What's wrong with their feathers?

[Illia]

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Blue Wheaten Silkied Ameraucanas. . . . Oh man. . . .

 

[kathyinmo]

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Aug 7 and 13, I believe were the hatch dates. Glad they arrived safe and sound. Hope you enjoy them!

 

[KellyHM]

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Blue Wheaten Silkied Ameraucanas. . . . Oh man. . . .

I'm planning on working on that project with mine eventually. I can't wait!

 

[Redcatcher]

My F1 chicks make a chattering sound when I pick them up. I have never heard chicks do that before. It is pretty entertaining, and well, I could use a good laugh these days. They are doing extremely well. I have a two blues, a splash and a black. I may photo them if anyone cares to see them but they just look like regular B/B/S Americaunas.

 

[ChooksChick]

I got a ton of pures and F1s Monday (Tuesday?) and I'm thrilled! These are just wonderful, and I can't wait until they grow up a bit. This is going to be one of the most enjoyable projects, ever!

 

[kathyinmo]

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Hooray, another convert! Fun project, yes!!!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

If anyone finds themselves with just TOO MANY F1's let me know! I think my one silkied cockerel will be enough to get my project rolling, but with some F1 pullets I go on and get some more silkied birds out there for safe keeping. I have a few people on the East Coast who are itching to get involved with this as well!

Similarly, I will soon have some extra Wheaten/ Blue Wheaten Ameraucana cockerels needing homes. They're just at 3 weeks now, so in two weeks or so, I will be certain of the sexes. They're from Jean Ribbeck, so it seems a shame to send to the stew pot...

 

[Redcatcher]

I forget what the genetics are now for breeding silkied Americaunas from F1s. Sister to brother and then daughter/son to father/mother?

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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Now that they've been outcrossed once, it would be okay to cross them back to a silkied bird, which would result in 50% silkied birds, and 50% splits. Continued outcrossing would be the best option to beef up the gene pool and to get closer to a "pure" Ameraucana.

Crossing F1 siblings will also work, to give 25% silkied, 25% smooth, and 50% splits. The tricky part is the splits and smooth feathered birds will all look the same.

 

[Redcatcher]

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Now that they've been outcrossed once, it would be okay to cross them back to a silkied bird, which would result in 50% silkied birds, and 50% splits. Continued outcrossing would be the best option to beef up the gene pool and to get closer to a "pure" Ameraucana.

Crossing F1 siblings will also work, to give 25% silkied, 25% smooth, and 50% splits. The tricky part is the splits and smooth feathered birds will all look the same.

Thanks for the information. Sadly, I have no silkied Americaunas. I was certain that I would get at least one but one by one the silkied eggs quit, and the one that hatched died on the 3rd day. My incubator performed flawlessly for the whole hatching season.