Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Miss Ameraucana]

Hmmm! Run Very fast while yelling at the top of our lungs! lol Bigfoot might be a good name! Its funny but the hen is so tiny and the same age. She jumped on my head yesterday.I took her off and she let me cuddle her for the longest time. I love that! Having some that like to cuddle.

I sure can't wait to get mine! Everyone talks about how sweet they are! I'm so glad to hear that! Especially since I will be keeping several roosters. Which...I'm actually very excited about getting some boys!

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

I was guessing on Ravens! Big foot was 8 lbs! I weighed myself and then the both of us and subtracted the weight.I don't know how good that is but checked 3 times and got the same weight.

Oh my Lord! Is Bigfoot full grown? I'll have to try and find the pic.

 

[marchick]

Oh my Lord! Is Bigfoot full grown? I'll have to try and find the pic.

There is a picture of him and my lavender I posted a couple days ago.

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Depends on the variety. Wheatens can be sexed by coloring as early as 3 or 4 weeks old.

Could blue wheaten chicks also be sexed at such a young age too?

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

They are still young but I just can't believe how big they are getting! The one black is huge!!! The lavender roo is very big also!

Oh my gosh! He is large! They are beautiful birds!

 

[junebuggena]

Could blue wheaten chicks also be sexed at such a young age too?

It's a bit harder to sex splash wheatens, but blue wheaten sexing follows the same guidelines as sexing regular wheatens.
Chicks that feather in with mostly black/blue wings and chest are male. Female chicks should feather in cream and light red.

 

[marchick]

Oh my gosh! He is large! They are beautiful birds!

Thank you,I like them! I guess thats what matters. I want to keep the black but I think he will have to go! I think I will keep the lavender roo and lavender pullet.There are two black pullets that could be split to lavender.I think the 4 of them will go in my chicken tractor.

 

[marchick]

It's a bit harder to sex splash wheatens, but blue wheaten sexing follows the same guidelines as sexing regular wheatens.
Chicks that feather in with mostly black/blue wings and chest are male. Female chicks should feather in cream and light red.

Good to know! This will come in handy when mine come!

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

It's a bit harder to sex splash wheatens, but blue wheaten sexing follows the same guidelines as sexing regular wheatens. 
Chicks that feather in with mostly black/blue wings and chest are male. Female chicks should feather in cream and light red.

Thanks very much for letting me know!! I'll try that out when my babies come!

 

[samouw]

I've been following threads about other blue-gene egg layers like Araucana, Cream Legbars, EEs, Favaucanas, Isbars, OEs, etc and talked with friends who have some of these breeds. They are hit-and-miss as to production and one Ameraucana BYC breeder replied that Amer's should not be considered production birds. Well, I can have only 5 hens in my zone (and currently only have 4) so I can't afford having even just one duddy layer in the group. I won't be getting any more Amers since 2 out 3 older juvies that I had ordered from different breeders died before I had them 2 weeks. Just haven't been hardy in my experience. If I lost just one I would say it's a fluke, but losing 2 out of 3 and having only 1 survivor who is also a duddy layer tells me I better find some other breed to get eggs from. These are the sweetest birds on the planet and besides their blue eggs their sweetness is why I got them but I've shifted my focus to another sweet friendlier calmer outgoing breed - the Breda for my gentles flock. Steady layer, a kind flockmate, and definitely not the timid skittish personality of an Amer. The 4 to 5 eggs per week has been great too. I don't have the zoning or the space to get new Amer's every season for a steady supply of pretty blue eggs yearly and then send the duddy layers to the freezer. I hate to imagine sending these sweet young birds to the freezer anyway. So now I've shifted my focus to the less timid friendly calmer temperament of the Breda. No more pretty blue eggs - but then if I'm not getting any eggs what's the point of having a blue-egg bird?

Sylvester, I'm sorry you've had such a rough time with your birds, but you keep re-posting this same information over and over. We get it - you don't like Ameraucanas for production birds, and now you've found something "sweet friendlier calmer outgoing". So why keep posting? Why are you still even in the Ameraucana group if you're not looking to buy anymore, you're not trying to breed them or show them, in fact, at this point, you really only want to put them down.