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Ameraucana Large Fowl Day Old Chicks
« on: October 07, 2015, 09:35:33 AM »
  Paul & Angela Smith are now accepting and receiving orders for their day old LF, potential show quality Ameraucana chicks.  We are trying something new this year!  We are hatching now, and plan hatches on Mondays when we have saved at least 12 dozen hatching eggs.  Starting Feb. 1, 2016 the hatches will be on a two week schedule until our last hatch June 6, 2016.  We have tried fall hatches in the past with poor hatch rates due to the prolonged heat wave, which occurs in our area.  This year we had a very short version of the heat wave and I have noticed many of the breeders cocks being active, so we decided to see how many quality Ameraucana chicks we could produce in an extended hatching season.  The lights are on, and egg production increases daily in most varieties.
 
  Our first fall hatch is due to hatch Oct. 19, 2015.  The lavender/self blue are heavily booked from this hatch.  The wheaten, blue wheaten, splash wheaten are heavily booked for all the anticipated fall hatches and possibly into the spring hatching season.  They have delayed their start to lay.  Most are presently in molt.  We should have plenty black and blue with a few splash (some may be recessive white) from our Oct. 19, hatch, to be able  to send out several boxes of chicks, with 39 black, 46 blue and 10 splash eggs in it. 
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Re: Ameraucana Large Fowl Day Old Chicks
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2015, 09:13:05 AM »
  We can still supply black, blue and splash (some may be recessive white) chicks from our Oct. 19 hatch!

  Our next following hatch will be either November 9 or 16, 2015-depends on when we have at least 12 dozen hatching eggs to set.

  If interested in these or chicks hatched later contact Paul Smith psmith@ntin.net or 940-768-8405.
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Re: Ameraucana Large Fowl Day Old Chicks
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2015, 08:03:06 AM »
  We should be able to supply some more black and/or blue from our next fall hatch due to hatch on Dec. 28, 2015.  The other varieties are fully booked for this hatch.  The wheaten/blue wheaten/splash wheaten are nearing fully booked for all the 2016 spring hatches.
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2016, 10:00:06 AM »
  We should be able to supply some black Ameraucana large fowl chicks from our Feb. 1 hatch.  All the other varieties that we raise are heavily booked for this hatch.  The wheaten, blue wheaten and splash wheaten are now booked up on all of our 2016 hatches.  We can still supply black, blue, splash, white and self blue from some of our remaining hatches.
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2016, 11:50:21 AM »
Paul,
Just to let you know the Lavender / self blues that I bought from you last year are doing well and laying up a storm. Everything about them looks spot on from what I can glean from the information I have.
I also bought some B/B/S from another breeder that I am not at all happy with. The birds them self look good but the eggs have a slight blue/greenish tint. Can I assume from the color of their eggs that they are not full B/B/S Ameraucanas?

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Re: Ameraucana Large Fowl Day Old Chicks
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2016, 08:08:31 PM »
That is to be expected with any line of ameraucana.
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2016, 08:42:25 PM »
John,  A light greenish tint can come back in just a few generations if we are not careful.  The brown egg genes can pop up a bit from time to time if we are concentrating on type, comb or some other trait. It is thought that there are more than a dozen genes that cause the brown coating on eggs.  It's something that we have to be careful to select for all of the time.  You can select the the hens that lay the best colored eggs and try to use males from these same hens.  You can't see the egg color that they are carrying so you have to depend on his genetic background.  If you like the birds overall select for the best color eggs and maybe try to hatch a few with a male from another line that carries the egg color more to your liking. 
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Re: Ameraucana Large Fowl Day Old Chicks
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2016, 10:05:22 PM »
Hi John, 

  Egg color varies greatly from breeding line to line and from bird to bird.  Off color from the sky blue doesn't mean that they aren't Ameraucanas.

  Sorry for the delayed response, been at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, so Matthew could try to win $1000 gift certificate to purchase a show female for 2017 San Antonio Show, by catching, haltering and leading a 400 pound calf to the center of the rodeo arena, during the rodeo.  He plans to purchase a Hampshire gilt with his winnings.
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Re: Ameraucana Large Fowl Day Old Chicks
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2016, 10:30:13 AM »
  Presently we have orders/request for 1005 Ameraucana chicks.  We should be able to supply more black, blue, splash, and self blue-(incorrectly called lavender) from our last couple hatches of the season.  We are fully booked for whites and all three of the wheaten varieties.

  We can also supply hatching eggs for black only; black, blue and splash;
black and blue; black and blue with the possibility of a few recessive whites; self blue; or self blue-splits.  We started shipping hatching eggs again this year, due to the new available foam shippers.  We have heard back from our first two shipments with results of 13/20 and 16/36 hatches.  The only guarantee on hatching eggs is they are out of breeding pen on egg and laid on date on egg.  The shipping and foam are $24.  The eggs are $3 each with a minimum of 12 and maximum of 36 per box.  Hatching eggs will be available now through April 17 and again May 2 and after.  The two week period April 18-May 2-no eggs will be available as we will need them to set 576 on May 2.  The collecting periods when we only need 370, eggs are available.

  Most of our eggs were of good color several months ago.  Colored egg layers (including brown breeds) usually get lighter in color as they lay.  Most of the eggs are very light in color now.  Seventeen years with Ameraucanas and four years with EEL, pullets from the washed out eggs will lay good color at the start of their laying career and lay washed out eggs later just like their parents.

  Contact  Paul & Angela at psmith@ntin.net
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