Quechua Thread

[Penny Hen]

I am so happy that the Breeders here are so much friendlier! Some Breed threads\breeders can be brutal.

You should have heard the "discussion" on the Ameraucana thread the last couple of weeks while some of us were arguing for a term to distinguish Hatchery Easter Eggers who are mixed with brown egg layers from birds of "pure" Ameraucana genes who are mixed colors or non-standard colors (which by the Standard of Perfection are also called Easter Eggers). The upshot was that these would be called AM EE's. Not everyone yet understands why it is important to make the distinction and some are just saying that those with multi-colored AMs are just trying to feel important and other silly stuff like that. I mean if you totally dismiss the mixed colored Ameraucana's (the AM EEs) then how will you ever have the genepool to develop more standard colors?

 

[Kyzmette]

Poularde, I've been trying to find a breeder of Colloncas for what seems like AGES without any luck. If you do decide to breed, please keep me in mind.

Breeding is like hunting. Hunting is not my bag, I don't do it and I don't like it for my own personal reasons... but I do understand the principles that underlie it, and I have nothing against those that hunt (unless they hunt and just leave their kill to rot, that just irks me). How you breed your chickens is your business, but if you just happen to come up with some Colloncas I would promise to love them and squeeze them and call them George!

 

[ronott1]

You should have heard the "discussion" on the Ameraucana thread the last couple of weeks while some of us were arguing for a term to distinguish Hatchery Easter Eggers who are mixed with brown egg layers from birds of "pure" Ameraucana genes who are mixed colors or non-standard colors (which by the Standard of Perfection are also called Easter Eggers). The upshot was that these would be called AM EE's. Not everyone yet understands why it is important to make the distinction and some are just saying that those with multi-colored AMs are just trying to feel important and other silly stuff like that. I mean if you totally dismiss the mixed colored Ameraucana's (the AM EEs) then how will you ever have the genepool to develop more standard colors?

I have been saying the same thing!

I am also glad that I missed that discussion. I used to subscribe to that thread but not anymore.

 

[MA Mama]

My Quechua

 

[MA Mama]

I have more Quechua, but they are seriously camera shy....

 

[ronott1]

My Quechua

They are amazing!

 

[Kyzmette]

Ma Mama they're gorgeous!

 

[poularde]

I have a question about temperament. How should Quechua roosters behave? I assumed they should get along well with other roosters. I just recently culled a beautiful Sweet Potato crossed with an Ameruacana. He had a large pen with multiple ladies. He lived with another cockerel. He flew out of his pen and attacked and almost killed my Faverolles rooster. I have never had something happen like this. I would love to get some feedback from anyone with experience with these Quechua boys. I am wondering if the aggressive behavior is coming more from the Ameruacana side.

Lovely birds Ma Mama. I am jealous.

 

[MA Mama]

I have a question about temperament. How should Quechua roosters behave? I assumed they should get along well with other roosters. I just recently culled a beautiful Sweet Potato crossed with an Ameruacana. He had a large pen with multiple ladies. He lived with another cockerel. He flew out of his pen and attacked and almost killed my Faverolles rooster. I have never had something happen like this. I would love to get some feedback from anyone with experience with these Quechua boys. I am wondering if the aggressive behavior is coming more from the Ameruacana side.

Lovely birds Ma Mama. I am jealous.

In my experience their behavior is sort of hit or miss... Resolution has told me that they should be calm, but the roo I have pictured above is showing the first signs of the wing down "I'mma get you!" dance to me. I do think that the Ameraucana tends to have a higher rate of aggression.

 

[Penny Hen]

In my experience their behavior is sort of hit or miss... Resolution has told me that they should be calm, but the roo I have pictured above is showing the first signs of the wing down "I'mma get you!" dance to me. I do think that the Ameraucana tends to have a higher rate of aggression.

I thought that was a courting dance not a threatening dance. Of course even as a courting dance it is demanding submission but I see that as politeness as opposed to running up on the hens and grabbing them by the neck and clawing them to the ground to be pounded. I had to "educate" a young cockerel in manners this fall.