Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[pips&peeps]

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I am hoping we don't get a cold snap and they make the trip OK. C'mon babies!

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11 wheaten/blue wheatens - 1 more was pipped about an hour ago and very active

1 buff baby out and drying, one more pipped and very active

We have three and a half more hours before I have to leave to the post office.

I have a heat pack that I will be putting in with them. It is a 72 hour pack that only gets up to about 100 degrees.

I had some temperature fluctuations in my hatching room because I had two kitties in there. I had to clean and sanitize everything and get them out. I have sinced removed them and they are in the barn now, in their grown up home.

 

[Mahonri]

If I didn't have so many roos to re home, I'd be getting the bators out again.

 

[hcammack]

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Whats the final count? I have chicks hatching now hopeing for lots of girls and not to many roosters. Mine are LF faverolles and a few bantam favs to. So far 2 lf chicks and about 6 more pips and 1 zipping.

 

[nivtup]

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Don't let a few Roos stop you..........

 

[dinahmoe]

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They're beautiful! I know the second is a Blue Wheaten, but is the top one Wheaten, or is it a darker Blue Wheaten? Looks like a darker Blue Wheaten to me, but it might just be the photo.

i was wondering that myself.i have always thought he was a wheaten but as he grows his feathers are getting lighter-especially on his chest.these are my first so maybe some of the experts can clarify.

 

[verycherry]

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They're beautiful! I know the second is a Blue Wheaten, but is the top one Wheaten, or is it a darker Blue Wheaten? Looks like a darker Blue Wheaten to me, but it might just be the photo.

i was wondering that myself.i have always thought he was a wheaten but as he grows his feathers are getting lighter-especially on his chest.these are my first so maybe some of the experts can clarify.

I'd bet he's BW then. I have a BW Marans that's about that same color. I've heard the lighter is more desirable, but both boys are very pretty.

 

[pips&peeps]

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They're beautiful! I know the second is a Blue Wheaten, but is the top one Wheaten, or is it a darker Blue Wheaten? Looks like a darker Blue Wheaten to me, but it might just be the photo.

i was wondering that myself.i have always thought he was a wheaten but as he grows his feathers are getting lighter-especially on his chest.these are my first so maybe some of the experts can clarify.

It's a wheaten.

 

[HBuehler]

They have arrived!16.5 fuzzy butts..the other half isn't doing very well but hanging in there! My PO called at 7:20 this morning..across the country in a matter of hours.I have pics already but having upload issues today.

 

[pips&peeps]

Wow! That's only 14 hours in transit from the time I packed them up.

 

[verycherry]

That's terrific! Don't you wish they'd all arrive that quickly?

Can't wait to see the pictures.