Good point Miss Prissy, its your project and you can do whatever you want. I think that the reds with slate legs look amazing, the reds with white legs would be cool too but they dont stand out as much as ones with blue legs.
I think there has to be like 5 people that have bred them for 5 years or something like that. I am not sure on the number of birds, its in the APA yearbook I think.
I dont remember who said it but whoever said that they dont have to go through breed clubs to get in the standard has a good point. I just love using these as an example-the barred/cuckoo ameraucanas. If someone wants to get them recognized hard enough they will breed enough birds to spread...
With some varieties it is easy to get the new color in one generation. Type can also be done in one or two generations depending on how close the breeds already are.
Lets use crele for an example for color. For the breed we can use welsummers. You would first start with a barred rock cock and...
I know that Jean over in Montana that has all the dutch has mille fluer dutch. She has gotten citron mille fluer, buff columbian and some other colors just from her mille fluers. I am pretty sure citron is recessive. What does the cream buttercup look like?
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Are those colors that you have OEGB? I cant help you with that.
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I also love reading about other peoples projects, sometimes they give me ideas for projects .
I agree with almost everything that has been said so far.
When I start a project I do it because either that color isnt in that breed or because the birds that are available in that color are too few...