Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

[Cynth]

driving from MD to Maine Monday. anyone that may have some eggs I could bring home to incubate with ameraucanas???? Please contact me asap. Thank you

 

[Cynth]

WOW!!! I think I figured out what the chicks are that hatched out. They must be splits. I have these darling black chicks and no black chickens only one ameraucana lav. roo. I need to put pics on here.

 

[CyndiChick]

Aww! So darn cute!

 

[Little Wing]

My first chicks from a broody hen

 

[Goose and Fig]

My first chicks from a broody hen

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Awwww! That's the best! Congrats

 

[Little Wing]

Thanks.
3 splits and 2 lavs so far with 2 not harched yet.

 

[Little Wing]

Double post.

 

[Little Wing]

We now have 4 Splits and one Lav, and another egg is pipping as we speak. Another is moving around a bit and chirping, but no star crack yet.


(The one with the reddish color on his back is still a tiny bit wet, but cuddling nicely with the other two under the lamp.)


(A lav with another split that had just zipped moments before I took this picture. The egg directly behind the lav is the one starting to pip, and the one directly next to the rear of the new split is the one moving a bit and making noise.)

I'm so happy Seth got at least a couple of Lavs. Hopefully more have hatched by now

 

[Crystal8088]

I'm new to breeding but not new to chickens in general. I bought some Lavender Ameraucana eggs from Diane (faykoko) and I got a good hatch last Thursday/Friday. They are beautiful so far. I just read in the above posts that Marans were crossed with the Ameraucanas to get this color? So essentially, these aren't full-blooded Ameraucanas anymore, but easter eggers?

 

[jerryse]

I'm new to breeding but not new to chickens in general. I bought some Lavender Ameraucana eggs from Diane (faykoko) and I got a good hatch last Thursday/Friday. They are beautiful so far. I just read in the above posts that Marans were crossed with the Ameraucanas to get this color? So essentially, these aren't full-blooded Ameraucanas anymore, but easter eggers?

Lavenders were started by John Blehm.He used lavender old english and lavender Belgian D"anvers to bring the lav into the bantam.He used the bantam to breed up to large fowl.All breeds are created from crosses at some point.Once they breed true they are considered pure bred.Marans are often used to create oliver eggers.Please don't start the EE debate.Diane has good stock and can better tell you the origins of her stock.I doubt there is any Marans blood in most lavenders.No Marans blood in mine as I got my start from John and have not added any Marans blood.Feather legs and very dark olive eggs would be the result.It would take several generations to get rid of those traits.