Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Kim_NC]

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Hermes is gorgeous! Beautiful hackles and beard, very proud look.

Thanks!

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Interesting...is that in an SOP book or something? The ameraucana.org site only says "Eyes: Expressive" on their standards page (http://ameraucana.org/standard.html). Seems like somewhere alog the line I read solid black as an eye standard. LOL....I'm so confused.

 

[SunnyDawn]

pips&peeps :

If you want a lavender cockerel, I have one I was planning to cull. He has some blonde feathers on his back which indicates he has red leakage. He would be perfect for an ee project.

Let me know if you want him. I will try to post photos later.

Jean, how do you ship older birds across country? I am expecting some ameraucana chicks from John Blehm in April but I can't keep roos where I live. I already have someone interested in a couple of roos, I'm only keeping 7 out of what we are receiving from him (splitting the order with others) but expect I'll get at least a couple of roos (wouldn't it be cool if 5 were pullets?). Anyway the person who wanted the roos lives out of state and I told them I didn't know if you could ship older birds...​

 

[pips&peeps]

There are special mailing boxes you have to buy and ship them express mail through the USPS.

Here is a link to some boxes:

http://www.fortune3.com/Shop@Horizon/Products-USPS_Shippers.html

You do have to wait though, until they are big enough to survive what could possibly be a two or three day trip. I would say around 8-10 weeks minimum.

 

[SunnyDawn]

pips&peeps :

There are special mailing boxes you have to buy and ship them express mail through the USPS.

Here is a link to some boxes:

http://www.fortune3.com/Shop@Horizon/Products-USPS_Shippers.html

You do have to wait though, until they are big enough to survive what could possibly be a two or three day trip. I would say around 8-10 weeks minimum.

Thank you so much. I appreciate the info! They will be at least that old before I ship. I'm forever hoping my roos are pullets and tend to stay in denial even after the beautiful, long hackle feathers are well developed.

I take it overnight doesn't always mean overnight?​

 

[pips&peeps]

Some places aren't overnight and the post office will tell you right away. Then sometimes the bird will get bumped from a plane. Fed Ex carries all express and priority mail for the USPS and if the plane is full, the USPS stuff waits. If the plane is carrying dry ice, the bird will get bumped because it will kill the bird.

I usually add some apple slices and cucumbers for my birds. I recently had four birds ship to Alaska and they took three days. It was a good thing I cut up three apples between the two boxes. They arrived in ok condition considering the long trip.

 

[chicken stalker]

pips&peeps :

If you want a lavender cockerel, I have one I was planning to cull. He has some blonde feathers on his back which indicates he has red leakage. He would be perfect for an ee project.

Let me know if you want him. I will try to post photos later.

Have you made a cross with a silver female? The male offspring would then carry silver. Would that clean up the line? Just curious...I have the same problem with the blonde coming through.​

 

[LeBlackbird]

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Hermes is gorgeous! Beautiful hackles and beard, very proud look.

Thanks!

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Interesting...is that in an SOP book or something? The ameraucana.org site only says "Eyes: Expressive" on their standards page (http://ameraucana.org/standard.html). Seems like somewhere alog the line I read solid black as an eye standard. LOL....I'm so confused.

SOP means Standard Of Perfection

Here

 

[SunnyDawn]

pips&peeps :

Some places aren't overnight and the post office will tell you right away. Then sometimes the bird will get bumped from a plane. Fed Ex carries all express and priority mail for the USPS and if the plane is full, the USPS stuff waits. If the plane is carrying dry ice, the bird will get bumped because it will kill the bird.

I usually add some apple slices and cucumbers for my birds. I recently had four birds ship to Alaska and they took three days. It was a good thing I cut up three apples between the two boxes. They arrived in ok condition considering the long trip.

That's good to know. Do they get enough fluids from the apples and cucumbers or do I need to buy one of those stick on mini water bottles I read about?​

 

[pips&peeps]

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Have you made a cross with a silver female? The male offspring would then carry silver. Would that clean up the line? Just curious...I have the same problem with the blonde coming through.

No, you don't want them to carry silver either. This will cause the hackles to be dingey later. My birds all carry birchen genes and it has already caused problems with my split lavender offspring. A bunch of my cockerels and a couple pullets had silver bleed through, but they were all culled. I am only keeping the clean black ones. I will be weighing all my girls again in another couple months to decide who to put in the breeding pen, because I only want to breed the largest ones.

The lavender bird I referred to is not from my breeding. So, I hope once I get some of my own to hatch that I will not have that problem.

There is one particular line that does have birds that throw some red. If you want to discuss it you can PM me.

 

[pips&peeps]

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That's good to know. Do they get enough fluids from the apples and cucumbers or do I need to buy one of those stick on mini water bottles I read about?

The cucs and apples is good.