Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Christie Rhae]

Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the heck color this cockerel is.  I got him from thefancychick.com and she said that they were using a John Blehm cock at the time.  


Is it blue wheaten?  

No it is not a blue wheaten. It does not look like any ameraucana recognized color.
They must not have been using the John Blehm blue wheaten cock with a wheaten color family hen.

 

[rbaker0345]

I actually didn't purchase blue wheaten chicks, I just purchased blue. I know they also breed lavenders, I am just wondering if the buff and the white might be coming from that effort.

 

[DMRippy]

I actually didn't purchase blue wheaten chicks, I just purchased blue. I know they also breed lavenders, I am just wondering if the buff and the white might be coming from that effort.

I think he is an EE, a very pretty one too.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I was just thinking that Black Ams are rather underrated. They are utilitarian instead of glamorous. I rather like my blacks. My Splash girls are SO pretty and they are just like the pretty girls in high school or college: mean.
There are lots of great old books online.... several places you can look. Here is one with a search of the APA SOP

http://archive.org/search.php?query=Standard of Perfection Poultry AND mediatype:texts

 

[ChickenExtreme]

There are lots of great old books online.... several places you can look. Here is one with a search of the APA SOP

http://archive.org/search.php?query=Standard of Perfection Poultry AND mediatype:texts

Thanks you for the site, this will be very helpful to me as well

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[MoriahQuilts]

Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the heck color this cockerel is. I got him from thefancychick.com and she said that they were using a John Blehm cock at the time.


Is it blue wheaten?

Is this considered straight Blue with "leakage"? I'm still trying to define that term.

 

[Christie Rhae]

Quote: I think the term for this color pattern is "crazy quilt". Hahahah!! joke! I was inspired by your screen name. lol...
No I don't believe this would even be called a blue with leakage. This is a mix of something.

 

[AinaWGSD]

I don't think there is a name for this color. It looks like the result of mixing two "genetically incompatible" colors. It's very similar to some cockerels I have growing out right now from my blue ameraucana rooster over speckled sussex and an EE hens.

This guy is the result of a blue rooster over the EE hen in my avatar.


I don't have any good ones of the blues, these are the best I could find, but these boys are the result of a blue rooster over speckled sussex hens

 

[Goose and Fig]

Quote: That's not just leakage, that's the soup starting to show

 

[Cadeau]

Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the heck color this cockerel is. I got him from thefancychick.com and she said that they were using a John Blehm cock at the time.


Is it blue wheaten?

blue birchen with gold leakage??

He's pretty, whatever he is!