Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Shannon's Chix]

I have a question...if you get Ameraucana eggs that are green, not really blue, is this a really bad thing???

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Well- most people will tell you don't even hatch green eggs unless they are going to be EEs. I have hatched off-color eggs with hope to improve by adding new blood - so I guess it depends on your situation.

 

[upthecreek]

Very sorry to hear of your loss .......... i know it is so heart breaking , i hope you hatch many more of them soon .
Best to You ,
Shannon


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[IggiMom]

Awwww....I'm so sorry.

Catherine

 

[IggiMom]

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Well- most people will tell you don't even hatch green eggs unless they are going to be EEs. I have hatched off-color eggs with hope to improve by adding new blood - so I guess it depends on your situation.

I know I have seen eggs from true Ameracanas that were more green than blue. Sometimes, at least for me, it is really hard to tell the difference between them.

But I CAN tell the difference when I look at the chickens!


Catherine

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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Well- most people will tell you don't even hatch green eggs unless they are going to be EEs. I have hatched off-color eggs with hope to improve by adding new blood - so I guess it depends on your situation.

I know I have seen eggs from true Ameracanas that were more green than blue. Sometimes, at least for me, it is really hard to tell the difference between them.

But I CAN tell the difference when I look at the chickens!


Catherine

Most of my EE eggs are the same color as my ameraucanas' eggs - a blue/green - minty color - a couple EEs lay more of an olive green, but for the most part I can't tell the difference between my Ameraucana and EE eggs.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I got some new babies from Holly yesterday! Finally I have a lav & some splits

And a pair of whites! Oooo I really need to get building!

 

[verycherry]

Thanks guys. I'm not going to leave so many hens with the babies any more. I'll just have to find a way to separate each Mama from the rest. I'd let two Cochins raise babies together before and it all went so smoothly. I just wasn't expecting something like this. Tomorrow is another day!

 

[IggiMom]

Yes, and sometimes these things just happen, although I try to keep older from younger. Last year I had some juvenile birds with my older birds, and all seemed to be going well, when I came in the coop and one of the young BO hens had been pecked beyond recognition. I had to shoot her.

I'll never forget it. Still I do have to integrate them eventually. It is just a problem, and very upsetting when it happens.

Catherine

 

[mmfarm]

Catherine has a good point. Sometimes things just happen. This hen may have done the same thing if you'd had her alone in a brood cage. You can do things to stack the deck in your favor, but in the end, you're still dealing with a hormonal critter with a brain the size of a pea.