Friday, March 19, 2010

Ameraucana chicks

Donnie came to clean out the chicken pen and he thought he would get the pen cleaned today. He got 1/3 cleaned and said to his wife I hate to say it but we will have to come back another day. I didn't say so but if he gets it all he will have to make 2 more trips. meanwhile the chickens are busy making more manure.
I bought 10 Ameraucana chicks or Easter egger chicks at the feed store today.supposedly they are all pullets I am hoping for at least 5 pullets.
What are Easter Egg chickens?
The Ameraucana Breeders Club defines an Easter Egg chicken or Easter Egger as any chicken that possesses the blue egg gene, but does not fully meet any breed descriptions as defined in the APA and/or ABA standards. Further, even if a bird meets an Ameraucana standard breed description, but doesn’t meet a variety description or breed true at least 50% of the time it is considered an Easter Egg chicken.
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2 comments:

Galla Creek said...

I like those little hens. If I were there, I would have went and got a few too.

Sister--Helen said...

Green eggs and ham