Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Roosterfry]

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I'm really linking these lavender ameraucanas.... I need to build more coops! Lol...

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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He really is an impressive fellow

Good luck with your hatch. Can't wait to see pictures!!!!

 

[admhotel]

Got my first Silver Amer. egg today

Nice blue color. The other eggs are from olive eggers that hatched at the same time and a Jumbo maran egg that we got today.
It is really hard to capture the true color of them.

 

[jeremy]

Those olive eggs look almost purpley-mauve colored in the picture. Pretty! Congrats on your Silver egg!

 

[SD_Paulo]

Cool assortment of colored eggs!

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

This is Amelia. My first and only Ameracauna. I got her from a fellow AZ BYCer. (Amelia is from Wayne Meredith hatching eggs)

1st day home (July 19, 2011)with her 2 sisters. Iris (lavender orpington-from hinkjc) and Francesca ( glw from bawg_bear)

August 22, 2011

Nov. 25, 2011...She just squatted for the 1st time on Nov. 28th!!!

 

[Christie Rhae]

OK I can't stand it. I gotta post some pics of my chicks. I just love this little group so much

In this little "family" I have one blue wheaten pullet (4 1/2 months old), one solid blue marans (4 months), two black Am cockerels and one black Am pullet. They are so sweet, get along so well. I dread the day when I have to break them up to go to their own pens with their own kind.
The wheaten pullet is my very first egg that ever hatched. She is absolutely darling.

Closer pic of Igor (marans) and Spike (Am)

Spike again.. can't help it he is so cute.. lol

And this chick is from a different batch. 2 1/2 months old. Splash cockerel?

I could keep going... feel like a gramma showing off baby pics. lol I am just so happy with my hatching results this past summer!

 

[flower]

Congrats you did well. Love the blue M man. Don't forget to post when they are all grown up.

 

[Gerry2011]

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Oh. My. God. That is one gorgeous bird

I have a March hatched lav hen that I is looking to be be really nice, but I'm wondering when on earth do Am start laying??

 

[CRYSTALCREEK]

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Oh. My. God. That is one gorgeous bird

I have a March hatched lav hen that I is looking to be be really nice, but I'm wondering when on earth do Am start laying??

Thanks! I like him pretty well!

To answer your question....She may wait til spring now if she hasn't started laying already since the onset of shorter days with winter is upon us. You can try putting her under lights, but it's probably not worth it for just a few birds. Usually 6-10 months, with 8-9 being pretty common, but shorter days messes them up if it coincides with the start of lay.