Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[LaPoulet]

Here are my babies.

They are growing nicely! I think you got your chicks about the time I got my eggs so I'm a few weeks behind, but these little muffs and beards are adorable!!!

I bought my eggs from hippie chick farms in Mississippi and have blue, black and one splash I think.

Edit to note there is a BLRW in the pic too. I hatched a few of them at the same time.

She's got some beautiful Blue Wheaton's too and I think some of her flock is from Max too but I am not positive. Your chicks are adorable.

 

[lakones]

She's got some beautiful Blue Wheaton's too and I think some of her flock is from Max too but I am not positive. Your chicks are adorable.

She does indeed. She bought breeder stock and/or chicks from max, Paul smith and cliff Reddin. She is super sweet too. She meet me part way so I didn't have to make the "whole" hour and 15 minute drive. I can say that I've driven much further for much less, but I appreciate her doing it none the less.

 

[samouw]

I wonder why they still don't recognize Black and Splash Andalusians...

It is up to, usually, the breed club to petition the APA for approval of additional varieties within an existing breed, or approval of a new breed. Although, it doesn't have to be a breed club - if you can get 5 breeders together, pay the fee ($300), and follow all the guidelines, any breeder can petition. They must be and have been a member of APA for five years and have been breeding the petitioned variety/breed for at least five years.

 

[theDish]

I've had these 2 for four days now.
Snoozy is always nesting and Artie is always looking for a way to weasel in and steal her warm spot. Not sure on the color variety yet.

 

[Sylvester017]

Wheatens and blue wheatens don't hatch with slate legs, they color in slowly and may not have full color until they are several months old. These pictures were taken under roof. They are not willow, that would require yellow skin. You can see the pale flesh color on their toes and the bone colored beak

The 3-yr-old BW Am I have left has very light almost white legs. The willow legs I saw in your photo must've been bad lighting on my 'puter. Someone on one of these BYC posts said the Buff, W/BW Ams were problematic for them to have nice slate legs and was something to perfect. Obviously it is possible to perfect since the sister to my BW had nice light blue feathering and blue legs but my one survivor is not so. However, to my breeder's credit I DID ask for PQ juveniles but she managed to send me one nice variety but as luck would have it she didn't survive

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[samouw]

The 3-yr-old BW Am I have left has very light almost white legs. The willow legs I saw in your photo must've been bad lighting on my 'puter. Someone on one of these BYC posts said the Buff, W/BW Ams were problematic for them to have nice slate legs and was something to perfect. Obviously it is possible to perfect since the sister to my BW had nice light blue feathering and blue legs but my one survivor is not so. However, to my breeder's credit I DID ask for PQ juveniles but she managed to send me one nice variety but as luck would have it she didn't survive

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I haven't had an issue with light legs on my wheatens/blue wheatens here, but there is always something that a breeder is trying to perfect on their line.

Here is a picture of two of my "keepers" from last year - these are both out of my lines.

 

[LaPoulet]

Oooh! Aaah! Making me want BW too but I don't have space. I chose German New Hampshire's and BBS Ameraucanas. That's all I get.

 

[Sylvester017]

I haven't had an issue with light legs on my wheatens/blue wheatens here, but there is always something that a breeder is trying to perfect on their line.

Here is a picture of two of my "keepers" from last year - these are both out of my lines.

The male's legs showed nicely but the hen didn't show up well on my enhanced image. Got more photos on a hen? Pretty birds.

 

[samouw]

The male's legs showed nicely but the hen didn't show up well on my enhanced image. Got more photos on a hen? Pretty birds.

You can see more pictures of wheatens and blue wheatens at ameraucana.org/gallery.html

 

[Sylvester017]

You can see more pictures of wheatens and blue wheatens at ameraucana.org/gallery.html

Believe me! I've looked up many a website and sellers photos but they don't concentrate very well on showing the legs

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