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Buff Orpington and Lemon Blue Wheaton Ameracauna Cross

Poll Results: Is Crossing breeds A pretty cool idea?

 
  • 40% (4)
    Absolutely Yes!
  • 10% (1)
    Uh-...no.
  • 50% (5)
    Maybe, depending on the breeds.
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post #1 of 14
1/13/12 at 11:51am
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I have two very broody mutt chickens who are determined to hatch something.  So I've decided to let my Lemon Blue Wheaton Ameracauna (At least...I think he's a Lemon Blue judging from other people's pics) fertilize the eggs of my pure Buffs and set those eggs under my broody-butt mutt chickens.  ;)

Naturally the result is going to be another "mutt" but I wondered if anybody else has ever crossed Golden Orpingtons with a Blue Ameracauna and can furnish some pics or thoughts on the result.  Here is a picture of my big boy, Wyatt. 

 

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

 

I hold running dialogue with my chickens.  Sometimes I speak their language, other times, I speak mine.  

- Proud owner of Buff Orphintgons, and a fancier of all the wonderful breeds out there to be...

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

 

I hold running dialogue with my chickens.  Sometimes I speak their language, other times, I speak mine.  

- Proud owner of Buff Orphintgons, and a fancier of all the wonderful breeds out there to be...

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post #2 of 14
1/13/12 at 12:53pm

ive never seen an ameraucna ljkethat very pretty! i think yours would make some nice birds... with the right parents mutts can be BEAUTIFUL

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post #3 of 14
1/13/12 at 12:56pm

Your rooster is an easter egger, and there is not really a color called lemon blue wheaton. There are lemon blues, and there are wheatens, and blue wheatens. You'll get nice fat easter egger chicks if you put him over orp hens. Orps make some of the best crosses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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*Happy Mtn Farm---------> Goose and Fig (work in progress) 

    

  

 

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post #4 of 14
1/13/12 at 1:04pm
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Thanks, the guys and gals in my other post told me he might be an EE because Lemon is not a color listed in Ameraucanas- but when I looked at the EE standards they didn't list Lemon either.  However, apparently EE's can come in almost any color.  If I can't put Lemon, Blue, and Wheaton together on him...what color can he be described as?  Simply Blue Wheaton?

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

 

I hold running dialogue with my chickens.  Sometimes I speak their language, other times, I speak mine.  

- Proud owner of Buff Orphintgons, and a fancier of all the wonderful breeds out there to be...

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

 

I hold running dialogue with my chickens.  Sometimes I speak their language, other times, I speak mine.  

- Proud owner of Buff Orphintgons, and a fancier of all the wonderful breeds out there to be...

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post #5 of 14
1/13/12 at 1:59pm

He doesn't have any wheaten in him. He's Silver Willow (the splash and silver counterpart of lemon blue)

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post #6 of 14
1/13/12 at 3:47pm

 

 

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This is my Lemon Blue Ameraucana.  Both her parents are single combs.  Mom is a Blue Splash Orp and dad is 1/2 Black & 1/2 Buff Orp.  So you MAY get a Lemon Blue, I also had one Lemon Blue from the same parents who is a single comb.  So you may expect either.

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post #7 of 14
1/13/12 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by Then I Will View Post

Thanks, the guys and gals in my other post told me he might be an EE because Lemon is not a color listed in Ameraucanas- but when I looked at the EE standards they didn't list Lemon either.  However, apparently EE's can come in almost any color.  If I can't put Lemon, Blue, and Wheaton together on him...what color can he be described as?  Simply Blue Wheaton?

Easter Eggers do not have a standard, they are mixed breed birds and can be any color.  Your bird is not lemon blue, nor is he wheaten, blue wheaten, or ameraucana.

 

You will probably not get any green eggs from the cross, most likely khaki and brown.

 

 

Jean
President of the Ameraucana Breeders Club/UOC Member - Disclaimer:  "Not all opinions made by me are the opinions of the ABC"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #8 of 14
4/22/12 at 3:17pm

Wondering what the chicks looked like  from this cross???  The roo is just beautiful!!
 

 

  NW PA Chickenswap planned for Saturday, June 23rd from 1-4pm at Clarion TSC!  
 

Hoping for another great turnout-please help spread the word!

I'll be bringing EE and OE chicks, a Golden Comet cross roo, OEGB BB Red pair and more!
May possibly have guinea keets, call ducks/hatching eggs to offer too. 
 

 

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  NW PA Chickenswap planned for Saturday, June 23rd from 1-4pm at Clarion TSC!  
 

Hoping for another great turnout-please help spread the word!

I'll be bringing EE and OE chicks, a Golden Comet cross roo, OEGB BB Red pair and more!
May possibly have guinea keets, call ducks/hatching eggs to offer too. 
 

 

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post #9 of 14
4/22/12 at 6:53pm

As others have said, he's not lemon blue or wheaten  or blue wheaten, or even an Ameraucana, but he sure is one of the most striking Easter Egger roosters I've ever seen! I really, really love his coloring! You should have some really gorgeous babies from him with a Buff Orp hen, I'd say.
 

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #10 of 14
4/23/12 at 3:28pm
Thread Starter 

BWAHAHAW!!  hit.gif  This beautiful roo passed away of Cocci very suddenly in February!!  

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

 

I hold running dialogue with my chickens.  Sometimes I speak their language, other times, I speak mine.  

- Proud owner of Buff Orphintgons, and a fancier of all the wonderful breeds out there to be...

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” -Audrey Hepburn

 

I hold running dialogue with my chickens.  Sometimes I speak their language, other times, I speak mine.  

- Proud owner of Buff Orphintgons, and a fancier of all the wonderful breeds out there to be...

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