Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

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

Yes, these are Easter egger mutts (a bird with a questionable pedigree and that isn't bred to meet an SOP). I am willing to bet that they will have a sweet temperament and the ladies will give you a very colorful egg basket.

Congrats on your chickens! They are so addictive!

 

[hockeyfish]

Yes, these are Easter egger mutts (a bird with a questionable pedigree and that isn't bred to meet an SOP). I am willing to bet that they will have a sweet temperament and the ladies will give you a very colorful egg basket.

Congrats on your chickens! They are so addictive!

Thanks! I was pretty sure they were Easter Eggers from other posts and pictures I've researched on byc. The Easter Eggers are calm and quiet compared to my other breeds. I still haven't seen any eggs in the nesting box but they're a little young to be laying.

 

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

Thanks! I was pretty sure they were Easter Eggers from other posts and pictures I've researched on byc. The Easter Eggers are calm and quiet compared to my other breeds. I still haven't seen any eggs in the nesting box but they're a little young to be laying.

Maybe they will lay some colorful eggs for you soon! It always feels like Christmas morning when I find a pullets first egg. Never gets old!

 

[hockeyfish]

Maybe they will lay some colorful eggs for you soon! It always feels like Christmas morning when I find a pullets first egg. Never gets old!

I'm definitely anxious to see how things turn out. I'm hoping for a nice variety of size and colors with how many different breeds we went with. Tomorrow is going to feel like Christmas because I'm expecting some Polish chicks in the mail!

 

[dstokely]

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!

Lucky you!!!!!

 

[Chicken5555]

You'all have no idea how excited I am to announce that I am going to bring home a GORGEOUS pure Ameraucana in about a week. His dad is from the Paul Smith line I've been hearing about here on BYC, and the mom is from Susan Mouw's line in Aiken SC. Here is a picture of my boy and his parents. He was hatched on Feb 29 this year, so still a bit of filling out to go, but I can tell that he will be gorgeous just like his father.

Say hello to Garfunkel. He is in quarantine, so no girlfriends yet, but he sure does talk up a storm! He did so much taking one day, that it started to thunder.

I love his colors.

 

[marchick]

Lucky you!!!!!

Thanks, I am very happy with 6 pullets! I think there are 4 blue Wheaten and two Wheaten pullets. I tried to check when I changed out the bands.

 

[Saris]

Are splash wheaten cockerel chicks hard to tell apart from pullets since they're so light colored?

 

[Saris]

My wheaties. I'm spotting for sure 2, maybe 4 boys so far.

Grow babies grow!

 

[junebuggena]

My wheaties. I'm spotting for sure 2, maybe 4 boys so far.

Grow babies grow!

Beautiful babies. But I can't help but notice that they are trying to get as far from that heat lamp as possible. And you're moving them to a bigger brooder right? Sorry, just don't want all your babies to die from heat stress...