legs . Ameraucana do not have yellow beak , yellow skin or green legs .

Jerry, what color would you call the beak on blue wheatens, wheatens or even the white Ameraucanas? I'm talking about the photos I've seen on the females mostly. Is that a horn or more natural color? Because I haven't seen a female yet with a darker colored beak like the other varieties. I just want to make sure there is a difference between that and a "yellow" beak.

 

[ladysmith]

Thanks, its just the photo that makes Brave look bigger. She is actually probably one of the smallest in the flock. I agree about the tail, even before she was picked on the tail looked off. A few of my birds seem to be getting their back feathers a little later, maybe molting or this is just how they grow in? At what age can you tell the gender of an ameraucana? I probably should have looked into that before I bought them! HA! The lady I bought them from did seem quite knowledgeable, more than me anyway I am trying to learn about all the different colours. I truly appreciate all the info!

 

[hotlipshens]

One of my most rewarding sales came from Craigslist. A grandfather was getting a first flock together for his adorable grandson and wanted a rooster with blue egg genes for him. The boy smiled from ear to ear when he picked his little black ameraucana cockeral. I've found the quickest way to find Craigslist fraud is to simply ask which color variety they have for sale.

 

[Regin]

One of my most rewarding sales came from Craigslist. A grandfather was getting a first flock together for his adorable grandson and wanted a rooster with blue egg genes for him. The boy smiled from ear to ear when he picked his little black ameraucana cockeral. I've found the quickest way to find Craigslist fraud is to simply ask which color variety they have for sale.

That is a wonderful story!

 

[jajeanpierre]

The one in front is Brave, I know her tail doesn't look very good now, she was picked on. The two white ones are the twisted sisters

I lean towards Brave being a cockerel, too. Is Brave the same age as the two birds behind? I'm ignoring the size difference, attributing it to the photograph. My smallest chick from my June hatch is a definite cockerel while my largest seems to be a pullet. Brave's legs seem quite sturdy, more like a cockerel but that is just an impression from a photo so take everything with a grain of salt.

Are the two behind white or splash? When I first saw the photo, I thought you had three splash. Yes, I do see that they have dirt marks on them, but their base color looks a little greyer than I would expect a white to look, even a dirty white. The beak color of the bird on the left is quite dark. The Standard of Perfection calls for white Ameraucanas to have beaks that are light horn to grey. Maybe someone who has whites can chime in and describe what a "grey" beak looks like on a white bird. Splash can have a very light background with very pale splashes.

 

[pips&peeps]

The color "horn" is a many splendid thing......

The SOP definition:

Quote:
I interpret it to mean any color of cow horn. They usually all have a shiny"ness" to them. Brown, black, white, gray, mixed......

I think the birds pictured above all are probably splash.