The AMERAUCANA thread

[NagemTX]

One of his hens.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Just got my first broody pullet . I may have overlooked the brooding tendencies of ameraucana bantams- as in I had no clue they went broody and never thought to even look it up. Whoops.

 

[Amer]

Just got my first broody pullet . I may have overlooked the brooding tendencies of ameraucana bantams- as in I had no clue they went broody and never thought to even look it up. Whoops.View attachment 3767445

So pretty!
Every breed goes broody eventually.
My d’Anvers are moderately broody.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

So pretty!
Every breed goes broody eventually.
My d’Anvers are moderately broody.

Thank you!
The broodiness of each breed is something I’ve very slowly been learning. Unless it’s a breed renown for being broody, I’ve been somewhat defaulting to assuming I wouldn’t get broody hens. I’ve been bamboozled by surprise broody hens in breeds where you don’t hear about broodiness several times now… Yet still made the assumption my ameraucanas wouldn’t go broody . Definitely my fault for not researching, I now know ameraucanas are able to go broody though.

 

[NagemTX]

Soooo.... the bantams I hatched out from ebay said they could be blue wheaten, blue or lavender. I think these guys where all mixed together so I have Ameraucana EEs now. Sigh.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Soooo.... the bantams I hatched out from ebay said they could be blue wheaten, blue or lavender. I think these guys where all mixed together so I have Ameraucana EEs now. Sigh.View attachment 3768207

That’s unfortunate. The middle one looks like he could be splash wheaten, but the others for for sure mixed color. I can imagine that was very disappointing.

 

[NagemTX]

That’s unfortunate. The middle one looks like he could be splash wheaten, but the others for for sure mixed color. I can imagine that was very disappointing.

Not really. It was a test on the new incubator and I got a female that looks brown red but on blue instead of black. I might be able to do something I want with that.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

They are cute, my birds are just EEs. I am thinking about getting bantam Ameraucana but figure eggs fir hatching or from hatcheries they will be EEs.

 

[NagemTX]

They are cute, my birds are just EEs. I am thinking about getting bantam Ameraucana but figure eggs fir hatching or from hatcheries they will be EEs.

Yeah there is not a hatchery that carries true Ameraucana bantams yet. Cackle has the large fowl and they are pretty good quality for starting a flock to work on.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Good to know as I am considering getting some chicks ordered