Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[tigercreek]

I bought some "purebred" Amerucanas only to find out when I get there that she didn't have her colors separated. She only had photos of blues and blacks online. I didn't know enough at the moment to know better and I left with a dozen chicks. 4 black, 4 Wheaton, 3 blue Wheaton, and one blue. She said that the rooster would have been either a blue or a Wheaton and I didn't ask about the hens. Everything that was said to be Wheaton or blue Wheaton looks EE. Out of the four blacks two appear to be Extended black. So my question is... without knowing what the color of the hens were is there a way to tell if any of my blacks could be pure? If I bred the extended they should produce b/b/s right? I have learned an important lesson here and next time I will refer to the list of ABC breeders. Thanks for any help.

You can't get BBS out of black...splash is a double copy of blue, and the blue gene is not recessive, so a black bird can not be a carrier....if a bird has the blue gene, it will be blue...or splash if a double copy....Of you have a blue or splash in the mix, yes, you can build a BBS flock.

 

[whitmore]

You can't get BBS out of black...splash is a double copy of blue, and the blue gene is not recessive, so a black bird can not be a carrier....if a bird has the blue gene, it will be blue...or splash if a double copy....Of you have a blue or splash in the mix, yes, you can build a BBS flock.

Thank you, If I breed the blacks to a blue rooster or my blue hen to a black rooster and the chicks came out BBS and not EE colored would that rule out wheaten genes in the mix? I am sorry. I have read a lot in the last week but I am still trying to fully understand.

 

[tigercreek]

Thank you, If I breed the blacks to a blue rooster or my blue hen to a black rooster and the chicks came out BBS and not EE colored would that rule out wheaten genes in the mix? I am sorry. I have read a lot in the last week but I am still trying to fully understand.

Don't be sorry...we are all learning! and to prove that I am learning......, I can't answer your wheaten question....sorry. I would expect that If they were from wheaten breeding, they would not be a good black, I would expect a lot of leakage, but let's wait for someone that knows for sure....stan

 

[fried green eggs]

Hi, hoping I can get some feed back on this guy? I am debating if I should give him some of my splash Am. girls? I have a black Am. roo over blue , black and splash hens and I have 2 other Am. breeding pens with blue roos over blue and black hens. I have a BC maran roo over several Am. splash hens but, he doesn't seem to be doing his job because I'm not getting many fertile eggs from that pen.

 

[Alaskan]

it could just be the weather.

I would give him until the weather warms up, check to see if the eggs are fertile, and then decide.

He looks good.... so I would give him until the weather warms up.

 

[tigercreek]

Hi, hoping I can get some feed back on this guy? I am debating if I should give him some of my splash Am. girls? I have a black Am. roo over blue , black and splash hens and I have 2 other Am. breeding pens with blue roos over blue and black hens. I have a BC maran roo over several Am. splash hens but, he doesn't seem to be doing his job because I'm not getting many fertile eggs from that pen.

I like his type, and he has a really nice beard and muffs, but with all that leakage, I don't think I would use him if I had other options...

 

[fried green eggs]

I like his type, and he has a really nice beard and muffs, but with all that leakage, I don't think I would use him if I had other options...

That's what I was wondering too. It's to bad because he is a sweet guy but, he's had his own coop and pen all winter and I have chicks hatching so, I'm going to need that space. Thanks for the input!

 

[fried green eggs]

it could just be the weather.

I would give him until the weather warms up, check to see if the eggs are fertile, and then decide.

He looks good.... so I would give him until the weather warms up.

This guy has been in a coop alone. The BC Maren Roo is the one not working regularly. lol

 

[JackieandChicks]

I like his type, and he has a really nice beard and muffs, but with all that leakage, I don't think I would use him if I had other options...

Help me learn...what do you mean by leakage?

I just got this boy..he's about 7 months old...



Edit to add...I think I see it now next to the other roo...the leakage is the dirty brown coloring?
BTW, the beard on mine is not that "dirty" looking

 

[DonumDei]

Yuup, leakage = Gold / Rust in the feathering. It generally worsens in subsequent generations.