Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Goose and Fig]

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There would have to be a lav hen as well to get lavs on the first try. That being said- the one on the right looks like a possibility. Cute!

Sorry about your little one, Ivywoods!

I have Meredith eggs on lockdown, and well as some from Paradisefound (Meredith lines) and a few Gabbard that survived shipping

I needed some Blehm in my wheatens. Out of 48 shipped eggs, 28 made it to lockdown with a few ?? in there. All of my control eggs made it. After the past several weeks of buying eggs, I am even more convinced on how geographically disadvantaged we are.

 

[just2rosey]

Thanks Happymtn,
Well, I just got a bit of a surprise, looks like I bought lavs and didn't know it.

I did email the breeder and asked if I could have gotten some lavs, and I will copy his reply.

"Yes, they are. The roo is a Splash, and the hens are blue and black. However, they all came from Lavender Split stock, so they all carry a Lavender gene. I was told by the breeders (I bought the roo from a different breeder than the hens) that there was a possiblity of 20% to 25% Lavender hatch rate. However, I have been experiencing higher than that. My first hatch was about 20% Lavender. My last couple have been about 40% Lavender. "

These eggs traveled all the way across the country, I have 2 chicks out of 6 eggs, and at least one, maybe both are lavender. What are the odds. I now need to study up on the lav genetics. I didn't think people were using blue and splash with lavenders, I thought it was just black and lavender. I have pure blacks in the incubator now and 4 blue black splash that are 3 wks old, in the brooder. I wanted simple breeding/genetics because these are for my daughters 4-h project, thing just got a bit more complicated. Any advice on how to proceed? Thanks.

 

[dak]

This sort of thing is inevitable as more and more splits are being produced, even if split to black. I am hoping some responsible breeders will find out exactly how big a deal it is to incorporate blue into the lavender mix. It has been suggested to me that Lavs carrying blue may have less of the ticking/fretting/barring, whatever you chose to call it.

Just2rosey, I would like to see pictures of these chicks as they mature if they are indeed Lavs. With a splash roo, they carry at least one copy blue. Do you know from whom your breeder obtained his birds?

 

[rhs7111]

I apologize in advance if mine is an ignorant question...surely it is a uneducated one!

It's been written on this site, in a discussion about EEs, that EE feather coloring has nothing to do with the blueness of the egg. In my admittedly limited experience, my silvery EE hens (who closely resemble Ameraucana silvers, but of course are not) have been the ones to lay the blue eggs (not blue-green, but real blue).
My experience is, again, limited and my hens' feather/egg color relationship could be sheer coincidence. That said, I've also read that among the purebred Ameraucanas, the blue wheatens and wheatens tend to lay the bluest eggs. How, then, is feather color unrelated to egg color, particularly if EEs and Ameraucanas have some common genetic roots?
Thanks for helping me wrap my brain around this one!

I'm very interested in learning more...

 

[pips&peeps]

Your easter eggers that resemble silver ameraucanas are probably bred to brown leghorns. Brown leghorns do not carry the brown egg gene, so it would reduce the chance of getting green eggs quite a bit.

 

[rhs7111]

Ahhh, I see, thank you! Are there any other feathering colors/patterns in EEs that this might hold true for, i.e. unlikelihood for the brown egg gene and hence a greater likelihood for bluer eggs? Such as EEs who are solid white, white w/buff, splash, red/gold partridge patterned, black? Thanks again!

 

[pips&peeps]

It's really a gamble since the hatcheries breed for production and we don't really know what kind of crosses they do.

 

[rhs7111]

I understand....then, there isn't any physical evidence of a breeding to a brown leghorn...such as lack of, or inclusion of, a particular feather coloring? Is it possible for a dark partridge EE hen to have brown leghorn in her, and hence be missing the brown egg gene?

 

[chickee]

Here are some pictures of the chicks I just hatched from Jean and Wayne Meredith's eggs. I got some interesting color variations in the Buffs. I did get a few absolutely gorgeous apricot colored chicks from each breeder. There is an especially stunning apricot chick from Jean's eggs that catches my eye every time I look at the 18 chicks! I am guessing it will turn out to be a rooster, which will be great

And I just put 27 eggs from Shaffer's lavenders in the incubator today! Plus, I'm expecting a shipment of 20 W/BW chicks from Paul Smith any day now! Boy am I having fun!!

Wheaten/Blue Wheaten from Jean's eggs

Buffs from Jean's eggs

Buffs from Wayne Meredith's eggs~ Some unusual colors like this silver colored chick

Another picture of Wayne Meredith's Buff chicks

 

[Illia]

Seeing all these Buff varieties in chicks just fascinates me. . . .

Now if only my Buff cockerel would actually breed someone, anyone, . . . .