Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

[ShrekDawg]

@KDOGG331 Cool! Thanks for the info! So do you think this is a pullet?

Also, I'm just thinking the people at the hatchery would have surely known by looking at these two chicks that they weren't Sussex or Wellies, yes? Frustrating. But I could have gotten some nasty kind of bird instead of an EE *shrug* So it could be worse

No problem!!! It certainly looks like a pullet to me but it's probably too early to tell.

And yes they certainly should have known!!!

Chick looks like my gold lace wyandottes did, chipmunk with that face pattern...you will likely know more in a couple weeks when you start to see wing feathers...

That is a possibility too!

Nope, EEs have green or slate legs. And there is no way you "accidentally" got a Silver Ameraucana (the only one that is chipmunk as a chick and quite rare) from a big commercial hatchery. IF the hatchery has REAL Ameraucana, they will say SPECIFICALLY what color the chicks are and they aren't going to give you one as an "extra". The few (I'm not sure if there is even more than one) that have REAL Ameraucana sell them for a lot more than common chickens. Meyer sells Blues and they are $20 for a female chick and won't sell you more than 8. Anyone selling "Ameraucana" that isn't giving a color is lying. They are selling EEs. No one knows WHY they are so stubborn about calling them something they are not. After all, sex links are not a breed either and they don't mind selling those without selling them with the name of a recognized breed.

Said otherwise, I have no idea what that chick is but it is cute 

Best said short - The APA recognized Ameraucana breed was developed from birds that look like today's EEs. Selecting for color, blue (and ONLY blue) eggs plus other features. Even a cross of a true Ameraucana with another true Ameraucana may produce a chick that doesn't meet the SOP and would then be called an EE. But EEs can come from lots of different crosses if one of the parents has a blue egg gene and passes it on. They are "mutts" but great birds. One of the fun parts is you have no idea what a day old EE chick will look like when it grows up.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Nope, EEs have green or slate legs. And there is no way you "accidentally" got a Silver Ameraucana (the only one that is chipmunk as a chick and quite rare) from a big commercial hatchery. IF the hatchery has REAL Ameraucana, they will say SPECIFICALLY what color the chicks are and they aren't going to give you one as an "extra". The few (I'm not sure if there is even more than one) that have REAL Ameraucana sell them for a lot more than common chickens. Meyer sells Blues and they are $20 for a female chick and won't sell you more than 8. Anyone selling "Ameraucana" that isn't giving a color is lying. They are selling EEs. No one knows WHY they are so stubborn about calling them something they are not. After all, sex links are not a breed either and they don't mind selling those without selling them with the name of a recognized breed.

Said otherwise, I have no idea what that chick is but it is cute 

Best said short - The APA recognized Ameraucana breed was developed from birds that look like today's EEs. Selecting for color, blue (and ONLY blue) eggs plus other features. Even a cross of a true Ameraucana with another true Ameraucana may produce a chick that doesn't meet the SOP and would then be called an EE. But EEs can come from lots of different crosses if one of the parents has a blue egg gene and passes it on. They are "mutts" but great birds. One of the fun parts is you have no idea what a day old EE chick will look like when it grows up.

All excellent info. And true about no idea what they'll look like! Mine looked identical as chicks then started getting slight differences like one was a more darker brown than the other. Now one is white and one is orange/tan, similar to the Buff Orps but more orange. They both still look nearly the same though since they both have lacing. Although the white one has it more and along the neck while the orange one is more faded out. Very interesting.

 

[MesMama]

Thanks all! And I feel like I hijacked :O Sorry if I did. I really appreciate the help though!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Thanks all! And I feel like I hijacked :O Sorry if I did. I really appreciate the help though!!

LOL.... Who of us here has never hijacked a thread...... Raise your hand

..... thought so.

Back to lurk dome now....

deb "who has never ever hijacked a thread in her life.....

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[MesMama]

LOL.... Who of us here has never hijacked a thread......  Raise your hand   ..... thought so.  

Back to lurk dome now....


deb "who has never ever hijacked a thread in her life..... "

Lol!!

 

[dyorto]

This is my EE. It looks a lot like that little chick.

 

[BantyChooks]

LOL.... Who of us here has never hijacked a thread......  Raise your hand   ..... thought so.  

Back to lurk dome now....


deb "who has never ever hijacked a thread in her life..... "

Yeahh ... Afraid I can't raise mine!

 

[MesMama]

This is my EE. It looks a lot like that little chick.

How old is that one?

 

[dyorto]

How old is that one?

I guess I'm not sure how old they are when you they get to the supply stores, but I've had it exactly a week. So I'm assuming it's not much older than that.

 

[COChix]

@Blooie got 18 inches here in metro Denver area......snow is tampering but the wind is making it hard.

It was predicted we would get 5, but apparently Mother Nature is having a good laugh on us. Hope anyone else in this storms path hunker down and get supplies now. For the first time the Colorado Department of Transportation issued for those traveling, must have a 4wd, chains or snow tires, no two wheel vehicles allowed out. Been crazy.