juliebrown
In the Brooder
- Jul 17, 2015
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You can't find REAL Amaracaunas at a feedstore, they're all EE'sYeah, I was pretty certain on the Maran. He is so skiddish and crazy. As for the EE, is it common to buy Amaracauna chicks from the feed store and have them be EE after all? Fingers are still crossed for her to be a her - even tho she is really skiddish and doesn't like to be held either.
The other two can't wait to jump into your hand!
Real hatchery Ameraucana cost a lot of money, about $20 per chick, and only 3 hatcheries currently have them.
Most hatcheries have Easter Eggers, but call them Ameraucana to get an extra dollar more per chick for them.
It's false marketing, but they get away with it by saying that since there is no recognized breed called Easter Egger, so they have to call them Ameraucana.
One of the biggest lies in the chick industry.
If you don't want to have roos you would be better off getting pullets. still a roo might sneek in here or there but your chances are a LOT better to get more females than if you buy straight run. some can be sexed by color and the sexing is very accurate. I know feed lot and hatcheries alike offer sexed females for a small amount more. I think My female barred rocks were three dollars and some. However some breeds females are a LOT more. I paid ten dollars for one female Golden cuckoo Maran. so depending on breed females can be a few cents more to a lot more. Hope this helps. However if you WANTED males then straight run is definitely the way to go!!
Thanks for the info! I was told that they are sexes prior to getting to the feed store and that they have about a 95% chance of being female - sounds like I was misled! At least they are exchanging the Roos for ladies for me. Appreciate the info!!