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Oh! She is so-o-o beautiful!! I don't breed but I'd be proud to have a pretty Blue like her! You asked what other traits to look for? Personality and temperament as well as outward beauty is a plus! How old is this girl? Maybe she'll grow some muffs in her next molt? She is so beautiful...

With some chicken breeds the hens can be more stunning than the males but with Silver Am's -- the boys are STUNNING! Congrats

Should be a sweet tempered bird to put w/ sizzles, frizzles, and Silkies. Glad you could give it a good home.

Yes, that's exactly what I said. EEs and Amer's are good birds to put w/ docile breeds because of EE and Amer kind temperaments. I find them one of the best temperaments to have in a backyard flock of docile breeds. Most of the Am varieties are sweet but feedback has been mostly that...

That is quite characteristic of EEs and Ameraucanas alike. They are jittery jumpy skittery birds but one of the sweetest kindest flockmates. I hate putting them into a flock of dual purpose or heavy breeds because they can get picked on. These are sweet birds to mix with more docile birds...

Easter Eggers and APA Ameraucana are a sweet breed of chicken, known to be non-combative, kind to flockmates, accepting orphan chicks or injured birds into the flock usually without incident, rather cautious to almost timid in alertness. So that can make some of them a rather easy bird to get...

Post these lovelies on the Easter Egger thread. They are both very gorgeous EEs. I love the coloring on them but your EEs don't meet the APA approved colors for pure Ameraucana. Their names are so cute!

I don't have a roo or breed. But is it possible a hen might not feel right, knows she isn't at the top of her game, feels an internal dysfunction, so that she doesn't allow a roo to mate her, and may have nothing to do w/ being picky? I've often felt that animals have an internal sense of...

Brown is not an accepted APA pure Ameraucana color. Sounds like you got a sweet Easter Egger. EEs are adorable too with muffy cheeks and kooky personalities! Post pics here and we'll be able to tell you for sure! You're right about the Hawk look. We thought ours looked like baby owls!

Congratulations! I love seeing breeders perfecting rare breeds! You have done outstanding dedicated work!

TY! I take all suggestions into consideration. Our Amer had no chronic respiratory issue although I have one Silkie with chronic issues but I know what to look for after having to treat her for 5 yrs. The sweet Ameraucana just never thrived in our humid climate. Every year she'd sit under...

TY! Yep, we lost the 3-yr-old Blue Wheaten Ameraucana and the 11/2 yr-old Blue Breda -- the heat must've really compromised the immune system of both birds as we lost them within 8 weeks of each other. We did the electrolytes, the shady hiding places, misters, vitamins, cold produce, ice...

I don't know if it's because the media/news is overemphasizing the extreme USA weather patterns this past year or if extreme weather patterns really were out of the ordinary. For the past 5 yrs our climate has been getting hotter longer while the East seems to be suffering the opposite with...

How was your Riverside summers these past 5 years? Our SGV weather has been drought conditions getting worse each year. We used to only get one or two weeks of severe 100+ temps and then the rest of summer it was hot but not heatwave brutal. THIS year our 90-100+ temps started end of May and...

I paid $50 plus shipping and waited 7 months for the order to be filled -- for one gorgeous 3-month Blue Ameraucana pullet who arrived so riddled with cocci and worms the vet couldn't save her. Know your breeder well -- buyer beware. I mostly only trust BYCers now!

And which of these lovelies were the winners although they all are gorgeous!

Are there BYC threads that deal with health issues or ear problems that might be helpful? Let us know how things go - pulling for your flock!

Research thoroughly on MS/MG before culling. State agencies panic and always will recommend destruction automatically -- a Calif breeder was issued a decree to cull his birds when eggs shipped to him had been shipped from an area found with AI last year yet none of his birds were tested...

Your spelling of Amer-I-cana is the feed store or hatchery identification for Easter Eggers and not the Amer-AU-cana breed on this thread. Both birds can be incredibly sweet but AmerAUcana comes in only 8 accepted APA color varieties laying close to blue eggs whereas Easter Eggers/Amer-I-canas...

I do wish the best for your birdies! Our Blue Wheaten girl was in low spirits her last week with us before we had the vet put her down for suspected Marek's - she was gradually getting less mobile and her appetite gone - she was alert but her physical condition didn't cooperate. The vet always...