The AMERAUCANA thread

[NagemTX]

No, he has never shown any aggression towards me. Unfortunately he is abusive to some of my hens and pullets. He drug my WTB out of the nest box and repeatedly flogged her, and pinned one of my BCM pullets (13 weeks old) to the ground and pecked her repeatedly until one of my older hens kicked his ass.

Yikes! That's why I let my blue one go. He was being terrible to hens and killing chicks.

My lavender I have now is better but no where near as good as King and Sultan is.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Yikes! That's why I let my blue one go. He was being terrible to hens and killing chicks.

My lavender I have now is better but no where near as good as King and Sultan is.

I feel you! I really miss Klaus right about now, always the gentleman!

 

[I Like Turkeys]

No, he has never shown any aggression towards me. Unfortunately he is abusive to some of my hens and pullets. He drug my WTB out of the nest box and repeatedly flogged her, and pinned one of my BCM pullets (13 weeks old) to the ground and pecked her repeatedly until one of my older hens kicked his ass.

That's awful. Human-aggressive roosters are one thing, but hen-aggressive ones are another. Definitely a good idea to cull him if he's like that.

 

[NagemTX]

Oh I have a cockerel out of Dusty the EE that was taken out by a raccoon that is looking promising for the silver blue duckwing project.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Oh I have a cockerel out of Dusty the EE that was taken out by a raccoon that is looking promising for the silver blue duckwing project.

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He looks nice! Beautiful wing triangle. He could fill out a bit more and could have a better beard, but he looks really good for that project. Silver blue duckwing is such a beautiful color on males.

 

[NagemTX]

He looks nice! Beautiful wing triangle. He could fill out a bit more and could have a better beard, but he looks really good for that project. Silver blue duckwing is such a beautiful color on males.

He's I think 4 or 5 months old. He's just now starting to come out of ganglyness. I really hope he fills out more.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

He's I think 4 or 5 months old. He's just now starting to come out of ganglyness. I really hope he fills out more.

If he's only 4-5 months old, he should mature beautifully! He has a ton of time to fill out, hopefully he does.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I also finally hatched out a splash wheaten. Unfortunately he has crossbeak.

I like how his tail is a shade darker than his body snd he has some splashes on his back- it's a super cool pattern. His gold and red is also much more prominent against the white.

Probably gonna let this guy live with my layer/pet flock once he's matured some more. Definitely can't stay with the ameraucanas long term.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Nymeria and Lady are both laying now at 25 weeks

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Nymeria and Lady are both laying now at 25 weeks

Beautiful girls! They look very nicely shaped, and have such regal coloring.