Chicken5555
Songster
three questions....
(1) My BBS Ameraucana hatchlings are a week old now. Most of them have yellow, willow or green looking feet and/or legs. At what age should I consider them unusable for my breeding program? It is a major disappointment because the breeder is listed on the Ameraucana Breeder's Club and my husband bought them for me as a surprise. They're the first chicks I've ever hatched too. Oh, well. Tell it to me how it is so I can make the best choice possible for the breed. Thanks.
(2) One chick has a dark comb. The darkest gypsy faced 1/2 Ameraucana pullet I have hatched with a yellow comb and hers is now black. Should this be considered a fault on my Ameraucana chick? Thanks.
(3) how much patterning is too much patterning on a blue hatchling's head? Should there be light patches on the chick's head? three of them have it.






(1) My BBS Ameraucana hatchlings are a week old now. Most of them have yellow, willow or green looking feet and/or legs. At what age should I consider them unusable for my breeding program? It is a major disappointment because the breeder is listed on the Ameraucana Breeder's Club and my husband bought them for me as a surprise. They're the first chicks I've ever hatched too. Oh, well. Tell it to me how it is so I can make the best choice possible for the breed. Thanks.
(2) One chick has a dark comb. The darkest gypsy faced 1/2 Ameraucana pullet I have hatched with a yellow comb and hers is now black. Should this be considered a fault on my Ameraucana chick? Thanks.
(3) how much patterning is too much patterning on a blue hatchling's head? Should there be light patches on the chick's head? three of them have it.
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