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junebuggena said:
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...
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Thanks for the concern, the lamp is actually off right now so the red light doesn't hide their color. I haven't been able to handle them as much as I want and they are pushed to the edge to get away from me.
 
Chicken5555 said:
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.
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I love his colors.




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OH MY!!! A rainbow rooster! Congratulations!
 
Renee97038 said:
I'm new to raising Ameraucanas, have 15 chicks from Paul Smith. Researching the clubs available I see 2 different clubs. Didnt there used to be only 1 club? What happened?
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20 members of the Ameraucana Breeders Club resigned in 2015 to start their own club. The response to why will be different, depending on who you ask. There are good people in both clubs. Here is a repost of something I wrote a while back:

There have been quite a few discussions recently about "which club do I join?" and I thought I'd throw my few thoughts out there. Of course, anyone that knows me knows where my loyalty is, but, putting that aside, how do you answer that question?

My thought would be - why not join both? Both have something to offer, both have long time breeders of top winning Ameraucanas, both have forums for asking, and getting answers to, the questions we all face from time to time. If, however, you don't want to join both, for whatever reasons, then here are the questions I'd ask myself.

If you're interested in showing - which club has the most Meets, and has meets where you live? Which club offers points and awards for recognition of your wins?

If you're interested in gathering lots of information and history - which club has the most historical information and which club makes that history available for research?

If you're interested in being part of a fast-growing club, then ask which club is growing - not necessarily which has the most members, but which is adding new members regularly?

Again, I can't hide my bias towards the ABC, but these are the questions I'd ask if I were looking for a breeder's club and I could only choose one. The best answer still might be to join both - then re-evaluate at the end of the year and decide which one to move forward with.
 
Saris said:
Are splash wheaten cockerel chicks hard to tell apart from pullets since they're so light colored?
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Yes, they can be hard to tell apart at first. Wheaten boys always seem to be the easiest to decipher. They go black so quickly! The blue wheaten boys seem to be the next easiest to decipher as they will turn grayish blue fairly quickly. The pullets will all be golden brown and will show their color variety in their wing tips and tails. The splash males will seem similar to the pullets at first, but as they grow you will notice that they are lighter (from the white coloring) and also larger than pullets.
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Hope that helps!
 
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