The AMERAUCANA thread

[kurby22]

What are these two?
Sold as Ameraucana breed, but the way things seem to go on here, I doubt I got that lucky.

Hi! They look to be cute EEs So perhaps sold as Americana’s? They will still lay beautiful eggs!

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

My Ameraucana chicks!!! @4 weeks old

Sugar- Splash


Spice- Splash


Peep- Buff


and just thought I’d post this one too, even though she’s only 3/4 ameraucana. She is 3/4 buff and 1/4 black Copper Maran (so a 2nd gen OE, right?). Her name is Angel.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

My Ameraucana chicks!!! @4 weeks old

Sugar- Splash
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Spice- Splash
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Peep- Buff
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and just thought I’d post this one too, even though she’s only 3/4 ameraucana. She is 3/4 buff and 1/4 black Copper Maran (so a 2nd gen OE, right?). Her name is Angel.
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Cute little babies! Where did you get them?

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Cute little babies! Where did you get them?

I hatched them! The eggs were from Dragonfly Farms.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Here’s the links!
https://www.dragonflyfarmnc.com/buff-ameraucana


https://www.dragonflyfarmnc.com/blue-blacksplash-ameraucana

 

[Czugi]

This is my Ameraucana l! I got her (him?) from a local breeder and have no reason to suspect it’s an EE but you guys know best. I’m starts to suspect she is a he so my question is this….what type of colors/look would I get from the following crosses?

Barred rock
Silkie (blue frizzle or partridge)
Australorp (black)
ISA brown

I’m trying to learn all I can about the genetics and breeding and love the idea of introducing a blue egg gene. Thanks all!!

 

[kurby22]

This is my Ameraucana l! I got her (him?) from a local breeder and have no reason to suspect it’s an EE but you guys know best. I’m starts to suspect she is a he so my question is this….what type of colors/look would I get from the following crosses?

Barred rock
Silkie (blue frizzle or partridge)
Australorp (black)
ISA brown

I’m trying to learn all I can about the genetics and breeding and love the idea of introducing a blue egg gene. Thanks all!!

Beautiful bird! Looks like a black Ameraucana to me I will let the much smarter people in this thread comment on colors and gender! The tail sort of has a more male looking shape to it, but I’m terrible at sexing them!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is my Ameraucana l! I got her (him?) from a local breeder and have no reason to suspect it’s an EE but you guys know best. I’m starts to suspect she is a he so my question is this….what type of colors/look would I get from the following crosses?

Barred rock
Silkie (blue frizzle or partridge)
Australorp (black)
ISA brown

I’m trying to learn all I can about the genetics and breeding and love the idea of introducing a blue egg gene. Thanks all!!

It's very pretty. I know little to nothing about Ameraucanas, but could you post a pic of it standing in profile in the sunlight? I'd sure like to learn! Also, how old is it?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

(PS, my ignorant guess is male.) @cherrynberry? @EmmaRainboe? @Overo Mare?

 

[cherrynberry]

This is my Ameraucana l! I got her (him?) from a local breeder and have no reason to suspect it’s an EE but you guys know best. I’m starts to suspect she is a he so my question is this….what type of colors/look would I get from the following crosses?

Barred rock
Silkie (blue frizzle or partridge)
Australorp (black)
ISA brown

I’m trying to learn all I can about the genetics and breeding and love the idea of introducing a blue egg gene. Thanks all!!

I see no male saddles, but the comb is suspicious. Likely a male at this point.

If he is indeed a boy:
Barred rock: Cross would be sexlinked. Males will be barred and females wouldn't. He looks like a pure AM to me, so the pullets of the cross would lay blue. This is true for every breed you cross him with. They will have modified pea combs (highly likely).
Silkie: Offspring would be smooth-feathered. Not sure what happens with a frizzle though. Again, all pullets will lay blue.
Australorp: All I know is that the pullets will lay blue and they will have modified pea combs. Not too sure how extended black works.
ISA Brown: Some will come out dominant white with leakage. None will be sexlinked.

For most of the crosses, I would expect lots of different colors to pop up, I just can't pin point them.