Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Thank you so much for answering that, I understand completely now

One more thing, I ordered some Ameraucana eggs out of a Blue (roo) on black and black lavender split (hens) will I be able to tell the difference in the chicks? Black from black split or blue from lavender?
If you can shoot some example color pictures I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL!!!! I raise B/B/S so am familiar with those.

You won't have any visually lavender chicks unless the blue roo happened to be a split also, and there's no telling between black and black/lav splits either. If you have pure blacks and splits, the only way to tell is to test-mate them with a pure lavender and see what color chicks you get. Which is why I don't breed splits to splits, and all the splits I do have are clearly marked, either with toe-punching or multiple leg bands so I know who's who. IF the person you are getting eggs from happens to know who's eggs are who's and marks them, hatch them seperately in some way (in a mesh bag like the mesh produce bags works great, or in some kind of basket) then you'll know splits from others, and can toe punch, etc...

 

[PeasChisGuis]

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One more thing, I ordered some Ameraucana eggs out of a Blue (roo) on black and black lavender split (hens) will I be able to tell the difference in the chicks? Black from black split or blue from lavender?
If you can shoot some example color pictures I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL!!!! I raise B/B/S so am familiar with those.

You won't have any visually lavender chicks unless the blue roo happened to be a split also, and there's no telling between black and black/lav splits either. If you have pure blacks and splits, the only way to tell is to test-mate them with a pure lavender and see what color chicks you get. Which is why I don't breed splits to splits, and all the splits I do have are clearly marked, either with toe-punching or multiple leg bands so I know who's who. IF the person you are getting eggs from happens to know who's eggs are who's and marks them, hatch them seperately in some way (in a mesh bag like the mesh produce bags works great, or in some kind of basket) then you'll know splits from others, and can toe punch, etc...

Darn, she just marked the pen they came out of and the rooster is a true blue not a split. So will my chicks from those eggs be black, black/lav, blue, blue/lav?
So I just need to keep this pen of chickens separate until I know by hatching their chicks....right? Sorry to keep on but am trying to understand this completely.

Here is the description she had:
6 Ameraucana Hatching Eggs. This is from our pen of Blue Rooster on Black Split Lavender Hens, Black Ameraucana Hens. So you should get blues, blacks or lavender chicks. We have had some chicks hatch and at 6 weeks old, some are looking self blue as well. This strain of birds are from Paul Smith and Jean Ribbeck. We have had Paul Smith's birds since 2003. We won with a black ameraucana rooster in Shawnee Ok in December. I am getting beautiful blue colored eggs. And a blue green colored egg once in a while. We are NPIP tested 43-551. We are getting good hatch rates here. And we are willing to pass on our good birds to others that enjoy them too. These would make good show birds or great yard birds. They have a great disposition. I tried to upload a picture and it was having server problems. I can email them to you. Hopefully when I relist they will be able to be there. Sorry for the inconvenience on the part of the picture.

 

[pips&peeps]

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You won't have any visually lavender chicks unless the blue roo happened to be a split also, and there's no telling between black and black/lav splits either. If you have pure blacks and splits, the only way to tell is to test-mate them with a pure lavender and see what color chicks you get. Which is why I don't breed splits to splits, and all the splits I do have are clearly marked, either with toe-punching or multiple leg bands so I know who's who. IF the person you are getting eggs from happens to know who's eggs are who's and marks them, hatch them seperately in some way (in a mesh bag like the mesh produce bags works great, or in some kind of basket) then you'll know splits from others, and can toe punch, etc...

Darn, she just marked the pen they came out of and the rooster is a true blue not a split. So will my chicks from those eggs be black, black/lav, blue, blue/lav?
So I just need to keep this pen of chickens separate until I know by hatching their chicks....right? Sorry to keep on but am trying to understand this completely.

Here is the description she had:
6 Ameraucana Hatching Eggs. This is from our pen of Blue Rooster on Black Split Lavender Hens, Black Ameraucana Hens. So you should get blues, blacks or lavender chicks. We have had some chicks hatch and at 6 weeks old, some are looking self blue as well. This strain of birds are from Paul Smith and Jean Ribbeck. We have had Paul Smith's birds since 2003. We won with a black ameraucana rooster in Shawnee Ok in December. I am getting beautiful blue colored eggs. And a blue green colored egg once in a while. We are NPIP tested 43-551. We are getting good hatch rates here. And we are willing to pass on our good birds to others that enjoy them too. These would make good show birds or great yard birds. They have a great disposition. I tried to upload a picture and it was having server problems. I can email them to you. Hopefully when I relist they will be able to be there. Sorry for the inconvenience on the part of the picture.

You will not get any visual lavs from that crossing. In fact only 25% of the chicks will carry the lavender gene and there is no way to tell which chicks those would be since it is a recessive gene. I would not breed them together myself. I would try to get a lavender cockerel/cock bird or a known split lavender bird to breed to the hens. And I would get some regular BBS to breed the blue cock bird to.

 

[pips&peeps]

chicks&kids :

We had 18 of 20 of our Crystal Creek Lav split eggs hatch.

I think my acquisition of Lavenders this Spring can officially be labeled as "Excessive"

Oh but we will be so set next Spring!


Just wondering, are the silvers naturally more flighty?

That is awesome!!!! I think somebody at the USPS violently shook my box.

Cindy is sending me more today!!! I hope I can get a good hatch too; if those poopies employed by USPS don't manhandle them again.


The last ameraucana eggs I purchased were from Harry Shaffer and I got 11 out of 14, which is the best hatch I've had on shipped eggs.



The silvers are naturally more flighty, if you raise them in smaller numbers or groups they can be just as tame as the buffs or wheatens.​

 

[PeasChisGuis]

Thank you Jean,
That is exactly what I needed to know and who better

I raise B/B/S so have that covered and will just have to try and come up with a Lavender cockerel for the split pen then.

I got these eggs before I completely understood and was just really wanting to get a new blue or black cockerel for my b/b/s hens.
Now I've opened a whole new can of worms....lol.

 

[chikincrazee]

HI my son and I have just started our Ameraucana flock...we have a black LF hen who went AOSB at a show in Iowa last year but her rooster mate died so i found a blue for her...I have 6 teenagers and our blue cockerel just started showing some brown feathers...I am so down about it as he is going to be a large boy with big muffs and beard and he is also very friendly guess i will have to hope someone wants an easter egger rooster....have been admiring the many photos here of the birds ....have 20 eggs in the bator from Wayne Meredith so will have some more babies to grow out and I am waiting on an order of LF black chicks from John Blehm...

 

[pips&peeps]

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The brown feathers could be from sun damage. Do you have some photos?

 

[chikincrazee]

I wish it was sun damage but he's never out in the sun .....it's just my luck I have a gorgeous splash silkie pullet and she got brown leakage too ......oh well just keep my fingers crossed that the black boy grows up with no leakage so far so good....

 

[jeremy]

Why are the Silvers naturally more flighty?

 

[pips&peeps]

leghorn blood