AJuff Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 (edited) When I search for a photo of an Amber Star I get lots of very different looking hens ranging from brown to white. What colour are Amber Stars? Anyone got a picture? Edited June 28, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane 20 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Haven't got a picture but they are white with varying degrees of brown markings. Ours looks pure white but some we saw when we went to get her had a lot of brown, it just depends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I have an Amber Star, will post photo later, sometimes called 'sweeties' by Karen at Merrydale Poultry anyway! I can confirm that my hen is cream with quite a bit of brown speckling on her wings! Jane's right it depends on the individual bird, think of it as lucky dip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 My amber star is creamy white with sploges of gingery feathers although I'm sure that she has more ginger now than when I got her Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 My Amber Link, which I'm pretty sure is the same difference, is champagne coloured, with gold flecks here and there. Beautiful. Will try to remember to post a pic later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 This is the piccie I posted the other day of my Prada who is an amber star. She has cream feathers with beige bits on the ends. She does have a neck somewhere too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lapinou Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 That is a truly lovely colour, Laura. I wish we had the space for a larger flock...one day...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie26pet Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 what coloured eggs do they lay? after a couple new birds to add, looking at a black rock which i just found out also called a pepperpot, or a blue bell, or ginger nut after a couple that are reliable layers not very often broody amber or white star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Laura & CTB that is a fantastic photo of an Amber!! Made me laugh!! After seeing that photo my son has adopted an Amber before he's even seen her. She'll be called Alice after the love of his life!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Alice the Amber - definately has a nice ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemychooks Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 My amber star is creamy white with sploges of gingery feathers although I'm sure that she has more ginger now than when I got her Karen x Mine has got more ginger on her wings now as well. I'm sure I read somewhere that the older the get the more ginger bits they get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 This is my Amber Star called "Freckles".. she's about 20 weeks and covered in ginger flecks hence her name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Here is my Amber Link. She is only a baby....approx 16-18 weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemychooks Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 This is my Amber Star called "Freckles".. she's about 20 weeks and covered in ginger flecks hence her name! Egg Lou, where did you get your Amber Star ? She is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemychooks Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Here is my Amber Link. She is only a baby....approx 16-18 weeks old. This is what my Amber Star looks like (my favourite), aren't they beautiful chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Gorgeous. I think they are the same difference. My little near neighbour, aged 9, who comes to look at the hens occasionally said she looked as if she had been sprinkled with gold dust. She's right.....she does. She wants me to change her name to Angelina Ballerina or somesuch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2hec Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 They are lovely girls and all quite different. Lily is now about 21 weeks and has just started to lay this week. The photo shows her 2 weeks ago. Her face, comb and wattle are now really red so she looks a bit different but her colouring is almost white with creamy wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Here is my Bracken,so named for her gorgeous colouring. Not her best view,but it gives a good idea of her colouring. When we chose her,the breeder had hens ranging from almost pure white,to cream with no dark flecks,to hens as flecky as can be She picked us really - we had a hen in a box already,& she jumped on top of it,trying to see what was going on She is a very nosey,very friendly girl. She lays a mid brown egg with unusual pale speckles, & is one of my top layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemychooks Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Awww Cinnamon, she is beautiful and it was actually a photo of this chicken that made me go out and buy mine ! This is my chicken, Biscuit, when I first brought her. She has got my ginger flecks on her wings, back and tail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Oh what lovely Ambers! I am just so excited about collecting mine next Saturday. The breeder has chosen them for me so I can't wait to see what colouring they are. Does egg colour vary too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 My Amber Star was a dirty white with bits of ginger when she arrived at POL. As she's got older she's got more ginger bits and looks a dirtier white than before. From a distance she still looks white, but she's not at all. At POL Not got a close up pic of her now. But she looks like a different chicken entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 not got a picture of my Custard ( yes, I have children - the second favourite from the teens was Borat!) but she is just like yours, Egluntine. They are all so pretty - I love the comment about gold dust, mine looks as though she has had caramel dripped on her top feathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 This is my Amber Star called "Freckles".. she's about 20 weeks and covered in ginger flecks hence her name! Egg Lou, where did you get your Amber Star ? She is beautiful. Hi got her from Merrist Wood ( I can give you the number if you'd like) but think all flocks have birds that vary from pure white to freckly so just luck of the draw! This one choose me by making sure she was in every photo we took on our "enquiry" visit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Here's our Sylvie. DD chose the whitest one out of about 50 freckly ambers. Sylvie is our biggest, greediest chook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
