Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[pips&peeps]

Looks like an ee to me.

 

[jerryse]

Dom white would be a lot easier for sure. I may test mate each hen. I would like to keep a couple of splits if I can. I don't have a white roo yet but I do have some whites growing up.

The one White pullet I have has 1 or 2 white feathers on her belly..... maybe she is a split

If you meant to say 1 or 2 dark feathers on her belly that happens sometimes on recessive whites.She is not split.

 

[TarMac]

Here's a pic of my 7 week old blue wheaten ameraucana. Pulllet or Cockerel? The breeder had thought cockerel because of the color pattern.

 

[pips&peeps]

looks like a cockerel

 

[TarMac]

Thanks, his name shall be Alejandro!

 

[DMRippy]

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Thanks. LOL. Yes dark feathers...... She is out of my lavenders is why I was asking about the dark feathers, if she was lavender would those 2 dark feathers be lavender?

 

[HaplessRunner]

While we have been discussing genetics, I have a question. I have a young Blue Wheaten cockerel and several Black BBS pullets. What is the outcome of breeding the this combination? I understand the BBS percentages but this may involve different genes. LOL- no expert here.

 

[jerryse]

Thanks. LOL. Yes dark feathers...... She is out of my lavenders is why I was asking about the dark feathers, if she was lavender would those 2 dark feathers be lavender?

Yes they would be lavender.Since they are dark {black perhaps} then she is split.It gets more complex when more genes involved.

 

[Goose and Fig]

While we have been discussing genetics, I have a question. I have a young Blue Wheaten cockerel and several Black BBS pullets. What is the outcome of breeding the this combination? I understand the BBS percentages but this may involve different genes. LOL- no expert here.

Do you mean black BBS as in blue/black/splash wheaten? Or solid blue/black/splash? Because you wouldn't want to do that combination- you'd get blue and black chicks with lots of red leakage and they wouldn't fit any standard.

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

Um... no. It doesn't work that way.

Genetic colors are not paint, they do not "mix"...

Recessive white - one copy does not show - except maybe in chick down. It disappears when they grow up. Will not show in the feathers at all. That's why its called "recessive" it doesn't show when there is only one copy.

Recessive white - two copies = white bird. No other color in the feathers.

IF your White is black based split to lav your chicks would be (crossed to Lavender) : Lavender split to recessive white 50%, Black split to both lav and recessive white 50%

Somebody please check my math!.. I think that's right...nope..fixed it

When I said "mix" I mean chicks that could hatch either white or lavender...not mixed color

I am working with the recessive White Cream Legbars so I am familiar with how recessive genes work- just not an expert.