Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[LeBlackbird]

My cock is over ^^

He weighs in at 8-8 1/2 pound, So he's a big boy too...

 

[pips&peeps]

With this outcross, I was expecting to get some very large birds. The offspring should run from one end of the spectrum to the other. The key is to pick the larger birds and keep breeding with them.

 

[LeBlackbird]

Wait, Lavender birds are kinda small anyways right?? Cause they decended from bantams??

 

[pips&peeps]

Yes, but this is a silver split bird.

 

[LeBlackbird]

pips&peeps :

Yes, but this is a silver split bird.

Yes, but cherry was Compareing him to his lavender cock

which is small anyway, lol​

 

[lildinkem]

Recently I seen alot of folks here on this thread workin on projects. I have a project attitude all of a sudden. And discovered some interesting lineage of one of my birds.

I have an adequate female Blue that is half John Blehm and half Ribbeck lines. She is a bit too dark and I have another 2 dozen Ameraucanas growing out. So I do not plan on using her in my PUREBRED Ameraucana program. I'm thinking of using her in a breeding that produced this tufted chick. I hatched this chick less then a week ago, and it was totally yellow when hatched, now turning blue. Seeing the male I used to make it has only three Orp girls to play with, and this is my ONLY pen on the property with a mixed ( the BUS) why not use him. I think the BUS has great TYPE for an Orp.

Mom of the yellow chick is a pure bred Blue Splash Orp from my Black Orp lines. Daddy ( BUS) of the chick is a 1/2 Doug Akers BUFF ORPINGTON line and half MT Healthy Australorp. Seeing the tufts on this chick means there is already Ameraucana. Prolly from the MT Healthy hatchery bird. So, I figure, just like in the Orp world, it is about the widest head and broadest chest with TYPE OUT the WAZOOO. There are only two breeders who breed an Englich style Orp here in the USA that wins anything at the bigger shows, Doug Akers is one of them and then Bamma. I plan on letting the BUS run over this Blue Ameraucana 6 month ole pullet.

I have 18 pens that are all self contained. And plenty of room. Most pens only have on average 4 to 5 birds.

The recent hatch with the tufts from the BUS and the Splash Orp hen

Here is another chick produced by the same duo that made the tufted yellow chick. This Blue started out the same total yellow color. I thought he was one of the splashes from my Ribbeck hen that hatched in the same bator. When I opened it I didn't notice that the egg he was out of was a BUS egg. I have 40 at a time hatch, and put breeds in there that after growing out I can tell who is who. And this is no Ameraucana lololol

Here is the pullet I am throwing under the BUS

The BUS, last weighed at 12 lbs over a month ago. He just turned one year old.

The BUS's daddy. He is still in INDY somewhere. Was given away for free earlier this spring. To a lady who has a mixed flock. This is the bird that passed down the tufted gene, and who knows what else. Black Australorp? Just a guess.

It costs about $25 to raise one till I know IF it is worth keeping. And that is for any of my birds. I have another 200 feet of livestock fencing just itching to give someone a nice yard to play in. And why not join in the fun.
Maybe hatch out a dozen to see what pops out. I feel lucky.

 

[IggiMom]

I just hatched out a little bunch of chicks from Cottage Garden. Her eggs are very nice.

Catherine

 

[Yvonne37894]

Lavender cross questions
I put a Lavender Rooster with my Blue hens and got Blue & Black offsprings!
So, if the Black/Lavender offspring hens and are put with their Lavender father or a different lavender rooster will they produce
Black and Lavender offsprings?
Also, What will the Blue/Lavender offspring produce, if crossed the same way?

 

[lildinkem]

Yvonne37894 That is what I am told. The father has the gene and the offspring hen should have it too. Tking them together should produce Lavs and Blacks I think. I would do it anyway. Got nothing to loose. If you already know you have one with the gene. But I am no expert. And prolly wrong again. lolol

 

[pips&peeps]

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I would strongly suggest not breeding lavender to your blues. A split lavender bird no matter if it is blue split or black split mated to a lavender will produce:

50% lav
50% splits blue/black

As a new breeder to ameraucanas you may end up selling light blue birds as lavenders and end up with some very angry customers if you plan to sell.