Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Illia]

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Do you have an SOP book handy? That will give you an idea. They should be as said previously, smaller than Rocks and Sussex but larger than Mediterranean breeds. They should have a nicely tucked, slightly tight rear and wings but not too tight. The back, head, legs should be medium in length, tail should be a normal 45 degree angle carriage and not pinched, the back on to the tail should sweep pretty generously to the tail.

They're not like American breeds, that's for sure. The body shouldn't be rectangular in appearance, and the tail should be more prominent than them.


Now, this is comparing to Rocks, Sussex, etc that actually conform to the standard

 

[just2rosey]

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Do you have an SOP book handy? That will give you an idea. They should be as said previously, smaller than Rocks and Sussex but larger than Mediterranean breeds. They should have a nicely tucked, slightly tight rear and wings but not too tight. The back, head, legs should be medium in length, tail should be a normal 45 degree angle carriage and not pinched, the back on to the tail should sweep pretty generously to the tail.

They're not like American breeds, that's for sure. The body shouldn't be rectangular in appearance, and the tail should be more prominent than them.


Now, this is comparing to Rocks, Sussex, etc that actually conform to the standard

I am not sure I have anything to standard.

I bought the SOP in paper back,

but I messed up and got a reprint of an old version before Ameraucanas had been developed. I have one Sussex hen, who has a nice big body and is wider than my other chickens, and I was looking at picks of cooked birds of various breeds, and the Rocks looked like I wanted my Ameraucanas to. My birds looked huge with feathers, I really thought they would be bigger.

So I am trying to decide where to go from here. Thanks for the info! Lisa

 

[OSUman]

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Do you have an SOP book handy? That will give you an idea. They should be as said previously, smaller than Rocks and Sussex but larger than Mediterranean breeds. They should have a nicely tucked, slightly tight rear and wings but not too tight. The back, head, legs should be medium in length, tail should be a normal 45 degree angle carriage and not pinched, the back on to the tail should sweep pretty generously to the tail.

They're not like American breeds, that's for sure. The body shouldn't be rectangular in appearance, and the tail should be more prominent than them.


Now, this is comparing to Rocks, Sussex, etc that actually conform to the standard

I am not sure I have anything to standard.

I bought the SOP in paper back,

but I messed up and got a reprint of an old version before Ameraucanas had been developed. I have one Sussex hen, who has a nice big body and is wider than my other chickens, and I was looking at picks of cooked birds of various breeds, and the Rocks looked like I wanted my Ameraucanas to. My birds looked huge with feathers, I really thought they would be bigger.

So I am trying to decide where to go from here. Thanks for the info! Lisa

Yea dont buy the standard off amazon. If you could you should go to the APA site and buy the standard directly from them http://amerpoultryassn.com/ .

 

[flower]

My white Ameraucana pullets are six months with a DOB may 1 st and one has layed her first blue egg. Horray

I would say that they are taller than Wyandotte but more slender. My blue Marans is taller and heavier. So in general Ams are medium size chickens. The Sop has the desired weight ?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Cock - 6.5 lbs, cockerel - 5.5 lbs, Hen 5.5 lbs, pullet - 4.5 lbs

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Beautiful pics! You should have painted her toenails pink to match her comb/face.

Lisa

Oh! That would have been absolutely STUNNING! Maybe with a little diamond anklet.....just for a little bling!

 

[CRYSTALCREEK]

I have some lavender and split lavender chicks due to hatch this coming weekend for anyone close to HOUSTON who wants to come pick up. I don't have any shipping boxes and there won't be enough to ship, probably anyway. I have 11 eggs developing. PM if interested.

I'm getting my three breeding pens lined out and these eggs were gathered during the transition between males. All the males are lavender, so every chick carries the lavender gene. All black chicks will be "splits".

Here are some photos of my birds. All of these photos are of my birds, taken by me. If you see them elsewhere, they were used without my permission.

I will be adding photos of all my new pullets soon. I have two nice split pullets out of Smith black hens and two nice cheeky split pullets out of Ribbeck split hens, as well as one of these in lav. And of course, I still have my two original Shaffer lav girls that are so nice. I have a nice young roo to put over the Smith splits that I'm pretty excited about. He has a better tail, better wingset, better comb, and better muff/beard than my original guy, although he is smaller. But the Smith girls are nice and big. And lay big eggs. Daily! I'm excited about this group!

Good luck to anyone venturing to crossroads!

 

[CRYSTALCREEK]

Karen that pullet is adorable! I'll be watching for your Vogue article!!!! Way to go on promoting the breed and lavenders in general!

 

[BuffyGRL]

Very nice birds CRYSTALCREEK. I desparately need to get my pens ready so that when spring gets here the girls can lay away.

Good Luck on the hatch

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Good to see you again Crystal.

I have 2 roosters I hatched from your eggs. One is a lighter lavender, and the other one is a deep lavender. Gorgeous boys! Sad thing is I don't have any hens for them.

~Aspen