Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Well, you do have all winter to get some new pens built.

 

[shelleyb1969]

I just built a new pen today as a matter of fact.

At this rate (and thanks to your pics

), I'm gonna have to spread my operation into the back pasture...it's getting kinda cramped up front.

 

[SteveH]

pips&peeps :

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I don't believe there is such a thing as black splash. If a bird is black, its black. Blue birds are blue because the gene gets diluted and then so does blue which ends up splash. If a blue bird has black feathers like the one pictured, usually it is considered a pet quality bird.

Thanks Jean , I apologize for my confusion , but it was dark splash I read about , not black splash . She's not being kept as an Ameraucana anyway because my other pullets have better Ameraucana type plus much better color if she's blue . [ A more thorough examination found several feathers that were nearly white or light blue split with lighter blue mixed in also . ]​

 

[NellaBean]

I need a splash BANTAM rooster. Anyone have one? Can be a cull due to type as he is for a mixed breed color project. Must be bearded.

 

[lauralou]

I've been lurking on this thread for a while, and just finished skimming every last page. Whew! That took a whole week...

I've learned some things, and I've been very pleased about how nice everyone is. It's hard on a thread this size, when people keep popping in and asking questions that have been asked and answered many times before. So thanks for that! I personally appreciate it, and I'm sure that it makes it easier for people to want to join in the conversation.

Here's my Ameraucana story. Earlier this year, the lovely and talented CityGirlintheCountry sent me a dozen eggs. The most spectacular packing job I've ever seen! As a result of that, I got a fabulous hatch. Ten little BBS babies.

Awww, how cute is that? Sugar is one of my best broodies!

Fast forward almost 12 weeks. I now have 9 pretty teenagers. I'm starting to feel comfortable with saying that I have 2 boys and 7 girls. Hope I don't jinx myself with those fateful words! That was really the point of looking at every post on the thread. I wanted to check out everybody else's juveniles, and see what the consensus was on male/femaleness.

Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

This is Blackjack. He's been a confirmed roo since he was a tiny little thing. He had serious comb action going on, and was twice as big as any of his hatchmates.

And this is Uncle Whitey, my splash roo. Confirmed by his flowing tail, as well as his sneak-attack mating philosophy. He was about 10 weeks old in this picture, and has a lot more tail now.

I thought that I didn't like the look of a splash bird, but I must confess that Uncle Whitey is my favorite out of the whole hatch. He's adorable, extremely smart, and friendly. He's the only splash we hatched.

There are two little black pullets. My faves out of the females. They are so friendly that it's hard to walk in the pen without trampling them. It's really hard to tell them apart, and I need to get a good picture of at least one of them. They are so cute!

There are 5 blues that I think are pullets. One is iffy in the comb department, but the body looks so hennish, so different from my little boys, that I'm crossing my fingers and saying she's a girl. She is the darkest of the blues.

Here is one of the lighter blue hens. (With Uncle Whitey in the background.)

And another. This one is the least "developed" of them. I like this picture because I think her head looks so tiny with her oversized beard. Silly, huh?

I'm crazy about these little birds! They are so very sweet. When I come out the back door, they all take flight across their pen so they can meet me at the gate. It's the cutest thing ever!


Thanks a million CityGirl! (And I promise to take some updated pictures this weekend. They are growing and changing every day.)

 

[HBuehler]

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I have a bunch of eggs from LittleAmeraucanaMom in the bator for hatching next week..If you want something that little and I have a splash roo in there he'll be looking for a new address.Sam doesn't need any help in the roo department.Sam I am Do you like Green eggs and ham? So what do you suppose the new bantams will be named!!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Thanks, Lauralou! Your broody did an excellent job! I love that picture of Sugar and the herd of babies.

Blackjack and Uncle Whitey are fabulous. You know my fondness for splash, so I would never be able to resist Uncle Whitey. That face is adorable!!! I can't wait to see what Blackjack looks like as he fills out. Horatio, his daddy is a good size rooster. Your girls are looking really nice too. I hope that dark blue is a girl. I do love the darker blues with all the lacing. Very pretty!

Thanks to you for being an awesome test hatcher this summer. I love knowing a little bit of my farmlet is there with you.

Thanks for posting the pictures. I love seeing the babies as they develop! Nothing cuter than ameraucana babies with those cheeks.

 

[NellaBean]

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I have a bunch of eggs from LittleAmeraucanaMom in the bator for hatching next week..If you want something that little and I have a splash roo in there he'll be looking for a new address.Sam doesn't need any help in the roo department.Sam I am Do you like Green eggs and ham? So what do you suppose the new bantams will be named!!

That would be fine.....I probably won't breed anything until Spring and he would be ready and raring to go by then LOL.

I am going to enjoy a baby chick-free winter! Well, I would if these darn hens would stop. going. broody.....sigh......

 

[Hens and Roos]

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HA! He is very dark and brooding (as opposed to broody!). The Ameraucanas all have Shakespeare names. The hard part is that the Bard wrote in more male names than female names. Sigh.

you can always do what my youngest DS(5) did when naming puppies we were fostering earlier this year. He named the biggest boy-Chunk-Chunk and decided that the biggest girl needed to be named-Chunkalina! The family that adopted her kept the name!

 

[Louieandthecrew]

Can I post pics of my EE cross???

He is a Delaware/Easter Egger cross