Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[mstricer]

I think they are buuuuueatiful

 

[Sylverfly]

I don't know what to think of this guy he hatched out of wheaten/blue wheaten stock. He has a crazy tail on him though. I plan on using him in a breeding project I'm hoping to increase my chances of white offspring so we'll see what he does.

 

[Angelicisi]

Wouldn't it be a splash?

I don't know what to think of this guy he hatched out of wheaten/blue wheaten stock. He has a crazy tail on him though. I plan on using him in a breeding project I'm hoping to increase my chances of white offspring so we'll see what he does.

 

[jerryse]

Wouldn't it be a splash?

It appears to be a recessive white.Kind of brassy but you can work on that once you get a line going.

 

[Sylverfly]

He could be a splash I guess, but he has zero color other then the slight yellow tint and some might be from dust bathing under the dumpster in the orange clay-ish sand under there but not all of it for sure.

How would I work on getting rid of that in future generations? Do I just keep the whiter colored offspring and breed it out or should I add outside blood or both?

I've been trying to do more reading on poultry genetics but I think I bought the wrong book, it has some useful info but not a lot of new or breed detailed stuff in it. Anyone want to share their summer reading list?

 

[jerryse]

He could be a splash I guess, but he has zero color other then the slight yellow tint and some might be from dust bathing under the dumpster in the orange clay-ish sand under there but not all of it for sure.

How would I work on getting rid of that in future generations? Do I just keep the whiter colored offspring and breed it out or should I add outside blood or both?

I've been trying to do more reading on poultry genetics but I think I bought the wrong book, it has some useful info but not a lot of new or breed detailed stuff in it. Anyone want to share their summer reading list?

Both. If he is a recessive most likely both parents carried recessive white. It is possible he was a spontaneous mutation. Either way breed your whitest birds together until you get some new blood. Preferably white but blue is a good choice. It is said blue will help rid whites of brassiness. Stay whites.

 

[Sylverfly]

Okay thanks!

 

[rbaker0345]

He has surprisingly dark legs for a white.

 

[pips&peeps]

Both. If he is a recessive most likely both parents carried recessive white. It is possible he was a spontaneous mutation. Either way breed your whitest birds together until you get some new blood. Preferably white but blue is a good choice. It is said blue will help rid whites of brassiness. Stay whites.

Jerry, I have seen this twice in my flock. Both were males. It seems to be a mutation that pops out every once in a while or I would have had more hatch than just one here one year and another a couple years later. I personally wouldn't use the bird for anything since you do not know what is causing the mutation and what other underlying factors he may be carrying.

 

[carpenterraven]

I was hoping to replicate something like the Marans thread for Ameraucanas. Not EE's but pure Ameraucana only please! Just hope we can talk about our eggs, breeding, showing, and post pictures of your beautiful birds.


Thanks,

Henry