Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[BarnGoddess01]

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Given that this opinion is coming from the current President of the ABC (Ameraucana Breeders Club, the ones who get to decide this sort of thing) - this is the opinion I'd be going with.

 

[Phage]

I thought ANY questionable bird that does not meet the American Standard of Perfection for AMERAUCANA was defined by the AMERAUCANA BREEDERS CLUB as an Easter Egger. Is that not a correct definition?

To my knowlege this is true. ETA: There are so many other things to consider when breeding; projects, etc.

Given that this opinion is coming from the current President of the ABC (Ameraucana Breeders Club, the ones who get to decide this sort of thing) - this is opinion I'd be going with.

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[jerryse]

Thanks guys! This is all very good information.
I took some new pictures of "Cookie" today. These show her color much better. She has a little bit of tan on her chest but probably not quite enough for a silver?
Apparently she lost her beard and muffs due to the other hens picking on her in her previous home.



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Since she has some salmon in the breast she is just a cull silver.She is reportedly from my eggs.Which appears to be correct.A blend of John Blehm,Curtis Beck and others.Thought she might have been silver penciled as some showed up in a early hatch but the salmon in the breast says no.Blending different lines sometimes produces surprises.Johns silver bantams sometimes have a little red in the male shoulders.Curtis Becks silvers are always clean shouldered but produce some white tips in the breast of the male.Crossed the two hoping for good black breasts and clean shoulders.Got some but also got some with a little red in shoulders and speckled breasts.Variation in hen color also.Silvers have always been rare.Which is why bantam silvers have been created 3 times that I know of.Two times by myself and once by Mike and John as a joint effort as I recall.Their efforts are what is currently available.I have been concentrating on male color.I will have to post some pictures.Yes I also have a birchen project.This bird is not from that projectn

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Can someone please post a pic of a really nice white Ameraucana male?

Mine are all grown up now and I need to decide which roo to keep.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Shaffer]

Can someone please post a pic of a really nice white Ameraucana male?

Mine are all grown up now and I need to decide which roo to keep.

Thanks in advance!

Go to the Ameraucana Club forum there are pictures of the each color example and you will see a real nice white cock bird on there.

Sorry, I have no white ameraucanas.

 

[pips&peeps]

 

[heatherscooby77]

Gorgeous!!!!!!

 

[cubakid]

I do understand the stress put on the ABC when hatcheries chose not to focus on colors in Ameraucanas, and sell thier mutts as such. But I don't call my cull Cubalayas a different name other than what they are, a cull. If I hatch from my two Buff Ameraucana and a bird came out with black flecks in the tail feathers or wings, it is not an Ameraucana? Both parents were the same color and fit the standard. But one came out with a throwback from thier genetic heritage( wheaten), long ago. I believe that the ABC put this statement out as a preventative measure to keep out the hatchery Easter eggers from the true Ameraucana title, not to consider any non perfect( which is unattainable) specimen something that is not of the breed. It is from what I see a very touchy subject.

 

[mstrawn3]

I do understand the stress put on the ABC when hatcheries chose not to focus on colors in Ameraucanas, and sell thier mutts as such. But I don't call my cull Cubalayas a different name other than what they are, a cull. If I hatch from my two Buff Ameraucana and a bird came out with black flecks in the tail feathers or wings, it is not an Ameraucana? Both parents were the same color and fit the standard. But one came out with a throwback from thier genetic heritage( wheaten), long ago. I believe that the ABC put this statement out as a preventative measure to keep out the hatchery Easter eggers from the true Ameraucana title, not to consider any non perfect( which is unattainable) specimen something that is not of the breed. It is from what I see a very touchy subject.

X2...Well said. I wanted to speak up but didn't know quite how put it since it is a sensitive subject. If I hatch a Wyandotte with a straight comb and both of its parents were rose comb it is still a Wyandotte, but it is a cull Wyandotte. You could breed that straight comb back to the parent and have it breed true at least 50% of the time.

 

[Shaffer]

Jean,
Nice example of a white Ameraucana LF.