Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Goose and Fig]

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How old are they? It best to wait until they are 3-4 weeks at least for wheatens. Younger than that, and females and males can have the same amount of color.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Pink-
I don't know diddly about shipping either. I conversed with Harry via email, and it looks like I could use the small lav girls- at least a couple.

 

[Imagesoart]

One month old today.

 

[pinkchick]

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That's cool......did he mention any possible negative effects of the blue and lav when crossed?

LoL! I didn't know these girls would be such a hot item......PM's are on fire. Makes me wish I had 20 of them. I only have 5 and one cockeral in the freezer pen that was never going to be bred because he came out with a single comb. I had a peacombed and very nice cockerel until a couple of months ago when he took a tumble while running down a little hill to hurry up and get some treats and just as I turned my head to watch them all come running, I saw him do a complete 360 head over butt roll. He got back up immediately and ran into the coop run, picked up a piece of apple and spit it back out and walked over to a corner of the run and sat down and started breathing funny. I went over and picked him up and within 1 minute he had what I though to be a seizure of some sort and his head went limp and that was that. After talking with some of my BYC buddies we determined that he had a heart attack, I cried for days, he was such a lover and so friendly.

This is him, this photo was taken earlier the same day he died.

This is the other one that I have that due to the single comb, it's just something I don't want to take the time to work with.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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That's cool......did he mention any possible negative effects of the blue and lav when crossed?

LoL! I didn't know these girls would be such a hot item......PM's are on fire. Makes me wish I had 20 of them. I only have 5 and one cockeral in the freezer pen that was never going to be bred because he came out with a single comb. I had a peacombed and very nice cockerel until a couple of months ago when he took a tumble while running down a little hill to hurry up and get some treats and just as I turned my head to watch them all come running, I saw him do a complete 360 head over butt roll. He got back up immediately and ran into the coop run, picked up a piece of apple and spit it back out and walked over to a corner of the run and sat down and started breathing funny. I went over and picked him up and within 1 minute he had what I though to be a seizure of some sort and his head went limp and that was that. After talking with some of my BYC buddies we determined that he had a heart attack, I cried for days, he was such a lover and so friendly.

This is him, this photo was taken earlier the same day he died.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/11170_imgp9362.jpg

This is the other one that I have that due to the single comb, it's just something I don't want to take the time to work with.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/11170_imgp9943.jpg

Awwww! Sorry you lost that guy. The single combed one is a cutie- very d'uccle-ish except for the clean legs. If you find local people to buy them don't worry about me. Otherwise- if you can figure out the costs I'd take 2 or 3 of them.

 

[cottagegarden]

This is him, this photo was taken earlier the same day he died.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/11170_imgp9362.jpg

I am so sorry, he was a good looking boy and sounds like he had the personality that would have made him a keeper no matter what!!​

 

[jerryse]

Regarding shipping.You need to be NPIP or have the birds blood tested by a tester as for sale birds.Send a copy with the birds.You will need a approved box that you can purchase.You need to contact your local P.O. to see if you can ship live birds there or if you have to go to a big city P.O. My local P.O. accepts lives.Next you need to get a weight and use the postal calculator online or take it to the P.O. and have it weighed.They must go express.I recieved 2 birds from Mi. for $70 something and 4 from Ca. for around $80. By the time you add the cost of a box you will be pushing $90.00 to $100.It is not cheap to ship adult birds or well started ones. Jerry

 

[Imagesoart]

OK here they are:

Chick one:

 

[Imagesoart]

Chick two:

 

[Imagesoart]

Chick three: