Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Miss Ameraucana]

They are due to hatch feb 1st! If they hatch on time they should be here by the 3rd or 4th. I would guess! Yes! I did change my order.9 blue 7 black 9 splash 10 lavenders.

I bet you'll have them by the 3rd. Is'nt there basically a 48 hour window b4 they need food & water?

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

With my luck he's a wild stallion!  lol  Yee! Haw! I can't ride! Don't tell anyone! I can't spell either! Computers hate me! Just don't tell anyone! lol

I think your wonderful! What would I do without my sidekick?
My partner in crime?! Bonny? Remember to just avoid right turns & hang on to the wild stallion for dear life! Don't let the flaring nostrils , flying hooves...etc..coming at your face intimidate you!

 

[marchick]

I bet you'll have them by the 3rd. Is'nt there basically a 48 hour window b4 they need food & water?

Yes,It will also depend on if they hatch on time.

 

[marchick]

I think your wonderful! What would I do without my sidekick?

My partner in crime?! Bonny? Remember to just avoid right turns & hang on to the wild stallion for dear life!

Don't let the flaring nostrils , flying hooves...etc..coming at your face intimidate you!

Nothing will stand between me and my babies! I would get a good look at those flaring nostrils when I am laying on the ground looking up at them!

I might even be able to tell if it's a he!

I am sure I could figure that out!

 

[marchick]

Nothing will stand between me and my babies! I would get a good look at those flaring nostrils when I am laying on the ground looking up at them!

I might even be able to tell if it's a he!

I am sure I could figure that out!

 

[marchick]

Bonny can you Ride a horse or will you be laying on the ground next to me?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I've been wanting to get an order from you, still working on getting my OH to agree, lol... but I was curious about your Silvers? I love them, but not many have info on them... are they comparable to the other varieties in lay rate, temperament and all? Any major differences with them? Just wondering why they aren't more popular...

I have limited experience with Silvers as i am using them for a olive egger project but they do not lay well at all . the eggs are not much larger than my bantam brown red's. They are a beautiful sweet bird though

If exhibiting and winning is your main goal then blacks are the way to go. With LF they also have nice blue colored eggs (a little too dark/turquoise), but remember not all stains/lines of any variety are the same. I suggest going with the color/pattern (variety) that appeals most to your eye. Try a few different varieties to find out what you like best.
Even though my LF silvers are/were flightier than other LF varieties, mine are probably the calmest strain of LF silver Ameraucanas. It is all relative and there are exceptions to every rule.
When I created many of these varieties decades ago they weren't developed to where they are now, so characteristics change and charts rating those characteristics have to be updated. Several years ago my LF blacks laid more greenish eggs and my LF silvers were too small, but I don't know of anyone that had better. Continuous improvement is my goal.
http://ameraucanaalliance.org/faq.html#Two

are you raising Brown Red's ? I have bantams but am wanting larger .
My silvers from Jerry have been very calm. I need to get more though as I use them for a crele olive egger project.
the olive eggers seem to lay well.

 

[samouw]

Do you wonder about the history of the Ameraucana chickens? How they came about...who helped develop the different varieties...why are there such differences in the varieties (eg, temperament, egg color/size, etc)? Well, so did I! Other than the written "Breed History" on the website, there hasn't been a place where someone could go to research those, and so many other, questions.

When I became Secretary and "keeper of the files" of the Ameraucana Breeders Club in Jan 2015, I found a wealth of information in old bulletins, going back to Volume I Issue 1, and previously published Handbooks. But, unless you were a member from the beginning, or had access to boundless cash to buy all of these, the real history - what happened as it happened, just wasn't easily available.

Until now.

A new project, one I hope to have complete by the time I leave office, is an online archive of all of the old bulletins, and Handbooks that I have at my disposal. This will be a slow project, one of those time fillers when I don't have anything else to do, so don't expect 30 years worth of bulletins to suddenly appear.

On the website, across the top menu bar, there is a new option, "Archives". check it out! You'll be surprised at either the memories they invoke, or the new information you'll learn about the history of this great breed and all the folks who went into creating it.

http://ameraucana.org/archives.html

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[wolfes]

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I was hoping to replicate something like the Marans thread for Ameraucanas. Not EE's but pure Ameraucana only please! Just hope we can talk about our eggs, breeding, showing, and post pictures of your beautiful birds.


Thanks,

Henry
Hello I'm looking for peeps or eggs of Wheatons ameruicana and araucana. Yes wanting true breeds please my state does not have true breeds thank you

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Bonny can you Ride a horse or will you be laying on the ground next to me? 

I could only pray cluck cluck that I am not still on the back of that horse.! unless...it runs to the po anyways & I get to take all the chicks home!!