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How do you get a color accepted as an APA approved color?
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I subscribed.Since I am a oldtimer maybe I can help.
Hi new thread : )
My birds that do not meet ASOP for Ameraucana and carry the 'blue egg gene' are quite simply 'Green-Eggers'. It doesn't matter a whit to me what anyone else calls their birds as long as one doesn't try to call them something they are not.
I breed / raise / keep Ameraucana in black, blue, splash and some project birds bred **toward** Ameraucana standard, as per ASOP .
I have many many birds that carry the 'blue egg gene' that are bred toward a *different* goal, but nothing here that is an Easter Egger.
An Easter Egger, to me, is a bird from hatchery-stock that may lay any-colored-egg, is not a 'breed' and has no 'standard'.
A member on another thread I subscribe to posted these thoughts. I thought they made some very good points.
If you are successful, you'll have to come up with a name for your new breedI am currently breeding a White Amie (blue egger) with a pure white Polish Tophat Roo. I am hoping for a white chicken with a beard and hippy hair that lays a blue/green egg. As the Polish Hen lays a white egg, I am "assuming" that it might even lighten the blue egg to a paler blue egg.
Since it is a new breed I find a lot of the color projects interesting as well. It seems like a lot of people are working on lavenders. I have seen people selling Lavenders on their Ameraucana websites. But I was under the impression that because Lavender is not an APA approved color those birds technically aren't considered Ameraucanas? Does anyone know if this is true?
I'm not sure I would be that specific.I breed / raise / keep Ameraucana in black, blue, splash and some project birds bred **toward** Ameraucana standard, as per ASOP .
I have many many birds that carry the 'blue egg gene' that are bred toward a *different* goal, but nothing here that is an Easter Egger.
An Easter Egger, to me, is a bird from hatchery-stock that may lay any-colored-egg, is not a 'breed' and has no 'standard'.
It seems to take a long time to get a color accepted into a breeds SOP. I am excited to "dive" into some projects in the future. I think I would like to start with a standard color first to better my understanding of the genetics of the breed before I attempt to make any breeding decisions. My "eye" is not keen enough yet in the chicken world. My background is in dogs and horses. I have so much to learn and can't get enough of this breed! (Ameraucanas). All of the traits it possesses intrigues me.I'm also working on a blue Sebright, I have 2 blue Hens with Sebright blood in them and an order in for Silver 'Brights. Colors are what it's all about...There's no Blue 'Bright in the SoP, either, nor a Buff, but I see Buffs for sale, at Ideal Hatcheries and from the man where I got my 3 new 'Brights this past Saturday. I understand you Breed a Golden Roo with a Silver Hen. I have THAT combination, now. Soooo....here come the Buffs.
I always love to see the colors people come up with, and the EE's are so wonderful for doing that. I can't see how anyone would balk at someone attempting a new and beautiful color combo. My Olive Eggers are beautiful Golden Amie appearing, with blue rear halves. They are some of my most beautiful chickens, and they're Hens. I also drove 110 miles, each way, just to buy them. Roos are usually considered the best-looking, but...EE's have good-looking Hens.
Don't let ANYone talk you out of a project that you want to try. You may have the next "craze trend" bird, in your pics.