Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[SteveH]

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Yes. When useing the color calculator however, a result that says 100% unicolor white may very well visually show black leaking in the actual birds in this instance.

So the end result whether dominate or split dominate there would be leakage....isn't that not standard, more of a project bird.

I'm not following your reasoning at all, but not looking for a debate anyway.

Two copies of dominate white will result in the bird being white. Cross that bird with a black, and you're likely to get a white with black leaking. Ameraucana are supposed to be recessive white.................................. things are not always the way they're supposed to be.

If one white Ameraucana with one copy for barring is mated to another with one copy; 25% of the chicks will have two copies.

Yes, I agree, its better to breed for darker shanks. However, I had a white roo with nearly black shanks; I culled him from my flock and have no Ameraucana offspring from him because test breeding prooved him heterozygous for beard and muffs; which is something I stay away from.

 

[chicken stalker]

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That is the point I was trying to get at....just didn't want to be viewed as being harsh. Throwing other genes into the mix may cause problems down the line, especially for novice breeders. It's kind of like breeding lavenders to blues...it can be done but not recommended because it will cause issues later. Next topic please

 

[Illia]

Yes, that was an interesting drag on recessive white and out-crossing and the sort.

Lately for me, the Ameraucana business has not been much. I've been dealing with a lot of Ameraucanas, yes, but not anything serious and purebred. . . My Buff cockerel is courting my Buff and Wheaten girls, but not mating them yet (

) My BBS birds are still going, but I'm keeping one female and if I'm going to Stevenson, I'm going to show her just for my personal experience, see how good she really is, and my Wheaten and Blue Wheaten girls. . . I'm having fun collecting a LOT of vibrant, rich blue eggs from them for a project.

Anyway, here's a nice photo of my Buff pullet from Pips&peeps. Proof that Buffs are gorgeous, even after they've been roughed up by the boys (before I had her; also note - the stuff behind her is there because she's relaxing in our warm, well-lit goat barn)

She's actually laying now, and her eggs are as blue as most of my Araucana eggs, which is a really great plus, but no Buff breeding yet. . .

Either I'm just gonna have patience, trying to get the cockerel more and more in the mood each day, or at some point I'm just going to have to replace him, which would be a pain to think about, because in the time that I have him, I get nothing. . . And won't until he is replaced.

 

[tigtoy]

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you have a nice rooster.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

My eggs from Wayne Meredith came today.... he sent EIGHT extras!!! Woo hoo!!!!

 

[SteveH]

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[chickee]

She is beautiful!

Makes me even more anxious for my buff eggs from Jean to hatch!! I also have buff eggs from Meredith due at the same time! I'm SO excited! Thanks for posting her picture Illia!

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[MobyQuail]

Lavender Ameraucana Chicks with their Marans cellmates.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Beautiful!!!! You can just see the personality oozing from them!

 

[MobyQuail]

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it's like ying and yang in that cell. The Marans are terrorists... the Lavs come running to me begging to be petted and released from purgatory. imho.