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    I. AM. SERIOUSLY. STUMPED (two different eggs, one hen??)!

    If you're familiar with Honey the SGE hen and Kitty the Ameraucana Splash "roo", you know my dilemma. It's been crazy with Kitty...back and forth between hen and roo and then SETTLING on roo for certain and now this! Guys, I have two chickens...Honey and Kitty. That's it. Honey has laid a...
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    Splash Ameraucana roo x Starlight Green Egger hen

    Now that we know for sure Kitty is a rooster (and turning into quite the handsome boy, at that), I am curious to see pictures of potential offspring between him and our Starlight Green Egger 'Honey' and learn what color eggs their offspring are likely to lay since Honey's eggs are blue on the...
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    What Have I Got??

    'Kitty' (because he/she follows you around until you pick him/her up and snuggle) is hatched from an egg sold as pure Ameraucana hatching eggs (blue/black/splash) on March 28th this year. Kitty is THE most confusing chicken I've ever encountered. Single (albeit short) comb that just started...
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    When Breeding for Egg Color...

    When Breeding to produce Olive Eggers, does it matter which is the rooster and which is the hen? For instance, if I have a FBCM rooster and an Ameraucana hen, would the eggs be a deeper green than if I bred an Ameraucana rooster to FBCM hen or does this have nothing to do with it? Is one way...
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    Ameraucana: Can "impurities" be bred out?

    Through selective breeding, is it at all possible to eventually breed out anything NOT Ameraucana and end up with pure Ameraucanas eventually? Say for instance Sally breeds her very Ameraucana looking Easter Egger to a true, pure Ameraucana hen and then those babies are bred to a pure Ameraucana...
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    Ameraucana Genetics Clarification

    Which color Ameraucana parents would produce 50% Silver - 25% Black - 25% Splash? Would ANY pairing be able to produce this percentage of these colors? I purchased a dozen hatching eggs from someone who appears to be at least an honest seller. She has very good feedback, but that probability...
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    Marans crosses always have feathered legs?

    Chicken math attack yet again...I've got four more ((sigh)); two Cream Legbar and two Olive Eggers from My Pet Chicken. The little Olive Egger chicks look indentical (Black/Charcoal/Grey/Cream/White) except for one thing...leg feathering. One has it and one does not. When I saw the leg...
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    Ameraucana (?) Breed question and Pullet or Roo?

    I have two Ameraucanas in my flock (I THINK). The topic still confuses me, because I've learned that just because a chicken has parents that are both Ameraucanas, if they don't meet a certain color requirement, they might not TECHNICALLY be Ameraucanas, but instead be simply classified as an...
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    Will her egg always come out like this?

    I've got three Starlight Green Eggers. One (Mocha) started laying light teal green eggs on Christmas morning. Number two (Captain) started laying a beautiful deep olive egg three days later. Today, number three (Mocock) started laying. This is her egg pictured and I have no idea what to call...
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    What color would the hens likely lay?

    Hello, all! My Starlight Green Eggers started laying for me on Christmas!! Now, my Ameraucana roo just reached sexual maturity and has begun mounting my SGEs! I do want to keep 4 more hens in my flock and I'd like them to be colorful egg layers, so, my questions are as follows: 1.) Is it too...
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    Let's talk housing and breeding for quail colors, shall we?

    I am not new to quail...I had them once years ago before I knew of all the awesome and even rare colors. We had the trusty old jumbo wilds. Now that my family is getting back in to quail keeping, I'd like to gain a better understanding of breeding for specific color patterns (while also...
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    • mixed covey quail breeding quail color patterns quail crosses
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    • Forum: Quail
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    Feathered Feet/Legs on Ameraucana Easter Egger??

    I don't have pics yet, but I will add some as soon as I can remove babes from incubator. Just waiting on one more egg. So here's the deal...I purchased hatching eggs from a woman with only Ameraucana chickens. Both roosters are black Ameraucanas, hens are a variety (mostly reds and wheaten) so...
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    Processing method question

    When processing quail, we cut the heads clean off and this is acceptable. When processing chickens, cutting heads off is less than desireable because...blood in the meat? Off taste, etc. Why and how so? Why do I never see people mentioning the use of very sharp sheers to quickly and humanely CUT...
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    • butchering dispatching humane kill scissors sheers
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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    Which (if any) mutations can I achieve with these colors/patterns?

    If I have Jumbo Whites, Jumbo Wilds, Jumbo Egyptians, and Jumbo White Wings, which color/pattern mutations can I achieve by breeding any combination of the aforementioned Jumbos? Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    I would like to breed Ameraucanas (not Easter Eggers, not Americanas), but I have recently read that the offspring resulting from an Ameraucana of one color bred to an Ameraucana of a different color will not be a true Ameraucana, but instead an Easter Egger. Why? How? If that is the case, even...
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    Help! What IS this guy??

    I've searched literally high and low in hopes of finding out what breed 'Willow' is. He was the ONLY black/grey/white chick in a tub of WHITE LEGHORNS (lol) at TSC 11 weeks ago. We decided to take our chances and hoped for a hen, but alas the Rooster Gods smiled down instead lol With that said...
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    Do I have an EE pullet??

    Hello! :frow I am inserting pics here of two hatchmates. They were hatched on 4/19 and are from the same hen and same rooster. Mama is a White Leghorn and Daddy is an Ameraucana. Fairly certain that the guy on the left with the hybrid walnut/pea comb is a definite ROO. He started showing roo...
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    Starlight Green Eggers Progress Pics and Breed Discussion

    I am having trouble finding a lot about Starlight Green Eggers (SGEs) or many pics of them. I come across a few here and there, but I think people including myself are really looking for more about them and want to see pics of what their chicks may look like as adults. For that reason, I'm...
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    • green eggs sge sge discussion sge experience sge hardy sge health sge temperament starlight starlight experience starlight green egger
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    • Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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    What comb is this??

    This little 2-week-old hatched looking like a tiny goose!! The biggest honker I've ever seen on such a tiny little creature lol It's just getting bigger and bigger and rosier! Baby feather sexed HEN at 2 days old (and again at 3 days old) but, because the comb area is becoming so much more rosey...
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    Any guesses to the gender? Also...peacomb or no??

    This baby has me stumped. Obviously, I know that I'll just have to wait it out to see what this baby really is, but I'm wondering if anyone has any guesses just by glancing. He/She is a day over 2 weeks old. Parents are EE mama and Ameraucana daddy. Baby feather sexed ROO at 2 days old and again...
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