Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Elemes]

Here we go

 

[samouw]

Here we go

That is a cockerel.

 

[Elemes]

That she is. Lol my other cockerel looks so much bigger.

 

[FowlStuff]

Last weekend was the show in Lucasville, Ohio. It was a sanctioned club meet for the Ameraucana Alliance. Bill Wulff told me there were 1,291 total entries. Jensen Pierson, Kraig Shafer, I and a nonmember exhibited 23 LF Ameraucanas. The biggest variety class was black with 12 entered by 3 exhibitors, judged by Paul Gilroy and it was the only variety with birds entered by more than one exhibitor. Kraig had BV, BB & Reserve AOSB on a white cock and Jensen had BV & RB on a black pullet. I had the only 5 bantams with a lavender pullet winning Best of Breed! Saturday was a beautiful day with sunshine and a high in the low 70s. Three nonmembers exhibited in junior competition with 5 LF and 4 bantams entered.


This weekend is the Fowl Fest at the Expo Center in Birch Run. It is also an Alliance club meet and an ABA district meet. It should be sunny and 59 on Saturday. If you are within driving distance please consider stopping in.

 

[samouw]

Last weekend was the show in Lucasville, Ohio. It was a sanctioned club meet for the Ameraucana Alliance. Bill Wulff told me there were 1,291 total entries. Jensen Pierson, Kraig Shafer, I and a nonmember exhibited 23 LF Ameraucanas. The biggest variety class was black with 12 entered by 3 exhibitors, judged by Paul Gilroy and it was the only variety with birds entered by more than one exhibitor. Kraig had BV, BB & Reserve AOSB on a white cock and Jensen had BV & RB on a black pullet. I had the only 5 bantams with a lavender pullet winning Best of Breed! Saturday was a beautiful day with sunshine and a high in the low 70s. Three nonmembers exhibited in junior competition with 5 LF and 4 bantams entered.


This weekend is the Fowl Fest at the Expo Center in Birch Run. It is also an Alliance club meet and an ABA district meet. It should be sunny and 59 on Saturday. If you are within driving distance please consider stopping in.

Congratulations to all the winners. I do have one question -As a non-recognized variety, lavender cannot be awarded Best of Breed. The highest they can be awarded is Best of Variety or Best of AOV, so did the judge correct that?

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Just wanted to post a quick update about my birds...my dear sweet little bw cockerel, D'Artagnan was killed by a raccoon about a week ago, and was replaced by a beautiful wheaten cockerel who happened to be the same age as my blue girls (about 27 weeks). I got him for free from my breeder, and actually recognized him from the county fair this year. He won best of breed!!! And I got him for FREE because my breeder is getting out of LF ams!!! His name is Hugo, and he's awesome. A bit more black in the hackles than I would like, but that's his biggest fault and he'll be a really great starting point for my w/bw/sw breeding program...

Hugo:

My blue wheaten girls (Hugo's future mates) are doing well, although I've become a little concerned about one girl's tail...it leans really bad to her left. Is this something that could correct itself? Will it affect her offspring? Should I cull her? They are now 10-11 weeks.

Clover and Charlotte. Charlotte (in the back) is the one with the wonky tail. What do you think?

Here's Clover, who, as far as I can tell is just about perfect. I love her:

And last but not least is my little blue cockerel, Athos, who is now 10 weeks old. He's my favorite boy because he's super sweet and I can already tell he's gonna be gorgeous. Here's a few pics:

Sorry so long and pic-heavy. Hope you like my babies!!!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Just wanted to post a quick update about my birds...my dear sweet little bw cockerel, D'Artagnan was killed by a raccoon about a week ago, and was replaced by a beautiful wheaten cockerel who happened to be the same age as my blue girls (about 27 weeks). I got him for free from my breeder, and actually recognized him from the county fair this year. He won best of breed!!! And I got him for FREE because my breeder us getting out of lf ams!!! His name is Hugo, and he's awesome. A bit more black in the halls than I would like, but that's his biggest fault and he'll be a really great starting point for my w/bw/sw breeding program...

Hugo:

My blue wheaten girls (Hugo's future mates) are doing well, although I've become a little concerned about one girl's tail...it leans really bad to her left. Is this something that could correct itself? Will it affect her offspring? Should I cull her? They are now 10-11 weeks.

Clover and Charlotte. Charlotte (in the back) is the one with the wonky tail. What do you think?

Here's Clover, who, as far as I can tell is just about perfect. I love her:

And last but not least is my little blue cockerel, Athos, who is now 10 weeks old. He's my favorite boy because he's super sweet and I can already tell he's gonna be gorgeous. Here's a few pics:

Sorry so long and pic-heavy. Hope you like my babies!!!

Pretty birds... Charlotte looks to have wry tail... you don't want to breed that, sorry...

 

[bruceha2000]

Just wanted to post a quick update about my birds...my dear sweet little bw cockerel, D'Artagnan was killed by a raccoon about a week ago, ...

So sorry you lost your cockerel. Having suffered loss from a raccoon myself this past summer, what have you done to make sure it doesn't happen again? If it is still alive, that coon will be stalking your birds until it finds a way to get them.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Pretty birds... Charlotte looks to have wry tail... you don't want to breed that, sorry...

Thanks for the advice. What exactly is wry tail?

So sorry you lost your cockerel. Having suffered loss from a raccoon myself this past summer, what have you done to make sure it doesn't happen again? If it is still alive, that coon will be stalking your birds until it finds a way to get them.

I believe Artie was too close to the chicken wire and was pulled through headfirst, and then piece by piece

But I have since added plywood around the bottom to keep the coon from reaching through to the younger ones, and we've also got a live catch trap set out, which we will hand over to animal control if we catch him, but no luck so far. It shouldn't be a problem either way though anymore, hopefully.

 

[bruceha2000]

Good luck!!

There is a thread on racoons, you might get some more ideas there:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1116381/fighting-raccoons