right...this girl needs works...another breed would need other different work....its just so hard to find white Ams around here...not to mention show qualtiy...easier to find Bresse....maybe I'll try a pen with Ams and a pen with a Bresse bred in...or Minorca.. I'd much rather keep all Am blood...
Pretty green sheen! I'm working with a white I just got yesterday. They are SOOOOO hard to find around here that I got her while I could. I'm going to keep looking for others of better quality for future generations... I'm trying to breed to white on some others and using a different breed...
Question to clarify...If I want strengthen a feature in my Ams and breed them to another breed to do it, and the result meets SOP for Ams, but it has another breeds blood in the mix....it's ok? For show purposes? What about selling of the offspring as Ams? As long as it breeds true 50% of the...
So, NOT a Silkie cross? It's possible that is the same mutation or...the first mutation... The "st" mutation was first discovered, but the chicks never survived past 2 weeks....then it was discovered again 5 years later. Those survived so they named the mutation st-2. I've seen another breed...
I started reading this thread...its interesting, and I wonder if I have aome of the birds here to get started with this....i "accidentally" produced this gal crossing my BLRW and a black Australorp...the legs are dark and there is some darker edging...
I have a beautiful BLRW roo, some chicks...
I think that APA/ABC recognition should come down a very simple point....Frizzles are accepted as a variety in other breeds. It is considered a feather type/variety. This Silkied feather type is JUST like that....EXACTLY like that...both are mutations that create a "look" in the feather...
YES! I am pushing for variety recognition for this feather type. There is a group of us on Facebook that are communicating and working on this variety of the AM.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1486852044883669/
st-2 Ameraucanas Stringy Silky Beautiful
There are some great folks with great...
It has begun! I have created a Face Book page for anyone wanting to just find info, see or add photos, or get involved in this long but rewarding journey of promoting this beautiful variety and getting them accepted by APA and ABC!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1486852044883669/
Current...
If anyone is interested, my FB page for my chickens is
https://www.facebook.com/theironfeather?ref_type=bookmark
One of the reasons for the hostility that was created when trying to sort through Araucanas and Ameraucanas was all of the disagreements between everyone involved. The more we...
...if they are different than the standard Ameraucanas, and focus on agreeing to those standards and working on breeding lots of birds with them.
***Anyone who wants to commit to this with me, please PM me with your contact info and I'll start a list***
I can also start a FB Page, website...
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OK, there is obviously a LOT of confusion with these birds on the basis that people think they are a cross with Silkies...and the name doesn't help... I've been talking to JerryS on here (Charter Member of the Ameraucana Breeders Club) and he sent me some facts on the...