Ameraucana question

That's an interesting question. With any other breed I'd say you have a mess of a bird but it would still be that breed, because it would have the type & other characteristics for the breed. I'm not sure what the Ameraucana people would say about that notion though.

 

I, personally, call my mixed color ameraucana EE's.....
I don't have my colors separated yet and it's fun to see what color they come out. The great part is I know they will still lay the correct color egg.
I don't think you can call them ameraucana because they won't breed true......

 

A lot of controversy about this, but I would say that they were EE's also. They may be Ameraucanas, just an unrecognized color I guess. Either way, they don't adhere to the Standard.

 

I heard someone call it a non-standard ameraucana which I think is a perfect 'title'.

 

I also think non-standard color is a good term. EEs are supposed to be mixed breeds. Two purebred Ameraucanas of different colors could produce non-standard colors but how could they be a mixed breed if the parents are purebred? To me they would just produce more non-standard colors but they would still be Ameraucanas. Now for show breeding purposes I can see breeding the colors true. I am sure many will disagree with this, but anyway this is how I see it. Maybe because I have been a dog breeder for over 30 yrs To me two purebreds can only produce purebreds. I am sure bird people see things differently.

 

Does this issue come up when mixing varieties of other breeds? For some reason it seems to generate far more controversy with Ameraucanas.

 

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=181987

actually interesting till the end.