Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Ravynscroft]

thank you I've never owned this breed and everyone else I have about the same age is laying I actually moved her out of the coop she was in because they were mean to her and wouldn't let her at food, the roo I had in there would even shoo her away. I've put her my 18 week old EE's and my roo has taken to her and the other hens have accepted her.

Just a late bloomer then... have had late ones and early ones, lol... good she has a place now...

 

[tiffani day]

Just a late bloomer then... have had late ones and early ones, lol... good she has a place now...

thanks again for your help

 

[Ravynscroft]

thanks again for your help

Very welcome!

 

[sissonfamily]

Beautiful chickens. I'm new to chicken keeping and am learning new things daily. Is the chicken in pic #5 (the all black) male or female? I have a brown-red that is 12 weeks. I think it is going to turn out to be a boy... but the tail feathers resemble what you have pictured here with the all black one. If that one is a female, then I still have hope!

 

[tao chick]

B.B. (the King) is my Wheaten Ameraucana cockerel. Here he is at almost 12 weeks. His comb is just starting to turn pink.

 

[sissonfamily]

Young Splash Wheaten hatched from Peachick's eggs

Youn Wheaten Trio hatched from Peachick's eggs

Lavenders and Split lavenders fro Harry Shaffer

Beautiful chickens. I'm new to chicken keeping and am learning new things daily. Is the chicken in pic #5 (the all black) male or female? I have a brown-red that is 12 weeks. I think it is going to turn out to be a boy... but the tail feathers resemble what you have pictured here with the all black one. If that one is a female, then I still have hope!

 

[MrsBachbach]

Beautiful chickens. I'm new to chicken keeping and am learning new things daily. Is the chicken in pic #5 (the all black) male or female? I have a brown-red that is 12 weeks. I think it is going to turn out to be a boy... but the tail feathers resemble what you have pictured here with the all black one. If that one is a female, then I still have hope!

Pic 3 looks like males, pic 4 looks female with a black male in the background and pic 5 is a male.

 

[samouw]

After much deliberation, back and forth, yes no and maybes, I have finally decided on my two "keeper" cockerels for my wheaten and blue wheaten breeding pens for 2016. I very nearly culled the wheaten cockerel accidentally until a little voice told me to take another look at him. I did and I sure am glad!

I am really getting excited about the 2016 breeding program!

I have some gorgeous blacks, too - from Paul Smith and Clif Redden. This boy is coming to me from the National Meet next month:

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[scflock]

After much deliberation, back and forth, yes no and maybes, I have finally decided on my two "keeper" cockerels for my wheaten and blue wheaten breeding pens for 2016. I very nearly culled the wheaten cockerel accidentally until a little voice told me to take another look at him. I did and I sure am glad!

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I am really getting excited about the 2016 breeding program!​

I have some gorgeous blacks, too - from Paul Smith and Clif Redden. This boy is coming to me from the National Meet next month:​

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Gorgeous birds! What trait made you think he would be a cull, and what changed to make you glad you didn't? My first flock should start laying soon, so I'm learning

 

[samouw]

Gorgeous birds!
What trait made you think he would be a cull, and what changed to make you glad you didn't? My first flock should start laying soon, so I'm learning

Well, I had had some issues this year with a couple of chickens having duck foot, a few with porcelain spots on their earlobes, and some with leg stubs and I had decided to not keep any of the cockerels from my breeding and just use the cockerels from the chicks I got from Paul this past April. Also, when I had done my earlier evaluations, somehow he got marked as having porcelain earlobes and was in the cull pen. When I was catching all the cockerels in the cull pen to be disposed of, I decided to do one last check before they got handed over to the executioner (aka hubby). Glad I did!

Either he or the blue wheaten will be at our District Meet in Blackville, SC in December. I won't bring both, just because I can't afford to lose both, should something happen. The black cockerel will be there, as well. I'll be bringing some wheaten and blue wheaten pullets and black pullets, too, but haven't yet decided which ones.