How high quality are these Ameraucanas?

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Keep us posted if you order eggs from tbem.

Yes! And send lots of pics of chicks with fluffy cheeks once that happens too!!

I will!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Can anybody here fault my Cackle hatchery cockerel for me at about 5.5 months? Should even a black Am have a bay eye? His is dark.

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Wow I LOVE his feathers! That iridescence is gorgeous!!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank you.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Can anybody here fault my Cackle hatchery cockerel for me at about 5.5 months? Should even a black Am have a bay eye? His is dark.

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He's gorgeous!!!

 

[Amer]

Can anybody here fault my Cackle hatchery cockerel for me at about 5.5 months? Should even a black Am have a bay eye? His is dark.

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They should have bay eyes. But few do, and it's a small fault.

 

[WingItRanch]

Oh yeah that's the exact same add from the exact same website! They live in Germany and I live in Europe as well!

I'm glad this was the right site because I was skeptical when I saw how perfect the photos were. I hope these turn out to be as nice as they look!

I don't know if farm animal scamming as prevalent in Europe (I'm sure it is because scamming on the internet is so easy) but I always have to do image searches and research before meeting with people and I never give a deposit until I see the animal first. Better safe than sorry!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

He's gorgeous!!!

Thank you! I think so but I'm very prejudiced and WOEFULLY ignorant!

They should have bay eyes. But few do, and it's a small fault.

Oh thank you, that's good to know. I believe you are one of the few that could truly fault him accurately and harshly. Would you say he's "not bad for a hatchery chicken" or better or worse than that? Please be brutally honest. I need to know what I'm looking at. (Is it unreasonable for me to ask?) I mean, I want to breed him and I'd love to sell hatching eggs. I don't want to sell something that is a total detriment to the breed, you know?

 

[Amer]

To be perfectly honest, he looks quite good so far. Cackle's Ameraucanas are higher quality than most hatchery birds.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

To be perfectly honest, he looks quite good so far. Cackle's Ameraucanas are higher quality than most hatchery birds.

Oh thank you for that! That is a huge load off my mind. Like I said I'm a complete novice but I want to start with the best stock I can get my hands on. I'll be breeding blacks and ermines only as the mysteries of complex genetics escape me.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Thank you! I think so but I'm very prejudiced and WOEFULLY ignorant!

Honestly, me too, I'm still kinda new to the whole breeding to the SOP thing!

Oh thank you, that's good to know. I believe you are one of the few that could truly fault him accurately and harshly. Would you say he's "not bad for a hatchery chicken" or better or worse than that? Please be brutally honest. I need to know what I'm looking at. (Is it unreasonable for me to ask?) I mean, I want to breed him and I'd love to sell hatching eggs. I don't want to sell something that is a total detriment to the breed, you know?

You could always get him tested for blue egg genes if you're worried about egg color!