Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

Should pure wheatons only hatch pure wheaton colored chicks? Or do some come out different? This is a chick from purebred (apparently) parents.

Yes,
Wheaten x wheaten produces 100% wheaten.

 

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

Hi! I just got a new chick. Parents are lavender Ameraucanas. The chick is black with black legs? I'm confused. So I am guessing I have an EE and there was leakage? Can someone explain how you get a black chick out of lavender parents?

If the parents are both lavenders they should produce 100% lavender. Lavender is a recessive gene and requires two copies of the gene to produce lavender birds. Some people use black ameraucanas in their lavender programs to improve type. That would involve created blacks split to lavender (birds that are visually black, but carry lavender). It is important to keep black splits separate from a pure black breeding program, as phenotypically they would look the same. Here is a lavender breeding chart:

 

[OnceInaBlueMoon]

Here are a few photos of a splash wheaten cockerel and pullet. Not the best photos, but perhaps they will be of help.

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Hi this is my amerecauna named hazel when she was younger and right now she is not fully grown up yet

 

[FowlStuff]

The Ameraucana National Meet will be hosted by Michigan Poultry Fanciers at their Fowl Fest, October, 7th-8th, at the Birch Run Expo Center, just off I-75 in Birch Run, Michigan. Please make plans early to attend.
Between the "Specials" donated by our members and what our board of directors has agreed to, we will once again be offering well over $2,000 in awards at our 2017 Ameraucana National Meet!

 

[junebuggena]

Hi this is my amerecauna named hazel when she was younger and right now she is not fully grown up yet View attachment 1086804View attachment 1086805

Beautiful Easter Egger. Looking like Hazel may need a name change. Looking like a cockerel.

 

[Stacy Ann]

One of my 10 week old Ameracaunas. The others are blue and very dark blue/black. I ordered 3 from Meyer. I thought it was pretty cool that they gave me one of each color.

 

[PirateGirl]

This lil lady was supposed to be a black australorp but now I'm wondering if I perhaps ended up with an Ameracauna instead? I figured you breed lovers would know best.

 

[combatfuzzball]

I have a question regarding Silver Ameracauna's. Are they produced by breeding black and white? Curious if adding black or white can refine the coloration.

 

[Chickenlover2017]

yea some people have been saying my amerecauna look like a cockerel hmm
i will get her checked but when she was little she was the smallest out of all her sisters or his sister lol she is also very sweet but she could be a cockerele

Beautiful Easter Egger. Looking like Hazel may need a name change. Looking like a cockerel.