Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Hennypen]

What color tail should a wheaten female have? This hen is nearly all cream with very very minimal black. You can see a little shading to the sides but for the most part she has very little black anywhere on her body. What kind of tail color will she throw to her chicks? clear tailed chicks or too much color?

 

[Tailfeathers]

HennyPen, the Wheaten female's tail should be black and they should have black in the wing primaries as well. Having said that, I've not seen a LF Wheaten pullet or hen yet that has great wings or tails. My best birds had about 50% black in their tails and getting better color in the tails and wings is one of my top priorities. It has been for some time now. Still, it's not where it should be - but it's better than what it's been in the past.

God Bless,

 

[Tailfeathers]

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God Bless,

 

[enggass]

Cool. I look forward to this. Are you going to document all of your different breeds?
Steve

 

[Tailfeathers]

By "document", if you mean photo document and do the same for each of the four breeds, the answer is "Yes". At least that is my plan. Obviously, for the WBS Ameraucanas, Barnies, and Buckeyes, I won't be able to initially distinguish between the males and females.

God Bless,

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

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If you don't mind, what brand of camera did you end up getting? Right now I have a EOS Canon RebelXT. One day would like to upgrade.
Thanks,
Chris

 

[Hennypen]

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Thanks for the info. It's unfortunate as this peachy color is very beautiful.

But thankfully she was already on my 'to be placed into a laying home' list and won't be used for breeding. All of my other hens have black on their wings and tails.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Thanks for the info. It's unfortunate as this peachy color is very beautiful.

But thankfully she was already on my 'to be placed into a laying home' list and won't be used for breeding. All of my other hens have black on their wings and tails.

I wouldn't necessarily cull her from the breeding pen for less- than- perfect tail color. She might have other qualities worth passing on

 

[Josie360]

Is she possibly blue wheaten?

 

[Hennypen]

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Could be, but I dont' think so. She does have a little black on her wings. You can barely see the black in her wing at the top of the picture. And that's definitely black.. not blue.