Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[RonB]

I think somebody has been fooled. I don't think you will ever find any real info to support the nutrition part. As for color Aracauna ONLY lay blue with a slight greenish tint.

Also Ameraucana HAS NO I !!!

I agree with you CR. Lots of people have been fooled. ANYBODY that knows anything about eggs knows that the WHITE egg is the most nutritious egg out there

 

[3arthm0ther]

Cannot recall who was asking initially - but I have both Easter Eggers and Ameracaunas. They do like to fly and roost in my trees, but they are also very friendly! You might want to visit some folks with different birds. Not sure where you're at, but I have a lot of breeds in my little backyard flock I could show you =)

im in federal way

[COLOR=0000CD]I have small kiddos who are very involved with our chickens.... They are 9, 6 and 3.... They each have their own jobs on tending to the girls... We have a mixed flock of girls... Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpington's, EE's and Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. In their opinion they like our Orpington's the best. They are big and fluffy and are not as flighty as the EE's. Our BO will actually squat an allow you to pick them up... My 3 year old is often running around the yard picking up and caring a chicken. My daughter (the 9 year old) also likes the EE's because of the different color of eggs... they can lay pink, blue, bluish-green, or green eggs and you never know what they are gonna lay until that first egg so thats also fun.... I would suggest getting more then one breed n seeing what you like... Hold them as chicks and get them use to being handled and make sure your baby knows how to act around the chickens as well... As that can change the behavior of the chickens... crazy baby running around = chickens running and squawking for its life = not so good experience for anyone....[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]With that being said I dunno if you are ready to get chicks but I hatched chicks this past weekend that are looking for homes.... I also have 2 week old hatchery pullets. We have Brabanters, Black Sex Links, RIR's, Golden Sex links and White Leghorns. [/COLOR]

I don't have anything ready for them nor do I know how to care for them

 

[Chickielady]

If I didn't have to let the chickens out, I'd probably still be in bed.

Exactly what my son said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[VelvettFog]

OT but very interesting
If any have cable and have History channel they're showing how logging was done at the turn of the century. Very informative, with actual photos and some film.
The trees were huge, much larger then we see today.

Thanks Mikey !!

 

[Chickielady]

I can go weekday evenings or on weekends =)

Please let me know what you decide as I may intervene & pick up a chocolate orchid and see my sudsy chick master about another issue I would love to see made....

 

[Chickielady]

How are the eggs "more nutritious" ? I do not believe that the nutrition varies from breed to breed.

Also - and I'm being quite picky - there is no such type of bird as a "Americauna".

Exactly.
If one speaks of exact science, one needs to be exact, right ?
And the name is Ameraucana, and this breed ONLY LAYS BLUE EGGS.
PERIOD.
Not pink, not purple, not brown.

 

[Chickielady]

The Araucana is a rumpless chiecken and only lays blue eggs. There is no nutritional difference in these eggs compared to other breeds. The Aruacana doesn't have a mane or beard, is has ear tufts.
Araucana




The Ameraucana: They are not a cross with the Araucana and other breeds. The more current, more accepted theory is that a different breed from Chile, the Quechua, was the parent stock from which the Ameraucanas were developed. These birds have beards and muffs and also lay blue eggs. EE's (an Ameraucana/X) can lay various coloured eggs.

 

[Chickielady]

I think EE's are awesome They lay a nice colored egg, and most of the time their feathering is quite attractive.

Sex-Links come in two colors - red and black. BSL's are made with a "red" rooster over a "black" hen - most often a RIR or NH roo over BPR. RSLs are a "red" roo over a "white" hen - Again, RIR or NH over RIWs or WPR's. BSL hens will be mostly black with some red highlights - RSLs (or Golden Sex LInks) are mostly red-ish with some white. They are both considered very good egg layers.

Wyandottes are good cold weather birds, and if you could find heritage birds, you'd probably have a good dual purpose hen on your hands. They are not "bad" layers, just not at the volume of those that I listed in a previous post.

Ostrolorp is my way of misspelling Astrolorps -- I find the spell check on this forum to be - lets call it icky - so I don't use it

Your chicks can go outside to play - any time you think it's warm enough. If you are asking - when can they be off heat - then I'd answer - "when they are fully feathered". That's usually around 9-11 weeks. If you are good about weening them off the brooder's heater - you can get them off heat faster than 9 wks.

Yes you can keep chicks in a bath tub. Several here have. WARNING - they are very dusty. They produce a dander that is very fine. You will be shocked at how much dust collects in a short time. One of the things that is very important with chicks is to make sure that they do NOT walk on a slippery surface for the first week. So that bathtup - needs to be lined with cardboard or something (not newspaper - but paper towels are ok)

Just 2 is ok - don't get just one. Also - if your plan is to get 4 - do that now. If you want the details - I'll explain why - but trust me here - you'll have less work if you do the 4 chicks at once and not two now and two later. So - it's better for you to start all 4 at once.


Ok -- next batch of questions please

The big thing is that you are man enough, and informed enough to know the difference between an Ameraucana, and Aracuana and an Easter Egger.............awesome kuddos to you, and CR also !

 

[newhenmama]

HELLO!!! I think I FINALLY found the right forum! Thanks for the invite HoneysuckleHills. I'm not available on Tuesday nights, and usually Friday nights and/or weekends work best. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and learning about Chickens!

 

[Chickielady]

Ok anyone here have "The Clapper"? Not the one to turn on and off lights, but the one that when you clap all your stuff is packed up nicely in boxes for you so you no longer have to do it! LOL

Back in the day...having the clap was not something you told anyone.