Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Phage]

You guys have made me love ameraucanas so much that I need more room for them.

So my gorgeous (Catdance ) white silkie roo needs to be rehomed, and the hens to go back to the coop. It has been fun with them. Before the roo is rehomed would any one who is regularly on here like some eggs? I am not getting that many eggs as I just have 2 hens but they lay well. Just PM me if you would like some and I will send them out (until he is rehomed).

 

[dldolan]

Aren't you a sweetheart for offering!! Too bad no broodies...I'd want to hit you up for a couple of exchequer leghorn eggs, too!!

And i'm just up north...

 

[BlueCamas]

Hi there, I'm totally new to this forum, and I was just wondering can you keep different colors of Americaunas together (with roos of course) and still come out with offspring that are uniform to one color? It's kinda a silly question, but I'd just thought I'd ask anyway

 

[dldolan]

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Hi Walt,
I am certainly a novice AM befriender, but being only a few minutes N of you, we share the easy winter climate. My AM's from a John Blehm day-old, March order (kids are 26 weeks now!) have never picked once. They have been blended with the adult group over the summer and I haven't seen any issues. All 15 birds have a 20 x15 foot all enclosed pen for days they don't get to free-range here in Alexander Valley (which is only once in a blue moon these days). I'm sure everyone has experienced the whole range of behaviors, but my experience with them has been very pleasant. I sat in the juvenile coop with them every day and let them listen to music with me, sit on my lap, etc, but haven't much since they entered the world of "adult" chickens. Was wondering if they remembered their socialization, so took a chair in with me today and...guess I didn't have to worry! They all tried to fly up at once...which didn't work out too well from my perspective!

Wanting up...

sisters aboard...

I think she actually started to help groom me to help with my bad hair day right after I snapped this...

Lap dude...

 

[Illia]

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No. In fact if you do already have different colors, chances are, they're Easter Eggers (mutts) and will give you Easter Eggers for offspring. Still very nice birds with colored eggs though.

ps - There's no I in Ameraucana.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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No. In fact if you do already have different colors, chances are, they're Easter Eggers (mutts) and will give you Easter Eggers for offspring. Still very nice birds with colored eggs though.

ps - There's no I in Ameraucana.

What Illia said- unless you are talking about blue, black , splash and lavender. They can all be bred together to make more of the same. Lavender and even white are sometimes bred to black to improve type and make "splits". Lavender isn't accepted yet, but should be soon.

 

[EweSheep]

I honestly have NO idea why some would pick more than others. That would be my guess. I do have a small set up and once I had 30 chickens at one time it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for that small set up of coop and run. Glad I butchered the lot of them after I sold a few.

I sure hope the Lavs will get accepted SOON!

 

[Schroeder]

I bought 15 wheatens from a quality breeder. I think 12 of 15 are roos (bummer) as most have a lot of black and darker golden brown coloration. Regardless, this 9-week old guy has me baffled. Do you suppose some recessive genes are showing or should I assume it is just a wheaten roo who is developing his own unique coloration?

 

[EweSheep]

Looks like a recessive blue color popping up. I would not use him for breeding pure Amer. but he would make some beautiful EE babies!

 

[Phage]

You could post pics of your" roos", especially the ones with darker golden brown coloration as some could well be hens.
I was positive that my only hen was a roo until posting it here and was told otherwise and suspect I have given away a bunch of hens by mistake thinking they were roos.

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