Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[dak]

pips&peeps :

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That brings a question to mind Jean (or anyone else who would like to comment) Out of the Lavender Split chicks I hatched from your eggs, besides the two Lavender chicks, I have one all black and one that has black and white down. Feathers on both are coming in black except for the one that is black and white and that has one white feather on the outer wing. Would the black and white chick be more likely to carry a heavier dose of the Lavender genes? Sounds like maybe those two black chicks should go in with my EES or is there any advantage to breeding them back to the Lavenders?

Since I'm still learning, information and suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!!

No, it's a typical black pattern. They usually hatch with white on their bodies and have juvenile primary wing feathers that are white.​

Jean, I have to tell you that one of the black cockerels from your LS x LS eggs is the largest, widest cockerel I have. The other one we discussed is going to a home to make olive eggers. Now I have to test breed him to figure out if he carries Lav. Clare

 

[donnie]

jean the whites are doing good , can you tell me about the other two birds i posted pics of im sure the hen isnt prue since the coloring is different , but the roo isnt his coloring off as well

 

[chickee]

Thanks Jean for the info on the black and white chick

I'm pretty sure the chick I emailed you about is a Blue Wheaten pullet

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

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Dear Happy Mountain:
Here's a close up of a Blue Wheaton Roo's Feathers

is that what you were looking for? Hope it helps you

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Dear Happy Mountain:
Here's a close up of a Blue Wheaton Roo's Feathers
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/62389_oct_2010_chick_picnik_023.jpg
is that what you were looking for? Hope it helps you

No- my bantam blue roo (not blue wheaten) is leaking silver in the hackles. He's supposed to be solid, but doesn't really matter- he's the only bantam I have so he's just an EE maker.
Nice pic though! Geez I need a new camera so bad!

 

[chicken stalker]

I just put up some LF wheaten/blue wheaten test eggs on BST.

 

[Illia]

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What about lavender wheaten, huh? huh? HUH?

Seriously I wish your F1's could breed true with Brown-Reds - That cockerel was just gooorgeous.

 

[TK Poultry]

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did you feel them? I have a pullet that looked almost idenical to what you have on your little guy. I asked kswaterfowl about it and he said that it was something to do with a birchen gene. BUT upon closer inspection I was feeling the feathers in question and they had these shafts on the but not the ones you would find when they are growing new feathers its like a coating over the feather so far no babies had this but with no rooster I can't keep hatching but is this similar or did I miss the mark with this response?

 

[TK Poultry]

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I have 5 black, 1 blue and 1 splash. I'm definitely interested in this theory! What age do you look and what specifically are you looking for?

There is also a theory that if you flip them upside down the cockerels will just hang there and the pullets will go nuts and try to fly back up. There is alos a theory that if you tie a nail to a string and hold it above their head and the nail swings around their head their a girl and if the nail swings back and forth its a boy.

 

[Organics North]

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I am sorry that is really funny,...and that is coming from an "alternative" thinking person...

How about simple weight, cockerels stand taller and start putting on more weight. IMO 9 out of 10 times that is correct.. Combine that with pointy long hackle feathers, more sparing, the comb thing.. and you have identified 80% of the cockerels at 8 or 9 weeks..

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Gosh is that funny.. I am still laughing...