What color is she? Our Americauna "Roaster" wants to know.

[DTchickens]

I would say she is probably a blue wheaten, though not the wheaten usually used for the color (Straw colored like OEGB). She is more of the "Cinnamon" wheaten type in my opinion.

-Daniel

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

Cinnamon Wheaten? That sounds pretty good. I think she'll like that.

so, EE's don't breed true? Does that mean her babies aren't likely to look like her?

I wish she were a breed we could just go out and buy. Mostly because of her disposition, although she has a good, old fashioned, pretty little chicken look, she's just a nice pet. Not poodle-ish like the clingy needy Silkies who trip you to get picked up all the time, and not bossy like the little Rosecomb bantam who's always putting everybody in their pecking order. Just a nice bird, who definitely looks like a chicken, and politely asks for a push on the swing now and then, and who enjoys the company of people and their music. Her favorite YouTube video is Kelly Clarkson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QHfdw19lt0&feature=related

But last week I brought home a Mahalia Jackson cd from the library, she was a little demanding for that one. I think she liked "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" the most.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

 

[chics in the sun]

So get more EE's!! I just got two little ones, and it's so fun not knowing what they will look like grown up. Everyone says they have great personalitites - just like mutt dogs.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

If somebody in our flock dies, I could get another EE. Its fun to think about the chickens in my future.... Funny thing, though; they wouldn't even accept their own 2 babies, once those were grownups they were absolutely not allowed in or near the flock (of four, isnt that ridiculous?). Maybe tiny backyard suburban flocks get clique-ish, mine like themselves the way they are, in their own little world of 4 little chickens.

For a while I considered creating another coop on our lot, because we have enough room, but keeping the chickens from fighting seemed like too much trouble in this suburban setting.

 

[chics in the sun]

I just got a FBCM incoorporated into my suburban flock of three this week. I started by putting her in a cage next to the coop so they could see and hear eachother for a week, then put her in the coop while I monitored them. They pecked and chased a bit, but no bloodshed. Now they are no longer chasing or pecking, but she's not quite in the "in crowd" just yet. We'll see, and I hope things go as smoothly when I put the two new EE's in a few months from now.