Pretty Blue Pullets!

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Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Penny » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:24 am

These are a couple of the straight run Blue Ameraucana that I bought earlier this spring (5 of 5 turned out to be pullets!!!). They are currently almost 5 months old. Beautiful, aren't they?? Ill be looking for a splash roo for them next spring
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:06 am

They have learnt to pose too!
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Ontario Chick » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:18 am

Very nice, hope you have better luck them me, finding a decent Ameraucana cockerel.
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Penny » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:23 am

Ontario Chick wrote:
Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:18 am
Very nice, hope you have better luck them me, finding a decent Ameraucana cockerel.
I may end up ordering a batch of BBS eggs or chicks and hoping for a decent cockeral. Easier to integrate into the main flock.
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by kenya » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:56 pm

Why a splash roo? It will give you half splash offspring and lighten the blue offspring fading the lacing as well.
Pretty pullets.
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Shnookie » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:23 pm

I will have several extra blue and splash roos. Too bad you aren't closer. :) I don't know the quality yet.
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Penny » Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:27 am

kenya wrote:
Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:56 pm
Why a splash roo? It will give you half splash offspring and lighten the blue offspring fading the lacing as well.
Pretty pullets.
I was looking for Splash this spring when I bought these, but could only find blue and black. I love the look of the splash. Would a blue cockeral produce a nicer splash (even thought there would likely be less splash offspring?)
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by kenya » Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:59 am

Blue x blue will give you blue, black and splash
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Ontario Chick » Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:32 am

There is no guarantee of colour quality , but over several years of breeding Blue to Blue only, there was a great variety of depth of splashes from very high contrast to almost white.
But if you have no interest in Blacks, Blue to Splash either way, i.e. Splash cockerel to Blue hens or Blue cockerel to Splash hens is the way to go.
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Re: Pretty Blue Pullets!

Post by Kbr42 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:07 am

Lucky, you! Love the pullets.
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