Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[junebuggena]

Here's a few pictures of our girls. I'm not sure if they're Ameraucana or Easter egger mutts.

They are Easter Eggers. And hatchery sourced Easter Egged aren't mutts. They just haven't been bred to meet any sort of consistent standard. They are the birds that the Ameraucana breed was derived from.

 

[Saris]

Update, I started out with 13 and I lost one pullet. Out of the 12 left. I ended up with 6 pullets, 4 Wheaten roosters and 2 Blue Wheaten roosters.

I think!

Pretty!!!!

 

[Saris]

I have a little runt chicken.



Boy? ↓



Boy? ↓

 

[magicstorm]

Here's a few pictures of our girls. I'm not sure if they're Ameraucana or Easter egger mutts.

Easter Eggers make great chickens, I have some of both purebred Ameaurcana's and Easter Eggers . They will give you beautiful eggs and if you decide you want purebred ameraucana's to flock with them you can go to the Ameraucana club website to find a breeder in your area.

 

[hockeyfish]

They are Easter Eggers. And hatchery sourced Easter Egged aren't mutts. They just haven't been bred to meet any sort of consistent standard. They are the birds that the Ameraucana breed was derived from.

Thanks! I'm not sure what hatchery they came from but so far they are growing into lovely ladies. I have 3 of them and we're hoping for them to start laying some eggs soon

 

[hockeyfish]

Easter Eggers make great chickens, I have some of both purebred Ameaurcana's and Easter Eggers . They will give you beautiful eggs and if you decide you want purebred ameraucana's to flock with them you can go to the Ameraucana club website to find a breeder in your area.

Thanks for the advise. We have quite the chicken addiction and may look to add a few more to the flock next year. I'll check out some of the breeders on the club website

 

[Chicken5555]

They are Easter Eggers. And hatchery sourced Easter Egged aren't mutts. They just haven't been bred to meet any sort of consistent standard. They are the birds that the Ameraucana breed was derived from.

Very interesting! I'd love to learn more. Can you send me website links so I can learn more? Thanks.

 

[bruceha2000]

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Thanks! So that means one SHOULD be able to get 100% chocolate in a few of generations if they can find either a male carrying chocolate or a chocolate female. I can see why people mess with this just for the fun of it

Maybe not for the frustration of working out the undesirable genes though since apparently that can take MANY generations.

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How old are they now? Figure 23 to 30 weeks for them to start laying.

 

[marchick]

Pretty!!!!

Thank you! This is my last batch of babies for the season. Oh I have some bourbon red turkey poults coming! That will be my last batch of the season!!! Oh edit! I have 10 Royal Palm turkey poults in the bator. That will be my last batch of the season!

 

[pips&peeps]

Thanks! I'm not sure what hatchery they came from but so far they are growing into lovely ladies. I have 3 of them and we're hoping for them to start laying some eggs soon

Hatchery easter eggers are mutts. They have not consistently been bred to conform to any standard and have been outcrossed to brown eggs layers, etc to improve laying ability and vigor over the years. That is why you get so many different shades of eggs from them.