Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Red Banks]

Still made me feel better

Yes..... I understand!

 

[speckledhen]

I know you all know this, but it boggles the mind. I've called hatcheries in the past, go nowhere with them. They're like brick walls.

The same feed store, owned by a veterinarian and his wife, no less, advertised on the chick sheet (I asked for their scheduled shipments) that on a certain day in April, the first 50 kids in the door get a free chick. I knew I had to get out of there before I blew my top. That is irresponsible, if you ask me. Give a kid one chick? What if they have zero chickens, know nothing about them and they give them one free? Good grief.

 

[abbevilleoz]

I know you all know this, but it boggles the mind. I've called hatcheries in the past, go nowhere with them. They're like brick walls.

The same feed store, owned by a veterinarian and his wife, no less, advertised on the chick sheet (I asked for their scheduled shipments) that on a certain day in April, the first 50 kids in the door get a free chick. I knew I had to get out of there before I blew my top. That is irresponsible, if you ask me. Give a kid one chick? What if they have zero chickens, know nothing about them and they give them one free? Good grief.

That's why they haven't sold them like that at Easter in decades at department stores.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Yes..... I understand!  

I've been reading some our most experienced breeders posts on BYC. They don't even refer to some of their project birds as AMs. They call EEs til they meet the standard.

 

[scflock]

I've been reading some our most experienced breeders posts on BYC. They don't even refer to some of their project birds as AMs. They call EEs til they meet the standard.

Well, you have AMs

 

[Red Banks]

I've been reading some our most experienced breeders posts on BYC. They don't even refer to some of their project birds as AMs. They call EEs til they meet the standard.

Yes....because they are reputable and knowledgeable. The saying "Buyer Beware" isn't new and isn't just about Ameraucanas. This kind of deception or innocent lack of knowledge is as old as mankind. Dogs, horses, cattle, plants and yes..... chickens. It is up to the buyer. I knew nothing when I bought my first chickens. I was really lucky! I went to a breeder that had some pretty nice birds, then to GFF. What I am trying to say is this will go on as long as there are buyers and sellers. We can help but we can't stop it.

 

[FowlStuff]

I've been reading some our most experienced breeders posts on BYC. They don't even refer to some of their project birds as AMs. They call EEs til they meet the standard.

What is an Ameraucana Chicken? http://ameraucanaalliance.org/faq.html#One
A chicken is an Ameraucana when it meets the American Poultry Association’s (APA) Standard Ameraucana breed description AND meets a variety (color) description or breeds true at least 50% of the time, whether the variety is recognized or not. There are actually two breeds of Ameraucana: bantam and large fowl.

We also have a definition for Easter Eggers, so whether it is a so-called project variety or not it is of isn't an Ameraucana by definition. There are some that said lavenders were Easter Eggers because they weren't a recognized variety, but again it isn't true according to definitions.

 

[Red Banks]

What is an Ameraucana Chicken? http://ameraucanaalliance.org/faq.html#One
A chicken is an Ameraucana when it meets the American Poultry Association’s (APA) Standard Ameraucana breed description AND meets a variety (color) description or breeds true at least 50% of the time, whether the variety is recognized or not. There are actually two breeds of Ameraucana: bantam and large fowl.

We also have a definition for Easter Eggers, so whether it is a so-called project variety or not it is of isn't an Ameraucana by definition. There are some that said lavenders were Easter Eggers because they weren't a recognized variety, but again it isn't true according to definitions.

Thank you for this, I couldn't understand why Lavenders were not called Ameraucanas.

 

[samouw]

Thank you for this, I couldn't understand why Lavenders were not called Ameraucanas.

Lavenders are called Ameraucanas, and hopefully, sooner rather than later, they will be accepted by the APA, under the description "Self-Blue" The ABC has petitioned the APA for acceptance into the Standard, the variety known as Lavenders. It was unanimously voted to approve our petition, by the APA Board, in January of this year.

 

[pamperedamber]

I am hoping you all can help[ me with what type and the age of my Ameraucanas. We just bought them over the weekend.

This is Flash.




The dark one we are still trying to name. I will have to get a better picture tomorrow.