Dear all,
The other day I was working in the countryside of the State of São Paulo, Brazil and I was amazed when I saw in a flock of some poor countrymen a group of hens with Ameraucana features (muffs and beard). I had never heard about Ameraucanas in Brazil.
Are these features typically of...
Araucanas, should lay BLUE eggs (as per APA).
Just for your personal information: Araucanas in the Araucanía region - Southern Chile, where the race originally comes from (not as per the APA Standards) are composed of two different races. One is the Kollonca - rumpless and tuffless always lays...
That was a simple one that shows 4 genes, blue or white and brown. However brown isn't a simple single gene, there are at least 12 that combine to do it. It turns the numbers astronomical.
I am doomed man !!! Yes I only played with 4 genes.
You also won't generate pure marans or ameracaunas...
Yes this is important to mention. If you artificially (through feed for example) increase the egg laying percentage, you'll have less pigment per egg=lighter brown eggs.
Breeding f1 x f1
So, seeing your chart and playing with the numbers to obtain pure blue dark carrier I came to the following proportions, including 1/16 for the pure blue dark carrier. Someone tell me if I am wrong in the proportions. (I used the term White Tan. I know it should be “No Tan”...