Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Phage]

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Well hit me up for some when you have a broody!!

 

[pips&peeps]

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I would grow him out and see what he turns out like. He still has a lot of maturing to do. He could end up being a very clean blue wheaten with very little red leakage in the blue areas of the body.

 

[fowlman01]

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The eye color does not appear to be correct for any color AM. It should be reddish bay, but it could just be the way the pic is displaying on my monitor.

Walt

 

[dak]

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The eye color does not appear to be correct for any color AM. It should be reddish bay, but it could just be the way the pic is displaying on my monitor.

Walt

Is it safe to judge eye color in a 9 week old bird?

 

[Schroeder]

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Here are some photos. The first one was taken yesterday, the others a week or two ago. Am I wrong to think the first photo shows a female on the left and a male on the right? The second photo has to be a male considering all the black. Correct? I am anxious to hear everyone's assessments.

 

[fowlman01]

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The eye color does not appear to be correct for any color AM. It should be reddish bay, but it could just be the way the pic is displaying on my monitor.

Walt

Is it safe to judge eye color in a 9 week old bird?

Usually, but not always. It can change.

Walt

 

[pips&peeps]

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The eye color does not appear to be correct for any color AM. It should be reddish bay, but it could just be the way the pic is displaying on my monitor.

Walt

Is it safe to judge eye color in a 9 week old bird?

No.

 

[Gonda]

I'm new to Ameraucanas and have only 2 chicks, 3 weeks old. I had three but one died this morning. I'm wondering if someone can help me sort out a few things.

First of all, I'm not sure what type I have here. I got the eggs from my local heritage bird breeder. I had 8 eggs, which she said were from Wheaten Ameraucanas. Only three hatched. The first one was very yellow and that is the one that died this morning. The other two have dark colouring.

The yellow one seemed a bit weak from the start, but seemed to rally and looked fine, until this morning, when it was suddenly inactive, and within an hour of the time I noticed it, which was on coming into the coop first thing this morning, it died. I had noticed at day one that it had a broad little face, which struck me as unusual. I'd never seen a chick with such a broad face. Altogether, this one looked different than the other two, in colouring, and in the broad face, and initially less active. So I'm wondering if it might have had a problem from day one. The breeder said the eggs might have been a bit too old, as she got them from her daughter and they might have been sitting too long, which is probably why only 5 hatched. We had checked the other eggs after a few days and there were no chicks inside the shells. They were supposed to have a good fertility rate.

So, one question I have is: was there perhaps something wrong with this chick from day one, or was the broad face not unusual for an Ameraucana?

And then, why would that one have been totally yellow and the other two a darker colouring? I understood they were from the same parents. I don't know much about colouring, as you can tell.


Any idea what type of Ameraucana chicks I have here? and any idea if they might be male or female? I've learned from experience that in other breeds, the chicks with dark heads tend to be male. Is that true of Ameraucanas? I'll post two pictures. Not the best shots, as they won't sit still for long.

 

[SteveH]

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Here are some photos. The first one was taken yesterday, the others a week or two ago. Am I wrong to think the first photo shows a female on the left and a male on the right? The second photo has to be a male considering all the black. Correct? I am anxious to hear everyone's assessments.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/dschroeder/IMGP3536.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/dschroeder/IMGP3441.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/dschroeder/IMGP3442.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/dschroeder/IMGP3447.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/dschroeder/IMGP3448.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h99/dschroeder/IMGP3454.jpg

Have you contacted the breeder? IMO either genotype was wrong in his wheaten line or there's been a pen jumping that occured.

 

[pips&peeps]

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The chicks do not have the correct down color pattern for any of the varieties of true ameraucana. I believe you got some easter eggers.