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[SarahParker]

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Where are you located? I might be interested.

I'm located in Hemet about 20 min from Temecula

 

[Sylvester017]

Thank you!
They are gentle gals! But shy around me but my favorite breed.. I sure hope so!

Well, hopefully whoever they go to will observe the minimum 30 day quarantine from the rest of their flock - that time can be spent getting them used to human handling, holding, petting, and eventually taking treats from the hand. Our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana (my avatar) were sweet but the pullets seem to be immature and it takes until they start laying to settle down. These are wonderful non-combative breeds and I just LOVE ours! Always alert and the first one to sound the barnyard alarm. When they see us they come running or flying as fast as they can to see what treat we have for them.

 

[SarahParker]

Well, hopefully whoever they go to will observe the minimum 30 day quarantine from the rest of their flock - that time can be spent getting them used to human handling, holding, petting, and eventually taking treats from the hand.  Our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana (my avatar) were sweet but the pullets seem to be immature and it takes until they start laying to settle down.  These are wonderful non-combative breeds and I just LOVE ours!  Always alert and the first one to sound the barnyard alarm.  When they see us they come running or flying as fast as they can to see what treat we have for them.

I agree I hope someone takes the time for these girls, to calm them and make them sweet happy chickies. Your blue wheaten is beautiful! I love her, I had a blue roo but he was on my girls too much and he was evil. He was the only Ameraucana that I had who would fly at the face and bite /:
They are alert which is great! They would alert me even when they would lay an egg. Very funny!

 

[Sylvester017]

I agree I hope someone takes the time for these girls, to calm them and make them sweet happy chickies. Your blue wheaten is beautiful! I love her, I had a blue roo but he was on my girls too much and he was evil. He was the only Ameraucana that I had who would fly at the face and bite /:
They are alert which is great! They would alert me even when they would lay an egg. Very funny!

Agreed - Ameraucanas are a fun breed with so many wonderful qualities too numerous to mention.

Mating season which is I guess mostly in the Spring can make the boys aggressive and girls crabby but my Blue Wheaten has never been broody so she's been a constant sweetie - so refreshing after dealing with all my other crabby breeds. Leghorns aren't broody but 2% will brood - guess what? I got the 2% Leg broody!!! Go figure.

Will miss you after your Oregon move!

 

[SarahParker]

Agreed - Ameraucanas are a fun breed with so many wonderful qualities too numerous to mention.

Mating season which is I guess mostly in the Spring can make the boys aggressive and girls crabby but my Blue Wheaten has never been broody so she's been a constant sweetie - so refreshing after dealing with all my other crabby breeds. Leghorns aren't broody but 2% will brood - guess what? I got the 2% Leg broody!!! Go figure.

Will miss you after your Oregon move!

Yeah my girls became really protective over the eggs and the babies, it was funny how they put their heads down and wings up and chase off my little chi terrier. How old is your Blue Wheaten? I heard Ameraucanas don't go broody to much?
Lol Just your luck!

Thank you! Will miss everyone here as well, I will send updates about other chickies up there if I get involved again!!

 

[Sylvester017]

Yeah my girls became really protective over the eggs and the babies, it was funny how they put their heads down and wings up and chase off my little chi terrier. How old is your Blue Wheaten? I heard Ameraucanas don't go broody to much?
Lol Just your luck!

Thank you! Will miss everyone here as well, I will send updates about other chickies up there if I get involved again!!

Well, as a rule Ameraucanas don't go broody - but neither do Leghorns but I got one that did - go figure? My Blue Wheaten is 13 months old and has exhibited no broody behavior but since Ameraucanas mature slowly I will safely say she is not a broody hen if she makes it to her first moult around 18 months without going broody.

The Leghorn pulled out her beard/muffs a couple weeks ago and then started chasing the Silkies to pull out their crests so we rehomed the aggressive Leghorn. Can't have Mediterraneans around gentle breeds like Silkies and Ameraucanas unless there is a LOT of space for the gentle breeds to hide from the assertive breeds. We love Leghorns but we love our Silkies and Ameraucana so much that we won't tolerate aggressive behavior breeds mixed with them.

Also we don't miss the assertive Leghorns' good laying qualities because we have a gentle Ameraucana that lays the same quantity and XL eggs as the Leghorns did plus they're blue eggs! She's a good natured bird AND productive. We don't have to tolerate aggressive egg-layers any more now that we've discovered the Ameraucana. I never had an EE but my friend has one Ameraucana and 3 EEs and she says the same nice things about her girls - only difference is her EE eggs are pink and green while our Ameraucanas are all blue. However she says her Ameraucana is gentler and nicer than even the 3 EEs.

 

[SarahParker]

Well, as a rule Ameraucanas don't go broody - but neither do Leghorns but I got one that did - go figure? My Blue Wheaten is 13 months old and has exhibited no broody behavior but since Ameraucanas mature slowly I will safely say she is not a broody hen if she makes it to her first moult around 18 months without going broody.

The Leghorn pulled out her beard/muffs a couple weeks ago and then started chasing the Silkies to pull out their crests so we rehomed the aggressive Leghorn. Can't have Mediterraneans around gentle breeds like Silkies and Ameraucanas unless there is a LOT of space for the gentle breeds to hide from the assertive breeds. We love Leghorns but we love our Silkies and Ameraucana so much that we won't tolerate aggressive behavior breeds mixed with them.

Also we don't miss the assertive Leghorns' good laying qualities because we have a gentle Ameraucana that lays the same quantity and XL eggs as the Leghorns did plus they're blue eggs! She's a good natured bird AND productive. We don't have to tolerate aggressive egg-layers any more now that we've discovered the Ameraucana. I never had an EE but my friend has one Ameraucana and 3 EEs and she says the same nice things about her girls - only difference is her EE eggs are pink and green while our Ameraucanas are all blue. However she says her Ameraucana is gentler and nicer than even the 3 EEs.

Go Figure! We got lucky. I never ventured outside of the Ameraucanas, cochins, or silkies.. Well Other than my Golden Cuckoo, and her little Jap BF lol.. But they are as sweet as a button to everyone here. The little Jap roo was allowing my Ameraucana X Black Copper Maran hen and roo foloow them around and they became friends

The two girls I'm rehoming would watch over the younger cochins and silkies, very nice having the girls as their protector!
Was the Leghorn trying to show who is Alpha? Or just was it's nature to be agressive?

I had about 4 EEs but I considered as Ameraucanas until I bought the two black and white hens
She got lucky, the four EEs laid me the green eggs, never seen a pink in their nest

But they were great layers!!

 

[sol2go]

as there are always exceptions, I'll note that my Ameraucana went broody in her first year, as did a Cream Legbar and a Wyandotte. This year I had 7 broody hens, one - two years old.

In my mixed flock the wheaten ameraucana is pretty bossy, the easter eggers have a variety of temperaments, the marans are super sweet, and the leghorn varieties get along well with others. I haven't observed feather picking or general bullying. I do have roosters which may mitigate some of that behavior.

 

[Sylvester017]

Go Figure! We got lucky. I never ventured outside of the Ameraucanas, cochins, or silkies.. Well Other than my Golden Cuckoo, and her little Jap BF lol.. But they are as sweet as a button to everyone here. The little Jap roo was allowing my Ameraucana X Black Copper Maran hen and roo foloow them around and they became friends

The two girls I'm rehoming would watch over the younger cochins and silkies, very nice having the girls as their protector!
Was the Leghorn trying to show who is Alpha? Or just was it's nature to be agressive?

I had about 4 EEs but I considered as Ameraucanas until I bought the two black and white hens
She got lucky, the four EEs laid me the green eggs, never seen a pink in their nest

But they were great layers!!

Ameraucanas, Silkies, Cochins, Jap and many hybrid or crossed-breeds are generally sweet natured - I'm sure there are exceptions to every rule but I'm speaking generalities.

Our White Leghorn was already a gentle alpha leader for nearly 3 years and the little Partridge Silkie was her best bud all that time. But after the White Leg's severe last moult she came out of her doldrums aggressively toward her flockmates and even her Silkie bud - we gave her a chance to settle down but her behavior became progressively worse pushing everyone out of the nestboxes even though she wasn't laying an egg herself, pushing everyone off the roosting pole, chasing everyone away from the food and water even though she wasn't eating/drinking herself, pushing everyone out of the prime foraging spots, etc., and when she started jumping on the dust-bathing Silkies digging in her claws we rehomed her into our friend's layer flock and she is definitely assertive there but better matched against bigger breeds.

Our Buff Leg was gentle as a pullet but after her 6-week broody came back with an assertive attitude toward the other 3 gentle breeds pulling out the muff/beard of the Ameraucana and started chasing the Silkies to pull out their crests. Leghorns are wonderful mind-their-own-business kind of birds in a LF flock mix but given their assertive nature will take advantage of gentler or smaller breeds just because they can. Since we've had the Blue Wheaten Ameraucana we find her XL egg productivity equal if not better than the Leghorns were and she has a better flock temperament than the Leghorns - PLUS I don't have to deal with big floppy combs in frost weather! EEs do not qualify as an APA breed; however I consider them of similar temperament and productivity as the APA Standard Ameraucana. My reason for getting a standard APA Ameraucana was to get the guaranteed blue egg. It's possible to get blue eggs from EEs but commonly they are mint.

My friend has an Ameraucana and 3 EEs and the Amer lays blue and her 3 EEs lay pink, mint, and greenish-blue. Her EEs were from a friend who was experimenting with EE crossings. However hatchery EEs are almost ALL greenish layers and seldom give the white, cream, or pink eggs.

 

[SarahParker]

Ameraucanas, Silkies, Cochins, Jap and many hybrid or crossed-breeds are generally sweet natured - I'm sure there are exceptions to every rule but I'm speaking generalities.

Our White Leghorn was already a gentle alpha leader for nearly 3 years and the little Partridge Silkie was her best bud all that time. But after the White Leg's severe last moult she came out of her doldrums aggressively toward her flockmates and even her Silkie bud - we gave her a chance to settle down but her behavior became progressively worse pushing everyone out of the nestboxes even though she wasn't laying an egg herself, pushing everyone off the roosting pole, chasing everyone away from the food and water even though she wasn't eating/drinking herself, pushing everyone out of the prime foraging spots, etc., and when she started jumping on the dust-bathing Silkies digging in her claws we rehomed her into our friend's layer flock and she is definitely assertive there but better matched against bigger breeds.

Our Buff Leg was gentle as a pullet but after her 6-week broody came back with an assertive attitude toward the other 3 gentle breeds pulling out the muff/beard of the Ameraucana and started chasing the Silkies to pull out their crests. Leghorns are wonderful mind-their-own-business kind of birds in a LF flock mix but given their assertive nature will take advantage of gentler or smaller breeds just because they can. Since we've had the Blue Wheaten Ameraucana we find her XL egg productivity equal if not better than the Leghorns were and she has a better flock temperament than the Leghorns - PLUS I don't have to deal with big floppy combs in frost weather! EEs do not qualify as an APA breed; however I consider them of similar temperament and productivity as the APA Standard Ameraucana. My reason for getting a standard APA Ameraucana was to get the guaranteed blue egg. It's possible to get blue eggs from EEs but commonly they are mint.

My friend has an Ameraucana and 3 EEs and the Amer lays blue and her 3 EEs lay pink, mint, and greenish-blue. Her EEs were from a friend who was experimenting with EE crossings. However hatchery EEs are almost ALL greenish layers and seldom give the white, cream, or pink eggs.

I agree! I had a really sweet EE who would follow me all over the place really sweet girl! I think bantam cochins are my favorite breed. I know they don't lay very big eggs, but they are funny, sweet, and very good moms!

Maybe her just maturing, growing out of that cute little chick stage? Very rude Legs

My mother in laws new hampshire does the same thing to the little English banties.. I told her should should seperate them, but she thinks they are just playing. Poor things. My husband finally built an extra coop and we moved them ourselves! I don't know much about the New Hamps, never had much of an interest in the egg layers/ meat producers.

Yeah, I got my EEs from my local feed store, and the eggs were greenish. NO PINKS! lol

Well the Ameraucanas, Jap roo, and the Golden Cuckoo went to a good home today! They get to live close to the coast where it's nice and cool!