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It's hard to compare to Orp temperament 🥰 I think Ameraucana are rather impressionable, as part of being aware and smart. We raised our first Blacks from John Blehms line with a slightly older E. Orp cockerel who acted like a big sweet daddy to them. They all grew up very calm, whether genetics...

So floofed up!

I find about half of my LF Ameraucana hens go broody at least once a year. Then there have been a couple who think that's their real job in life 😅. Both of those are Isabel. I rehomed one because it was getting a bit much, but kept Susie because she's Susie, lol. The Blacks are far less...

He really is lovely. I haven't really liked blue wheatens before, but his particular shade makes his tail look like it's made of soft velvet. Gorgeous! With a fabulous tail shape and a nice full body. 🤩

So, the dark one has a rather red comb for a pea or modified pea comb this early. The lighter, reddish one has a rather broad base of the comb for a pea or modified pea comb. They both have somewhat thick legs. These are things to keep an eye on. I find the saddles hard to see in the angle of...

I see 2 cockerels. Hopefully you got some others that are pullets?

I'm really sorry about whoever scammed you ☹️ They are not Ameraucana. They are Easter Eggers.

I wouldn't call it normal for Ameraucana to take that long. But it is normal for pullets who haven't started laying by the time you get less than 11 hours of light to then not begin until the light increases. If they start before the darkness, they can continue through it. In essence, she's...

So, what do you guys think of the traits of this hen? I don't know how to assess wings and tails, etc besides "pretty" / "not pretty". I only took pictures of this one because the others are going through a soft molt and look all kooky. She lost 2-3 big feathers from her tail, and her beard...

Ahh, I see. It's so funny we are working in opposite directions. Our Isabel hens have no spouse, but I didn't want to hatch a bunch of Wheatens just to pick one boy when we're working with several other colors. I love the Isabel color but they have to be bred with Wheatens regularly to improve...

Plus Splits are really useful for feather quality. Hopefully you don't get any shredded feathers in your Lavs, but if you do you can use the Split girl with the best one.

A Black split to Lavender? I didn't know that's what they looked like as chicks. I thought she looked similar to our Split Mottled. So did the breeder offer you any explanation for why she didn't get your order right, or was it supposed to be a mixed lot?

They're just babies at 3 - 4 months old. LF. It's a really mixed flock with different ages of Mottled Orps, Mottled, Split, and Black Ams, and some Olive Eggers we hatched from the Isabel Ams eggs after buying the hens (the black/brown chicks). It's the nicest young flock we've ever had...

Thanks to the encouragement here I finally got some updated pictures today!

Waaay back in the Mottled Am thread I saw they said it was Speckled Sussex that was bred in for the Mottling gene, and that it took forever and ever to get the red out.

I need to get some good, updated pictures. It's on my to-do list, lol. Then I will totally post them 😁 Sorry these are not the best pics... but I figure something most be better than nothing. They are in with Mottled Orps so most of their chick pics are difficult to tell apart. (Note to self...

I don't know much about techie things but his site is Welbars .com ☺️

Dennis is in Pa. He prefers to ship chicks not eggs to improve success. He was just wonderful to work with. I got my box of chicks to FL 3-4 months ago and all 28 of various breeds were healthy and perky. We were really happy!

I got my Mottled from Dennis Heltzel ( Welbars ) who's a member here ... as well as some really nice blacks to improve them. He made clear to me the Motts are still a work in progress and the shanks are not there. Our Mottled cockerel has spotty legs. It's actually really pretty. Clearly there...

On the one hand, according to show people this is true. I think they are totally wrong headed though. The mentality totally stymies ingenuity and closes too many people out of breeding. I have two project colors sourced from breeders, Isabelle and Mottled. No one is ever going to convince me...