Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[chicknadventure]

I heard that you can get it on the kindle? So this is the new standards book from the APA?

 

[MyTDogs]

I just hatched my first chicks this past weekend from shipped eggs. They were advertised as BBS? These are my first Ameraucanas and so i'm not sure what to expect. What can you tell me about the babies? Can you say for sure what color they'll be based on their chick fuzz?

Also one of the chicks was born with feathered shanks...is this unusual?

I am guessing I have 2 males & 2 females based on coloring, wing tip feathers and behavior.

Here's the feathered shank...girl? Blue?


Here is the whole crew...black cockerel on the left, blue? or blue splash? cockerel in the center, 2 blue pullets on right- the feathered shank bird is lying down.


Here is the darkest one...I think he is a he because of the eyebrows/light color on the face & even wing tip feathers. Does he look like he will be black?


TIA for any info!

 

[2seth2]

looks like 1 blue and 3 blacks and you can not tell age this young

 

[DMRippy]

I just hatched my first chicks this past weekend from shipped eggs. They were advertised as BBS? These are my first Ameraucanas and so i'm not sure what to expect. What can you tell me about the babies? Can you say for sure what color they'll be based on their chick fuzz?

Also one of the chicks was born with feathered shanks...is this unusual?

I am guessing I have 2 males & 2 females based on coloring, wing tip feathers and behavior.

Here's the feathered shank...girl? Blue?


Here is the whole crew...black cockerel on the left, blue? or blue splash? cockerel in the center, 2 blue pullets on right- the feathered shank bird is lying down.


Here is the darkest one...I think he is a he because of the eyebrows/light color on the face & even wing tip feathers. Does he look like he will be black?


TIA for any info!

I can't tell what color they are from the pics... you don't have a splash, I can tell that. But the pics are making them look about the same except the blue one in the middle. They should NOT have feathered legs.

 

[dfdesigns]

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Here is the whole crew...black cockerel on the left, blue? or blue splash? cockerel in the center,
2 blue pullets on right- the feathered shank bird is lying down.

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I also see one blue and three blacks.... sometimes the black's baby feathers almost look blue, but wait until their new feathers start coming in. I'm not sure what's up with the blue's feathered legs, but that's not good. (If you just want them for eggs, it doesn't really matter.) I would definitely let the breeder know that you have a chick with feathered legs.

I have a bunch of Black Ameraucanas that are almost four weeks now, and I still don't have clue about sex. The B/B/S variety can be so frustrating as they take forever to let you know what they are!

 

[heatherscooby77]

I my experience 12 weeks you will get a real good idea what's going on with the beard muffs. The hens usually get theirs first. They look like vultures for quite a long time. That is my least favorite faze. So no, you have to wait. It is very hard to do, I know from experience!!!!!

I'd love to know this too. I have three Ameraucanas [6-8 wks old]. Two blue and one splash. The lighter blue is getting her muff and beard feathers and is gorgeous. The other two are younger and still have fuzz on their cheeks [gorgeous tho too!]. The splash's muff fuzz sticks out quite a bit but the other darker blue's muff fuzz doesn't really stick out much [yet?].

Is there anyway to tell the amount of beards and muffs in young chicks?

 

[heatherscooby77]

I am going to order mine this week, I am very excited to have my own, instead of the library.

Oh.. just found one more tidbit!

On the scale of points, eyes are worth a total of 4 points out of 100. They can get up to 2 points for shape and 2 points for color.

I am loving my new book!

 

[heatherscooby77]

It does look like 3 blacks and a blue, at least right now. There is no way to sex them on appearance. They will have you guessing for months!!!!! The blue should not be used for breeding. You want to improve, not introduce faults/DQ's.

I just hatched my first chicks this past weekend from shipped eggs. They were advertised as BBS? These are my first Ameraucanas and so i'm not sure what to expect. What can you tell me about the babies? Can you say for sure what color they'll be based on their chick fuzz?

Also one of the chicks was born with feathered shanks...is this unusual?

I am guessing I have 2 males & 2 females based on coloring, wing tip feathers and behavior.

Here's the feathered shank...girl? Blue?


Here is the whole crew...black cockerel on the left, blue? or blue splash? cockerel in the center, 2 blue pullets on right- the feathered shank bird is lying down.


Here is the darkest one...I think he is a he because of the eyebrows/light color on the face & even wing tip feathers. Does he look like he will be black?


TIA for any info!

 

[Basel]

I my experience 12 weeks you will get a real good idea what's going on with the beard muffs. The hens usually get theirs first. They look like vultures for quite a long time. That is my least favorite faze. So no, you have to wait. It is very hard to do, I know from experience!!!!!

Thanks Heather. I guess it was a silly question in part seeing that they came from a breeder who shows continuously, so her lines of course have good muffs and beards [since the absence is a DQ'ing fault]. I was curious though about what you can tell with the chicks.

Waiting is less hard with these gorgeous Ameraucanas compared to the silkies! They're the true teenage vultures, LOL.

Here's a picture of my darker love bug. Don't you think she's adorable??

 

[chicknadventure]

i love your new babies! I would go ahead and cull (sell or give away) the feathered one as an EE. no reason to keep feeding it You have some real lovelies there.