I just got flogged by this Isabel Ameraucana Cockerel - and this is one circumstance where I am absolutely going to let it go. You see, this beautiful little Bresse lady also seen pictured in this post Was hatched and raised alongside this cockerel and a few other random pullets. She was the only chick out of a clutch of Bresse eggs I hatched this spring - so I just threw her in with these Ameraucanas while I worked to hatch more Bresse. Fast-forward to now, where I have been able to cultivate a beautiful flock of American Bresse to go alongside her (with the amazing help of Whitney Bissonette Bissonnette Acres) And Hank has completed the coop that they will live in. So, usually I would move chickens around at night. I find that it’s always easier and less stressful on everybody if they’re moved around at night and snatched straight off the roosting bars. However, today I went against my own policies and I’m moving these birds around in the middle of the afternoon. And that’s why the flogging took place. This beautiful Isabel Guy has never shown even an ounce of aggression up until today, he’s never even given me the side eye. But as I snatched up this lady, causing quite the commotion, and walking out of the coop, you better bet that he flogged my shin on the way out. Honestly, if there was ever a time where a flogging was deserved, that would be it. So I will absolutely be letting this one slide. ***Edited to share that I made an executive decision to put this Bresse Pullet back with her Isabel Amerauana Protector the following day. The reality is, my Bresse program will function just fine without her. I believe her presence is better served with the flock she was raised with.
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PSA “Americana” is not the same as “Ameraucana”. If you’re a pet chicken owner simply looking for cool chickens and colored eggs, then this couldn’t matter any less. But - if you’re interested in breeding and/selling hatching eggs and chicks, then it’s important to know the difference. “Americanas” are Easter eggers. They are a mixed breed who will hopefully lay some variation of lighly colored eggs, but ultimately there is no guarantee on egg colors or genetics. Theyll come in all different colors and varieties. There is no standard for Easter eggers. Ameraucanas are an American Poultry Association recognized breed. Ameraucanas are Homozygous blue egg gene carriers - meaning they carry two copies of the blue egg gene and will lay blue eggs of the time (although the shade may vary and sometimes/rarely be greenish leaning). This is why they are a favorite in olive breeding programs. They are identifiable by their pea combs, muffs and beards. Their earlobes are small and round, and their wattles are small or absent; earlobes, comb and wattles are all red. Their shanks are clean (without feathers) slate-blue, tending to black in the black plumage variant. The following colors are recognized in the American Standard of Perfection: black, blue, blue wheaten, brown red, buff, silver, wheaten, white, blue, splash and most recently self - blue. Pictured here are two of my birds. A wheaten cockerel and a self-blue pullet. |
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