Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[greenfamilyfarms]

Here are our first Ameraucanas from peachick - 1 Blue Wheaten Cockerel and 1 Wheaten Pullet.

 

[hcammack]

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Very pretty

 

[Noncentzter]

I got my BW rooster (Yancy) from Jean back in June. I have a mixed flock and he's the lead roo. Last week I started letting them free range for a few hours after I got home from work while I'm taking care of the feed and water. Monday night while I was just watching them after taking care of things I could hear a plane in the background and didn't think anything of it until I heard Yancy make a couple of sounds and ALL the girls ran into the coop and were on guard and quiet. I believe he saw the plane and thought "predator" and was making sure his girls were taken care of. I was very proud of him!

Back in June when I picked up Yancy I also got two girls, Yondola and Yoncala, and I've gotten two blue eggs from one of them!

john

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Awesome! Pics? Some of us are still waiting (mine are almost 25 weeks old).

 

[SteveH]

Are Ameraucana roos often seasonal breeders ? I recently purchased a one year old white Ameracana roo [ pictured with cropped wings in with the SS , GLW , and CX pullets ]

to cross with my CX and the the others also . Both he and my splash cockeral seem scared to death of the pullets . I threw a CX cockeral in with the CX pullets , who are laying now , and they are very receptive . So now I'll see if the CX got them fertile and then have to wait to see if I can get a cross in a few weeks .

 

[wolftracks]

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Awesome! Pics? Some of us are still waiting (mine are almost 25 weeks old).

Sunny my little Bonnie is getting redder in the comb. Wish us luck lady!

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Since I sold my older (agressive) wheaten roo, my 1+ yr old SW and 6 mo old wheaten roo might as well be hens. I have not seen them try to breed the girls once. I was hoping they would "step up" once he was out of the picture

I still have everybody running together because of the chaos the summer heat caused, and the wellie roo has taken over as big man on campus. I don't understand it either- they are free ranging on 2 acres (sometimes more)- so you'd think more than one roo would be able to cover 50+ hens/pullets.

It must just be the individual personalities of the roos.

Oh well- at least I don't have to worry about not having any OEs anymore. Seems this wellie is throwing about 75% pullets, as opposed to his brother where I was getting the opposite.

 

[chicken stalker]

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Since I sold my older (agressive) wheaten roo, my 1+ yr old SW and 6 mo old wheaten roo might as well be hens. I have not seen them try to breed the girls once. I was hoping they would "step up" once he was out of the picture

I still have everybody running together because of the chaos the summer heat caused, and the wellie roo has taken over as big man on campus. I don't understand it either- they are free ranging on 2 acres (sometimes more)- so you'd think more than one roo would be able to cover 50+ hens/pullets.

It must just be the individual personalities of the roos.

Oh well- at least I don't have to worry about not having any OEs anymore. Seems this wellie is throwing about 75% pullets, as opposed to his brother where I was getting the opposite.

Unlike humans the hens determine the gender of the chicks.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Ahh- then it must be one of my wellie girls that was throwing all those boys. I swear on the welsummer thread they told me it was the roo. Well- only had a broody hatch out one wellie (girl) since spring. All the rest are OEs (wellie x EE or ameraucana). Surprised at how big the babies are- they're on track to out-weigh the parents by 4 months.

Hybrid vigor I guess.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Figured I'd post some pics of Groovy Man. I'm between cameras since I got caught in the rain so I had to use my 9yr old daughter's. It's a piece of crap.