YO GEORGIANS! :)

I'm sorry about the confusion. It's a long-running thing between people who own purebred Ameraucanas and those who have Easter Eggers. Even some hatcheries are still calling Easter Eggers 'Ameraucanas'. You can go to the Ameraucana Thread and learn more about this on-going 'battle'. Lol! I used to spend time there but decided I liked all my mixes and didn't care if they weren't really Ameraucanas! Much rather have EEers. They lay bigger eggs and are much more hardy!

I have several EEers who look like your black/white one. And, not all EEers have beards and muffs, but they sure are cute with them!
 
I'm so confused now lol
Mike, it's not that hard to sort. However, one of the problems is that Ameraucanas are a relatively new breed. In fact, the Lavender (self-blue) Ameraucana was just accepted into the Standard of Perfection (SOP) last year. There are a lot of characteristics besides blue-egg color, feather-color pattern, muffs, and beards that go into defining the Ameraucana SOP and which birds qualify as true Ameraucanas. For example, I believe that a bird's progeny must meet at least 50% of the Ameraucana SOP to be considered a true Ameraucana; otherwise, it's an Easter Egger.

Also, I have never heard mongrel hens that lay pink eggs considered Easter Eggers. From what I have learned, it is the blue gene that is associated with the Easter Egger descriptor. For example, a brown-egg-layer over blue-egg-layer pairing usually yields a green egg layer which is referred to as an Olive Egger.

IMHO, you have a Silver Ameraucana. I suggest you go to the Ameraucana Breeders Club website and look at their FAQ webpage. It's well-written and very informative, and they have a nice section that describes the difference between "Easter Eggers" and Ameraucanas. I hope you will find it enlightening. Here's the link:

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/faq.html
 
I try to stay out of that conversation.

I have M's hatched so thank you Tabasco Jack and I have JG, tiny hens, green, olive to be exact, brown and white eggs hatched, several NN's !!!! One more egg to hatch and the duck eggs have pipped, so how long for the ducks?, Had to help a tiny NN it was stuck but doing fine, one M didn't make it out, Do you help ducks? How long after pip should they hatch?
 
*pokes head in* is it safe? No ameraucana questions or comments here! Ignorance & lack of holiday egg layers is bliss!!

Praying hard for my eggs in the British incubator which shall remain nameless because by some unhappy accident it is no longer running at the temperature advertised on the digital display. I see you, 3 year warranty, and I'll be coming to collect. :barnie

Locking down Wednesday morning. I guess we'll see how it turns out. Maybe I'll put my hand in the GQF cabinet raffle again just for fun.

Not secretly hoping that one of y'all will be infatuated with polish chickens & then we can be gaga together over their adorable top hats. :love
 
For those of you following Bruce and my conversations about Ameraucanas vs. Easter Eggers, please please don't think we are being mean to each other! I love Bruce and his family! I totally respect him!:bow. We are simply teaching each other! All in good sport.
 
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@GAMarans here's the feed chart I used for the Cornish X. I did total free feeding and 24 hours of lights for 12 days. After that, no lights and only the daily amount of feed. I had the cornish strain that was slightly slower growing and I had almost no leg/heart problems. I fed 24% starter for 5 weeks and then switched to 20%. I did add electrolytes to their water until they went outside to the tractors. When they were in the tractors, I would give some fermented feed, but only as much as they would eat right away. The fermented feed was a mix of scratch grain and starter feed. That way it wouldn't sit for hours. And, I set up a spreadsheet to calculate the total amount of feed I would need for each week based on the number of live chickens.
I'm looking at my records for 2012. Started with 52 chicks, processed 49 grown birds at an average live weight of 7-8 pounds.. Cost of chicks was $135. Bedding was $66. Feed was $264. Total direct cost was $465. I finished up with 276 pounds of processed whole birds. $1.68 per pound for pastured poultry.
Hope you've got a big freezer!
 

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