therustyseeder
In the Brooder
- Jul 15, 2023
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Disclaimer, I find genetics and breeding for plumage and egg colour altogether complicated yet fascinating but have no plans for showing.
I hatched out 11 chicks from my blue ameraucana hen. I am fairly confident in her genetics as she was purchased from a breeder that shows her birds. She was kept in a black & blue flock, making her Bl/bl+.
I have bred my Ameraucana roo over her. Though perhaps I have discovered he is actually a mudblood and I’ve been lied to as per how most ameraucana exchanges go. This was a casual ameraucana breeder, but only does that breed so we said why not. My roo presented silver, but we suspected recessive gold due to his brassiness. Maybe also his black seems blue now that he is older. e+? S? s+?
10 chicks were a mix of blue and black, no surprises there, however our very last chick stunningly came out yellow. Splash? Wheaten? What can this tell me about his genes? Could he be masking a gold/red/wheaten vibe? Or does this indicate anything about my hen that may be awry?
I also have recently read that breeding with a silver roo is typically discouraged among the Ameraucana groups due to leakage? I, of course, read this after my eggs were already in the incubator. All that being said, he is an excellent rooster (our third, finally got an awesome one) that his personality is too precious to discard. In the future, would it be best (casually breeding wise) only to hatch out hens from a certain colour? Silvers? Wheaten? Is there no point now knowing he is just throwing “Easter Eggers”?
Apologize for the long post, but wanted to give as many details as possible in case I’m missing something obvious. Thanks so much for advice and discussions! Will add photos in next post!
I hatched out 11 chicks from my blue ameraucana hen. I am fairly confident in her genetics as she was purchased from a breeder that shows her birds. She was kept in a black & blue flock, making her Bl/bl+.
I have bred my Ameraucana roo over her. Though perhaps I have discovered he is actually a mudblood and I’ve been lied to as per how most ameraucana exchanges go. This was a casual ameraucana breeder, but only does that breed so we said why not. My roo presented silver, but we suspected recessive gold due to his brassiness. Maybe also his black seems blue now that he is older. e+? S? s+?
10 chicks were a mix of blue and black, no surprises there, however our very last chick stunningly came out yellow. Splash? Wheaten? What can this tell me about his genes? Could he be masking a gold/red/wheaten vibe? Or does this indicate anything about my hen that may be awry?
I also have recently read that breeding with a silver roo is typically discouraged among the Ameraucana groups due to leakage? I, of course, read this after my eggs were already in the incubator. All that being said, he is an excellent rooster (our third, finally got an awesome one) that his personality is too precious to discard. In the future, would it be best (casually breeding wise) only to hatch out hens from a certain colour? Silvers? Wheaten? Is there no point now knowing he is just throwing “Easter Eggers”?
Apologize for the long post, but wanted to give as many details as possible in case I’m missing something obvious. Thanks so much for advice and discussions! Will add photos in next post!
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