Breeding Wheaten Ameraucana to Blue Wheaten Ameraucana?

[TwoChicksChix]

Hi everybody.

I was wondering what happens if you bread a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana with a plain Wheaten Ameraucana. I heard that they have their own similar b/b/s genes like that of a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte in that the tips of the tails can be either b/b/s but I was wondering if that is true.

If not, what actually happens if you do this? Does it ruin either breed color? Should I not pen together my Blue Wheatens and my Wheatens?

 

[nicalandia]

Hi everybody.

I was wondering what happens if you bread a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana with a plain Wheaten Ameraucana. I heard that they have their own similar b/b/s genes like that of a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte in that the tips of the tails can be either b/b/s but I was wondering if that is true.

Its the same black diluting gene Bl/bl+, so if you cross your Blue Wheaten with regular Wheaten you will get 50% Blue Wheatens and 50% regular wheatens

 

[TwoChicksChix]

Okay, that’s what I thought. I figured, if my blues get too diluted I could breed them back to a regular wheaten and get the blues darker again.