The Ameraucana Thread: Where everything and anything about the breed can be discussed (APA, Non-Stan

[Loghousemom]

This is the pairings I have in mind.





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I also have this hen who is already laying I could work with now.

She is laying a green egg now.

Very pretty! I love that first buff/blond looking one!

 

[shelbyanthony]

here is my amercauna hen bonnie. and i have a amercauna rooster named clyde. im pretty new to this breed so love this forum

 

[shelbyanthony]

and here is my roo clyde. I really enjoy this breed.

 

[Outrun Acres]

here is my amercauna hen bonnie. and i have a amercauna rooster named clyde. im pretty new to this breed so love this forum

Welcome to the forum! What a beautiful bird you have!

 

[Outrun Acres]

This is the pairings I have in mind.





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I also have this hen who is already laying I could work with now.

She is laying a green egg now.

Your birds are very pretty. What color would you call the second rooster? Is that a duckwing?

 

[Outrun Acres]

and here is my roo clyde. I really enjoy this breed.

I love Clydes beard! Very striking!

 

[Outrun Acres]

I was lurking on the Ameraucana thread and another subscriber posted this. I just had to share it! It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside .


I agree that the best place to learn about true Ameraucanas and find out the truth is on the ABC site and Forum. And there you will find that the next paragraph posted above is NOT true.

It is extremely sad and disappointing to see that this kind of false information continues to be promulgated. THAT is exactly one of the reasons why you don't see the likes of many of the breed founders on here and why one of those founders told me that BYC has no credibility. That's sad. And why you don't see this kind of information being posted on the ABC. It would be shut down by those senior breeders in a heartbeat Yet, it obviously continues to get posted here because it can - regardless of how false it is.

I've detailed extensively why this is false and given many specific examples. Anyone who wants to do a search can read those posts. The short of it is that a chick that comes from two parents of the same variety Ameraucana is an Ameraucana of that variety regardless of what color it turns out to be or what color egg it lays. If the bird does not meet the requirements for the variety, then it is a cull and a "non-standard" Ameraucana. At least two judges have weighed in as to why the above false. And yet some seemingly want to continue to try and promote the falsehood. No wonder those who "are really getting tired" of this continuing to be brought up are so vocal. Falsehoods flourish where the Truth is snuffed out.

So hopefully enough folks get to see this that they will understand that the folks who started this breed and have been at it for almost 30 years probably know a little more than those who just got into Ameraucanas 2-3 years ago. And I'd love to see anyone on here go to John Blehm, Mike Gilbert, Wayne Meredith, or Paul Smith and tell them their Ameraucanas are really Easter Eggers because the color of their birds are off or their eggs aren't really blue!

 

[Outrun Acres]

Can anyone recommend a good color to start a breeding program with? Is that any color that has been around longer, or would just be easier to start with?

 

[shelbyanthony]

Thanks for the compliments on my amercaunas. i have noticed that they are a little more aggresive than my light sussex and my sex links is that normal. also are my amercauna apa accepted colors?

 

[Outrun Acres]

Two years ago at Indy the judge wrote a comment on the coop card of Jeans on a buff too much fluff and Jean said finally a judge who knows what he is doing.So yes some judges are better on this breed than others.I hope more become knowledgeable before a trend takes us astray.I have seen what fied trials did to hunting beagles in the 60's and 70's.They became so slow that they were almost useless as gun dogs.So trends can take you off course when winning is the only goal.

Well said. I have seen this same thing happen with border collies. Some breeders breed for conformation others for herding instinct. The lines that have been bred for conformation have lost a lot of there once innate working instincts. It has almost become two completely different breeds. One must not loose sight of the original purpose of the animal. When it comes to chickens, that means egg production and table qualities. I think we have to keep color in perspective. An Ameraucana is first and foremost, a chicken.