6++(15 collected so far) LF Lavender Wheaten Ameraucana Project Eggs

[Muggsmagee]

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I need a Z-snapping smiley! Oh no you di'n't! I'll be on you like white on rice!

I would expect that kind of z snap from you! It needs more UMPH! And some serious head circling!

 

[sonew123]

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I would expect that kind of z snap from you! It needs more UMPH! And some serious head circling!

youll see that soon enough!

 

[sonew123]

JEN!!! I just noticed you snuck a bid in!! you brave brave girl haha Mugg's is out for blood-we better call ahead to the bloodbanks to get things set up!!!

 

[sonew123]

ok time for

LOL

 

[JenEric Farms]

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Well......

 

[chicken stalker]

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No actually the picture above the eggs shows the roo from my very first cross....he was actually an accident from my Lavender Ameraucana Roo over the Wheatie girls in the first picture. He had a sister but a raccoon got her early on, so he is the only one from that cross. He is the sire of these eggs. The pullets and the "back up roo" are from the cross mentioned in the first couple pictures.

The 2nd week in March I am getting a shipment of Lavs and Wheaties from John Blehm to create my F3 and F4's to further strengthen the line and improve egg color.

Ohh sorry I miss read the post thought you said did I breed back the siblings....

No, this is the first chance you have of actually hatching a Lavender Wheaten.....1/17 odds. I've been waiting for two years for this hatching season

 

[sonew123]

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No actually the picture above the eggs shows the roo from my very first cross....he was actually an accident from my Lavender Ameraucana Roo over the Wheatie girls in the first picture. He had a sister but a raccoon got her early on, so he is the only one from that cross. He is the sire of these eggs. The pullets and the "back up roo" are from the cross mentioned in the first couple pictures.

The 2nd week in March I am getting a shipment of Lavs and Wheaties from John Blehm to create my F3 and F4's to further strengthen the line and improve egg color.

so what would you mate these babies to?

 

[chicken stalker]

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No actually the picture above the eggs shows the roo from my very first cross....he was actually an accident from my Lavender Ameraucana Roo over the Wheatie girls in the first picture. He had a sister but a raccoon got her early on, so he is the only one from that cross. He is the sire of these eggs. The pullets and the "back up roo" are from the cross mentioned in the first couple pictures.

The 2nd week in March I am getting a shipment of Lavs and Wheaties from John Blehm to create my F3 and F4's to further strengthen the line and improve egg color.

so what would you mate these babies to?

Once the lavender is in the Wheatens (aka lavender wheaton chick) you would cross it to a wheatie to create splits and go from there. The hard part was just getting the lavender into the wheaten line because not only does lavender need two copies of the gene, the wheaten gene does also.

 

[sonew123]

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so what would you mate these babies to?

Once the lavender is in the Wheatens (aka lavender wheaton chick) you would cross it to a wheatie to create splits and go from there. The hard part was just getting the lavender into the wheaten line because not only does lavender need two copies of the gene, the wheaten gene does also.

wow I see...Doesnt sound complicated just time consuming-I'm a patient person

 

[chicken stalker]

so....here's the F3 generation cross

Lavender Wheaten x Wheaten = 100% split lavender wheatens

F4 generation cross...
split lavender wheatens x split lavender wheatens= 25%wheaten, 25% Lavender and 50% lavender Wheaten
or
Lavender Wheaten x split lavender wheatens= 50%wheaten, 50% lavender Wheaten

You could cross back to a lavender but the result would be split both for lavender and wheaten so you would have to go up to F5's before you see another Lavender Wheaten. Just stick with wheaties it will be easier and faster