Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[dstokely]

unfortunately the gold leakage you describe will likely increase with each molt. My first black am cockerel had a speck of red on his shoulders in yr 1 and it expanded significantly by year three. It also showed up in his neck hackles by year 2. I test bred him because of his great size and type but every cockerel he produced had the same problem so i eventually had to cull him.

Well just great. I am already using my incorrectly colored blue wheaten as my EE daddy....if I choose to have any. He is my laying flock rooster. Now, what do I do with a beautiful blue rooster with a red feather or two? Freezer camp not an option.

 

[LavenderCrow]

Just bought this pair today! I believe they're Ameraucanas... The rooster, who we've name Bourbon (all of our roosters are named after alcohol, LOL) is missing a couple toes. I didn't really realize it until I got home so I couldn't ask, but I'd imagine he lost them to frostbite or fighting. (We live in TN, it gets chilly at night and cock fighting is still popular... Unfortunately.)

Rooster :




Hen :

 

[jajeanpierre]

Sorry, those are not Ameraucanas. Hope they lay nice blue eggs for you, though. The rooster is quite an interesting color.

Just bought this pair today! I believe they're Ameraucanas... The rooster, who we've name Bourbon (all of our roosters are named after alcohol, LOL) is missing a couple toes. I didn't really realize it until I got home so I couldn't ask, but I'd imagine he lost them to frostbite or fighting. (We live in TN, it gets chilly at night and cock fighting is still popular... Unfortunately.)

Rooster :




Hen :

 

[MrsBachbach]

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Here are some pictures from the lastest show I went to. I am pretty pleased with how my AMs did, even if there wasn't much competion within the breed. This Boy is 7 months old. A sumatra placed in front of him. Your splash are so pretty! Really like them. All of them look good.

 

[LavenderCrow]

Sorry, those are not Ameraucanas. Hope they lay nice blue eggs for you, though. The rooster is quite an interesting color.

Worried they weren't, but I'm fine with Easter Eggers. I hope so, too! I love his color, especially the edging/lacing on his chest. His back is a nice coppery red, too. Since they're not Ameraucanas, what's an easy way to tell if they are or aren't? I've seen some things on pointed feathers and leg color, but I don't quite understand it.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

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Here are some pictures from the lastest show I went to. I am pretty pleased with how my AMs did, even if there wasn't much competion within the breed. This Boy is 7 months old. A sumatra placed in front of him. Your splash are so pretty! Really like them. All of them look good.

Thank you. Every show I go to people try and buy the splash from me. This show someone left a post it note on my cage.

 

[MrsBachbach]

Just bought this pair today! I believe they're Ameraucanas... The rooster, who we've name Bourbon (all of our roosters are named after alcohol, LOL) is missing a couple toes. I didn't really realize it until I got home so I couldn't ask, but I'd imagine he lost them to frostbite or fighting. (We live in TN, it gets chilly at night and cock fighting is still popular... Unfortunately.) Rooster : Hen :

Jajean is correct. Those are EE's not Ameraucana. I even doubt if the male is carrying any blue egg gene. Besides the feather color being wrong, his feet and beak are yellow, and while I'm not sure on this, that may signify brown egg layer genes. The female is an EE also.

 

[Sohosh]

Hi guys, This is "Golo Golo" he was sold to me as a 5 day old girl turned out to be a boy.

Does he look Ameraucana to you?

I had some questions about breeding.

Why do so many people cross bread Ameraucana?

I never saw the egg but is it possible for offspring of Ameraucana and Rodeisland to have blue eggs?

Is Ameraucana Blackstar desirable cross bread?


Do blue eggs taste different?

Golo's life partner is "Colora" she is a Rode island red, the black star behind them is like
a chaperon her name is "Negrita".

The last picture is of Golo's and Colora's only ofspring and the "Puertorican figthing Roster" hen that hatched them.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Worried they weren't, but I'm fine with Easter Eggers. I hope so, too! I love his color, especially the edging/lacing on his chest. His back is a nice coppery red, too. Since they're not Ameraucanas, what's an easy way to tell if they are or aren't? I've seen some things on pointed feathers and leg color, but I don't quite understand it.

Basically, if they aren't an accepted variety (color) they are not Ameraucanas. That's the first give away. Next is type--to be an Ameraucana they must conform to the standard, and breed true. Ameraucanas have white skin. Your rooster is yellow skinned. He doens't have a pea comb. I didn't even look at the hen--you bought them together, so I assume she has the same mixed up parentage your rooster seems to have. I don't know what color she is--others would be better at identifying the color.

The pointed feathers is referring to a cockerel/rooster regardless of breed. If you look at your rooster you will see his hackle, cape and saddle feathers (neck and rump) are long, narrow and pointed. Compare the same feathers to your hen.

As far as the reference to leg color, that has to do with the skin color. Ameraucanas have white skin, so any dark pigment on top of the base skin color will show as a blue/slate color. That same dark pigment on a yellow skinned bird will turn into green or willow legs.

Here's a picture of a young splash Ameraucana pullet. Can you see that the bottoms of her feet are pink? They are pink because she is white skinned.



Here's a picture, below, of the bottoms of a blue Cochin's feet. Cochins have yellow skin.

 

[MrsBachbach]

Well just great. I am already using my incorrectly colored blue wheaten as my EE daddy....if I choose to have any. He is my laying flock rooster. Now, what do I do with a beautiful blue rooster with a red feather or two? Freezer camp not an option.

Well, I am not a real expert on this, but I always heard work with the best you have. That is a nice looking blue boy there and if he was all I had I would use him until something better came along. Now PipsnPeeps or Jerryse need to weigh in on this because I'm not sure of a few things here, but I always heard that the females are the ones that pass the leakage on to their male offspring. So, when you have leaky males showing up you need to find out who their mommy is and don't use her. The females carry the leaky gene but don't express it like males do. I think the reason behind not using leaky males is that they pass that on to their females and they pass it on, etc., etc. What I'm not sure of is if males that are leaky pass it on to their male offspring. If they don't, I would keep males from a mating with him and see what you get. Hopefully none of your females are carrying. If you produce a non leaky male, then start using him.