Recent Posts

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Ameraucana Marketplace / Accepting chick orders

« Last post by Paul on March 22, 2025, 09:41:57 AM »

  We are still accepting day old chick orders in all large fowl Ameraucanas that we raise-black, blue, splash, white, self blue and self blue split to black, also opal and layer Legbars.  Email us at psmith@ntin.net for order information and price list.
  Normally we are fully booked by this time of year.  We can accept and fill many more!  We are NPIP with AI clean certification.
 
  Thanks,
   
  Paul & Angela Smith

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Upcoming Meets / Re: 4-26-25 Dayton Fancy Feather Show Greenville, OH

« Last post by Lindsay Helton on March 18, 2025, 10:57:53 PM »

This show has been canceled.

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News and Information / Breeding notebook added to the marketplace

« Last post by Lindsay Helton on March 12, 2025, 10:11:32 AM »

NEW RELEASE: ABC BREEDING NOTEBOOK

Do you need a way to keep up with your flock inventory?

Do you want to calculate egg laying numbers and fertility percentages?

Are you in need of an assessment form to use while going through your juvenile Ameraucana?

Would you like a way to keep track of your income and expenses in the poultry hobby?

Do you need a way to keep up with your entries at poultry shows? Would you also like a method to keep up with how your birds perform at poultry shows?

Our Ameraucana Breeders Club Breeding Notebook will help you. It is officially listed in the marketplace section of our website!

*Please allow 2 weeks for processing because these notebooks are made to order.

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/abc_store/index.php?route=product/product&path=73&product_id=80

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News and Information / APA and ABA Yearbook Ads

« Last post by Lindsay Helton on March 12, 2025, 10:08:16 AM »

Each year, the ABC advertises in the APA and ABA yearbooks, and we offer a discount on advertising via our club pages to our members. Advertising in the ABA and APA yearbooks is a good way to promote your farm and the Ameraucana breed! The rates to advertise with the ABC in the APA and ABA yearbooks for 2025 are listed below.

American Bantam Association:

Full page (below the header), black & white - 4.375" x 5.7" - $95
Half page, black & white - 4.375" x 2.85" - $47.50
Quarter page, black & white - 2.188" x 2.85" - $23.75
Eighth page, black & white - 2.188" x 1.425" - $12

Full page (below the header), color - 4.375" x 5.7" - $195
Half page, color - 4.375" x 2.85" - $97.50
Quarter page, color - 2.188" x 2.85" - $48.75
Eighth page, color - 2.188" x 1.425" - $24.50

American Poultry Association:

Full:
(9 x 2.8125)
B&W: $90
Color: $195

Half:
(4.5 x 2.8125)
B&W: $45
Color: $97.50

Quarter:
(2.25 x 2.8125)
B&W: $22.50
Color: $48.75

Sixth:
(2.25 x 1.875)
B&W: $11.25
Color: $32.50

Please send me an email at info@ameraucanabreedersclub.org if you would like to be featured on one of our club pages this year. Please include what size advertisement you would like to have and whether you would like the advertisement to be in black & white or in color. We will be happy to design an ad for you from scratch if needed upon purchase of an ad.

Please respond by Friday, May 9th to be included on our club pages!

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News and Information / Re: New ABC patches have been ordered!

« Last post by kkdossey on March 11, 2025, 08:35:33 PM »

Ok, great.
Thought I might have missed where they were.

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Breeding / Re: Setting Goals

« Last post by Lindsay Helton on March 10, 2025, 10:03:50 PM »

That's cool. Good plan.

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News and Information / Re: New ABC patches have been ordered!

« Last post by Lindsay Helton on March 10, 2025, 10:01:03 PM »

One has arrived and the other is in production. They had to re-do the sample for the blue wheaten patch several times. The threading and background color are now squared away. Cheers to that!

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News and Information / Re: New ABC patches have been ordered!

« Last post by kkdossey on March 10, 2025, 05:35:39 PM »

No patches yet?

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Breeding / Re: Setting Goals

« Last post by kkdossey on March 10, 2025, 05:32:05 PM »

That's good advice.
I'm working on muff/beard expression and tail spread with the wheatens and blue wheatens.
And combs and fluff with the blacks.
Good luck everyone!

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Breeding / Setting Goals

« Last post by Lindsay Helton on March 09, 2025, 03:59:29 PM »

Hatching season has arrived and you are setting up your breeding pens.

Hopefully you have been able to evaluate your progress from last year and you are setting goals for this year.
Many breeders select two attributes to work on each breeding season.

This rule of thumb enables breeders to make efficient progress without feeling overwhelmed.
What this means is that when you are setting up your breeding pens, you will not tolerate major flaws in the two attributes you select to work on.

What will you work on this season?

Eye color?
Tail spread?
Back length?
Combs?
Wing carriage?
Muff/beard expression?
Head shape?
Feather width?
Body width?
Leg length?
Weight?
Fluff?
Temperament?
Color?

These are just a few examples of what you can work to improve during a hatching season.

Does that mean you should disregard all other qualities? No.

But now you have direction. 🙂