Ameraucana Breeders Club
The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Ameraucana Marketplace => Topic started by: philipu on August 18, 2009, 12:45:14 PM
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Here are some quick snaps of the chicks I hatched this spring from
eggs from Jean.
3 cockerels and 4 pullets.
Thanks, phil
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The wheatens and blue wheatens go through lots of color changes before they mature. The last cockerel appears to be a splash wheaten. They look good for their age.
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The wheatens and blue wheatens go through lots of color changes before they mature. The last cockerel appears to be a splash wheaten. They look good for their age.
Thanks Mike,
It will be interesting to see how they end up.
I started them on a high protein diet, still a little on the high end,
I feed them the same as my game and cornish, all get the
same basic feed. I started these meatbird finsher, and
then went to a flock formula, about 20 percent.
Now the free range during the day still get the 20 percent protein, plus a lttle scratch, soaked oats and barley, treats a couple of times a week, I use the Ol Roy, soft and moist, all I have to do is rattle the bag, and they come a running...
I used the soft and moist to get all the birds to come, if I
want to see them all in one place.
Later, phil
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If you keep spoiling them like that you\'ll end up looking like one of those old New Yorkers at a park bench with the pigeons sitting on them!
I love the disposition of this variety, very friendly.
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If you keep spoiling them like that you\'ll end up looking like one of those old New Yorkers at a park bench with the pigeons sitting on them!
I love the disposition of this variety, very friendly.
Hi Jean,
I don\'t know about the New Yorker bit, but the rest is right on...
Jean are you going to the show in Great Falls this fall?
Thanks Jean, these birds I hatched came from Jean\"s birds
eggs.
phil
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Those are some nice looking young birds. I\'ve always liked the color, but I can\'t have Ameraucanas in every single variety, so I opted for Blue Wheaten in my Marans instead.
I have three young birds I hatched from Jeans eggs earlier this year and they\'re also starting to look very nice. Very strong and vigorous, and I believe all female. They\'re solid black, but carry the lavender gene. I have some of John\'s in the same color. The leg color on Jeans is a little lighter, so I don\'t think I\'ll have to worry about banding them to tell them apart.
Good luck with these. I know you\'re proud of them.
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Those are some nice looking young birds. I\'ve always liked the color, but I can\'t have Ameraucanas in every single variety, so I opted for Blue Wheaten in my Marans instead.
I have three young birds I hatched from Jeans eggs earlier this year and they\'re also starting to look very nice. Very strong and vigorous, and I believe all female. They\'re solid black, but carry the lavender gene. I have some of John\'s in the same color. The leg color on Jeans is a little lighter, so I don\'t think I\'ll have to worry about banding them to tell them apart.
Good luck with these. I know you\'re proud of them.
Thanks, how did you manage to get all female?
I usually always have more males than female.
At this point I won\'t have to band them, all of these came from
Jeans eggs.
They are very active and busy, I don\'t think I\'ve ever had a breed that was active....what I dislike is \"flighty\", I don\'t like
birds that react that way.
Thanks again, phil
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Thanks, how did you manage to get all female?
I usually always have more males than female.
Oh I\'ve had males, more than I\'d like, but not nearly as many of them as females, so I can\'t complain. From John\'s eggs, I either have 2 males and 4 females, or 3 males and 3 females. This one chick keeps making me change my mind.
I have a few of the flighty breeds, SS Hamburgs and Leghorns, but those are in with my laying and free ranging flock so I enjoy watching them......but it\'s heck trying to catch one!
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It probably has something to do with Global Warming! LOL :rolleyes:
I sure can\'t explain it but I\'ve been blessed this year with about 90% females to males in both my Ameraucanas and my Welsummers. My Barnies gave me about 50/50.
God Bless,
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Strange. I had the same experience with my Buff Chanteclers this year, i.e., at least 80% females.