White Ameraucana's? What do you think? pics included

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[Melissa034]

the 3 darker ones look like my blues i just got. there mommys were very pretty

 

[hinkjc]

Steve, the legs do not look yellow in the pics, but pics can make it hard to see color well. Do they look yellow in person? My buff ameraucana shanks always darkened up as they aged, but they did have a bit more slate tint when they hatched. I would just keep an eye on them and see how it develops.

 

[herechickchick]

The legs should look slate as they age. My BW Ameraucanas legs always look similar to that color when they hatch but they all have slate legs when they are grown.

 

[LeBlackbird]

That is a tiny bit to light for comfort, but we'll see

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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Two of the yellow ones have yellow legs - I guess solid yellow might be a better term? The others do have more yellow/slate. I'm planning on marking the grays and yellow chicks since a few people said the grays should be nicer. It will be interesting to see them grow out.

Thanks so much to everybody that responded, it's been a big help.

Steve

 

[KimmersMN]

Steve,

What you have are all White Ameraucana. So don't worry. I'm assuming you've gotten your chicks from the other side of the universe - lol, so I'll tell you what was told to me. The original breeder(the person your breeder got hers from) bred a barred gene into his flock of white Ameraucanas. The reason was because with the barred gene, the white striping is a purer form of white than your typical white bird. This barring effect is what you are seeing and will probably continue to see for many generations. I see it in my chicks time and again too, especially since I've incorporated both breeders birds into my flock. Now, here comes the sad part, occasionally you will see a stem off, crop-out, call it what you will, basically a cull bird. It may not come from your chicks because it's getting further away from the original breeder, but when I'd bought eggs that were supposed to be pure white stock, I got some chicks hatched out that were black. I got rid of the blacks and kept only the whites. As I've got a mainly white flock(with an occasional wheaten gene I'm slowly weeding out), I'll be putting up with more crop-outs until I'm satisfied I've built my flock up enough to concentrate on my own birds within. I too get sooty colored chicks and chicks on occasion with white legs. As I've stated, I'm slowly cutting the wheaten coloration from my flock, as well as anything that crops up with another color, other than white. I'm also cutting yellow beaks, and light colored shanks that are still there by a couple months as I want to cut any willow colored shank out of my program and concentrate on more of a slate colored shank. Both the lighter legs and those darker legs that you are seeing in your chicks though, should get darker with age. I still purchase chicks from both breeders(including the original breeder who incorporated the barred gene) and the birds are wonderfully put together. You have to remember, the white Ameraucana is still an ongoing process to perfect so you'll see stem-offs, or crop-outs once in awhile.
Oh, I forgot to mention -- you are right, the sooty chicks will be nicer. Definitely keep those, especially if they are roos.

I saw that you were selling eggs on another site. If you plan on selling chicks in the future, I'd be interested.

KimmersMN

 

[wyendott38372]

what would a chicken that was a black copper maran xwhite ameracauna hen be ,and what would the eggs be ,ty