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Then wouldn't a color "in the slate family" be achievable with a barred Ameraucana?
no because in wheatens you can still have dermial melanin in sexlinked barred Ameraucanas you will only get a dark epidermis. not the same. the sexlink gene prohibits dermial melanin.
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I'm confused. What color would you call Wheaten& Blue Wheaten Ameraucana legs? Because it's lighter than slate.
BTW -- I was working on it for fun & because I had only the one White Ameraucana girl for Gandalf.... I didn't want her to get over-used. At this point, the only Ameraucanas I'm sure...
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I can grow you one! I have a ton of White Ameraucana chicks right now. He'll have a full harem of White Amer girls by next spring. Right now since he only has one, I put the Wheaten girls in with him to experiment.
Oh I see how it is. I can loan you my hen but you won't loan your...
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I can grow you one! I have a ton of White Ameraucana chicks right now. He'll have a full harem of White Amer girls by next spring. Right now since he only has one, I put the Wheaten girls in with him to experiment.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "inacting that gene". I was also wondering if once the line was developed the APA would allow a different standard for the Barred Ameraucana Breed. They might just consider it another breed like the White Rhode Island Red. From what I've learned the...
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Wheaten Ameraucanas have a lighter leg color than all the other varieties. Is that achievable/acceptable?
I have a white male who carries barring. I put him over Wheaten hens & have been hatching to see if I get anything I can work with. The chicks legs are all either the color of the...