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It’s an awesome forum. I haven’t read through it fully, but I’ve gone through a fair amount of tabs, and they’re quite a good read.So, I finished out reading the breeding and genetic forum from Ameraucana Alliance and wow. I really wish the APA and ABA would be on board with what the founders of the Ameraucana wanted. They and some othere breeders of different breeds brought up accepting all the colors and patterns that have been established in chickens for all breeds. Was intresting that our founders think that way. Lol I joined the club after that.
I recommend anyone seriously into breeding Ameraucana to check that fourm out.
I’d be super sad. Blue wheaten lover over here though.But can you imagine if blue wheaten fell to the wayside because everyone had a different color project?
Back to the actual topic, OEGBS tend to get on well enough for having so many accepted varieties. Some are definitely rarer than others, like buffs, but there always seems to be one breeder or two floating around. The most popular colors(basing this literally off what I see at shows, I’m no OEGB person) seem to be those which have had the most breeding behind them, the most established varieties. As it goes for ameraucanas right now, blue wheaten seems to have a fair deal of breeders? I don't actually keep track, honestly, of how many breeders there are. I can’t imagine they’d be too poorly affected by a large amount of variety acceptance like other, already rarer, varieties ameraucanas have now. As for varieties like brown red and buff though, which I know are already rare, might drop off completely if people pushed towards new varieties.