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Breeding / Re: Chocolate Wheaten project expansion
« on: July 10, 2024, 12:31:35 AM »
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Breeding / Chocolate Wheaten project expansion
« on: July 09, 2024, 02:48:53 PM »
Just wondering if we have any club members in WA state who would be interested in working the chocolate wheaten project along with me
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Breeding / Chocolate Wheaten F3
« on: June 11, 2024, 08:19:33 PM »
My 3rd Generation is well and truly underway, thought I'd share some early plumage pics of my F3 Chocolate Wheaten Cockerel who hatched from a seriously damaged egg ^_^
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Election 2024 / Re: Nominations for the 2025-2026 Election
« on: June 11, 2024, 07:57:27 PM »
I'd like to run for Western District Director again ^_^
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Breeding / Re: Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana Breeding Chart
« on: June 10, 2024, 05:42:25 PM »
This will be so much more fun when I toss chocolate wheaten, mauve wheaten, and splash mauve wheaten into the mix hahahahahahaha
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Breeding / Re: breeding lavender Ameraucana
« on: October 18, 2023, 10:58:13 AM »
Hello ^_^ If you want to get into breeding I highly recommend picking up a copy of the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection.
Your first girl has a lot of gold leakage, so if you're going for self blue ( lavender) I wouldn't use her at all. If it were me I'd get a nice black cock bird to put over your second hen, I'd also source some additional self blue chicks from one of our ABC breeders in the breeder's directory.
once you get your first set of splits from the black cock and self blue hen all raised up you can put your nicest split male back over his mom and any additional self blue hens that are good breeding quality.
Your first girl has a lot of gold leakage, so if you're going for self blue ( lavender) I wouldn't use her at all. If it were me I'd get a nice black cock bird to put over your second hen, I'd also source some additional self blue chicks from one of our ABC breeders in the breeder's directory.
once you get your first set of splits from the black cock and self blue hen all raised up you can put your nicest split male back over his mom and any additional self blue hens that are good breeding quality.
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Breeding / Re: Chocolate Wheaten F2
« on: July 15, 2023, 11:57:16 AM »
My growing Chocolate Wheaten chicks, I definitely have a chocolate Wheaten cockerel and pullet. I thought I had a mauve wheaten pullet as well, but now I'm not so sure she isn't actually a cockerel. Only time will tell ^_^
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Breeding / Re: Creating a new breed of bird
« on: June 24, 2023, 10:25:30 PM »
The first thing you should do is figure out all the traits you want. But realistically you kind of breed for everything at the same time. Personally I focus on health first, then temperament, type, and lastly color.
I've got my own project going for just making a new color variety of Ameraucana, but eventually I have a whole new breed of chicken I'd like to create. ^_^
I've got my own project going for just making a new color variety of Ameraucana, but eventually I have a whole new breed of chicken I'd like to create. ^_^
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Breeding / Chocolate Wheaten F2
« on: May 21, 2023, 11:50:19 PM »
After setting many many eggs I believe I have 2 or 3 chocolate wheaten chicks. They're just starting to feather in, but it appears that they have chocolate in their wings. I also noticed the down coloring on the ones that have chocolate appears to have a rusty reddish tint to it, which I was not expecting. ^_^ I don't know if it's realted or not, but I'll find out as I hatch more, I'm sure. ^_^
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News and Information / Re: Ameraucana are number one!
« on: May 03, 2023, 10:05:05 PM »
That's awesome!!
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Exhibiting & Promoting / Re: Large fowl splash Ameraucana chicks
« on: April 06, 2023, 08:53:34 PM »
Oh that's awesome ^_^
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Breeding / Breeder selection decisions
« on: March 31, 2023, 07:48:14 PM »
Writing this to get some expert opinions and to talk things through with myself lol.
I've finally gone through and looked over my pool of hens and cocks, overall I'm really happy with what I have but a little bummed too. I started with 2 breeding pens, pen one was a chocolate cock over 4 w/bw/spw hens, and pen 2 was a BW cock over 3 chocolate hens. I knew I'd know which female offspring came from which male based on their coloring, but I ended up not marking the chicks to track which males came from which pen, which was an error on my part.
My conundrum is that all my females that came from the BW male over choc hens aren't that awesome. The things they have going for them are really nice, beautiful egg color, one has a great tail, and one has lovely full muffs, but they have more stacked against than for, including white shimmer on their earlobes, brown eyes, single muffs and I'm pretty sure one has a single/pea comb.
I'm worried about keeping my gene pool healthy though, and debating on using these hens since I know that they had a different sire than my chocolate and mauve hens and therefor potentially different than the male that I use, since I didn't mark the males.
I could keep only the best of the best, which would give me 1 male and 4 hens, which all likely share the same dad, and then outcross to more BWs hens once I get a chocolate wheaten male.
I'm 100% getting a toe punch now though, any recommendations?
I've finally gone through and looked over my pool of hens and cocks, overall I'm really happy with what I have but a little bummed too. I started with 2 breeding pens, pen one was a chocolate cock over 4 w/bw/spw hens, and pen 2 was a BW cock over 3 chocolate hens. I knew I'd know which female offspring came from which male based on their coloring, but I ended up not marking the chicks to track which males came from which pen, which was an error on my part.
My conundrum is that all my females that came from the BW male over choc hens aren't that awesome. The things they have going for them are really nice, beautiful egg color, one has a great tail, and one has lovely full muffs, but they have more stacked against than for, including white shimmer on their earlobes, brown eyes, single muffs and I'm pretty sure one has a single/pea comb.
I'm worried about keeping my gene pool healthy though, and debating on using these hens since I know that they had a different sire than my chocolate and mauve hens and therefor potentially different than the male that I use, since I didn't mark the males.
I could keep only the best of the best, which would give me 1 male and 4 hens, which all likely share the same dad, and then outcross to more BWs hens once I get a chocolate wheaten male.
I'm 100% getting a toe punch now though, any recommendations?
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Breeding / Re: pseudo barring on mauve chickens
« on: March 29, 2023, 01:50:49 AM »
Thanks! It only seems to be on the blue and mauve girls is one particular coop.
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Breeding / pseudo barring on mauve chickens
« on: March 21, 2023, 10:10:47 PM »
Curious as to the cause behind this sort of "barring" that is on my blue and mauve chickens. Does it have something to do with the dilution gene? Feed related? It's most visible in their tail and wing feathers.
Also, does anyone know the cause behind the oddly placed axial? feather when the wing is folded? Is that just a thing that happens or is it something structural? it often seems to be only one wing that has the feather sticking out.
Also, does anyone know the cause behind the oddly placed axial? feather when the wing is folded? Is that just a thing that happens or is it something structural? it often seems to be only one wing that has the feather sticking out.
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Breeding / Re: Chocolate Wheaten F1
« on: March 07, 2023, 12:17:57 PM »
Some favorites of my F1s. I'll be setting as many eggs as I can this month for an Easter hatch. each egg has between a 12 and 25 percent chance to hatch out chocolate and wheaten. * fingers crossed I get a bunch lol
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