Recent content by samouw

I've seen several discussions on sexing young Ameraucanas by their comb ("females only have one row of peas and males have three"), so I thought I'd share these pictures. A pea comb, by definition, is three rows of peas, so even if the females are less obvious, they should also have three rows...

You should start seeing the darker shanks on wheaten/blue wheaten by the time their adult feathering comes in. By 12-14 weeks, they should be blue.

Just dropping in to say "Hi" :) Here is one of my blue pullets, from the 3/6 or 3/13 hatch, that I'll definitely be watching grow out. :)

The Breeders Directory is usually updated monthly (although there was a gap while we were putting together the new Handbook of about 6 weeks) and is about to be updated this week. Of course, the information contained is only as good as what is reported, but we make every effort to validate the...

My time here on backyardchickens is coming to a close. My duties, hobby, and responsibilities leave me little enough time and I haven't been active here in a while. For anyone that wants to reach me, my email is [email protected].

The new 2017 Ameraucana Breeders Club Handbook just arrived! http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/videos/2017%20ABC%20Handbook.mp4

The Ameraucana Breeders Club did not "fork in two". 21 people resigned in 2015 over a dispute over the 2014 election and started a new club, out of 179. We are now over 300 members and growing.

Beautiful group of birds there, Lindsay! @OnceInaBlueMoon Your whites are making me want to start building more breeding pens...:)

Neal Johnson, aka Blue Star Poultry, is a member of the Ameraucana Breeders Club. :)

While it is possible to breed back to correct muffs and beards, why re-invent the wheel? There are several breeders that have gorgeous self-blues available now. @pips&peeps @OnceInaBlueMoon @RavynFallen are just a few that I can think of off the top of my head. You can find more on the...

You want the chicks with the yellow/pale "tuxedo".

Woohoo! First chicks in the grow out pen yesterday. These are all wheaten/blue wheaten chicks, hatched 2/20/17.

Thank you for quoting that, John. So you are admitting that you received your start in bantams from Mike Gilbert, one year after they were accepted by the ABA?

Don't have to be a member to read the actual archives. Just go to AmeraucanaBreedersClub.org/archives.html.

Interesting reading, from 1989. Particularly the article, "How to Increase the Vitality of My Flock" by John Blehm, page 5 http://www.ameraucanabreedersclub.org/docs/bulletins/ABC%20Bulletin%201989%20vol%2011%201.pdf Of course, this was written 6 years after all eight varieties of the...