Re: [CHICKENS-101] New to Chickens

You will not know exactly what color they will lay until the start laying. The entire spread of pastel blue to green is an option along with the occasional pink or taupe.

We have one and she is a pretty golden color and looks strikingly like a bird of prey. As befitting that look she is kind of aloof. Not mean or anything but not interested in people either. Our eggs are a mostly green shade of blue/green pastel.

If keeping chickens is at all common near you then you should be able to find an Ameraucana locally. Sometimes you will see "Easter Egg" chickens being sold. These are mixed breed chickens which lay the same blue -> green with the occasional pink eggs. The colored egg gene transfers easily.

On Feb 28, 2013, at 6:06 AM, jajeanpierre wrote:

> I am considering getting a few chickens for my backyard. (Keeping chickens is legal.)
>
> I want blue eggs and an unusual chicken. I've found a breeder who has Ameraucanas. They are very active exhibiting.
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> The woman I spoke to said that she will send a minimum of 10 unsexed day-old chicks (to keep warm during shipping).
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> I don't want 10. I want two or three. My idea is to keep the minimum and then as they start to not produce enough eggs, get another but keep the unproductive chicken as a pet. You can see how I would quickly become over run if I started with five or six hens.
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> Can they be sexed as day-old chicks?
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> I don't know if I have the stomach to cull the roosters.
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> Suggestions?
>
> Janet
>
>



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