Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[faykokoWV]

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Are the wheaten birds that result from blue wheatens technically a split blue? (genetic newby here)

 

[jsimon]

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Are the wheaten birds that result from blue wheatens technically a split blue? (genetic newby here)

No they are not, Wheaten/Blue Wheaten genetics work the same as b/b/s genetics. The Bl gene which causes black to be diluted to blue can be given in either 0,1, or 2 copies. In the case of wheatens, absence of bl give wheaten, 1 copy of bl gives blue wheaten, and 2 copies gives splash wheaten.

 

[faykokoWV]

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Are the wheaten birds that result from blue wheatens technically a split blue? (genetic newby here)

No they are not, Wheaten/Blue Wheaten genetics work the same as b/b/s genetics. The Bl gene which causes black to be diluted to blue can be given in either 0,1, or 2 copies. In the case of wheatens, absence of bl give wheaten, 1 copy of bl gives blue wheaten, and 2 copies gives splash wheaten.

Thank you! that makes sense to me now

 

[klf73]

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that is right, forgot about all the colors that are being worked on

 

[MountainChickenMama]

Just got this beauty yesterday, she is just over a year old, can't wait to see her pretty eggs....I lost my Wheaten to a dog getting a hold of her, so I needed to replace her....This hens name is "Lady"

 

[critterranch]

anyone breed a white roo to blue wheaten hen? will this make white wheatens?

 

[tgrlily]

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PMed you.

 

[PeasChisGuis]

I was reading trying to catch up and saw a comment on the Splash will probably never be accepted and was just wondering why when it is just a double dilute off of the black. B/B/S breed true as far as in their "color scheme" so to speak. Maybe it's because of my horse background that I'm having a problem understanding because the black is the same as a sorrel, blue is the same as a palomino (one dilute gene), and splash is the same as a cremello (double dilute gene) and they are just recognized and registered accordingly. I guess that's my problem....lol

 

[jeremy]

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No. "White Wheaten" is not a color, depending on whether or not your White birds are dominant or recessive for the color you would most likely get a White bird with bad red leakage.

Right experts?

Said birds would the just be crosses and could not (or should not) be bred back to anything pure.

 

[pips&peeps]

Hi guys, back from the show in Hamilton, MT.

My black hen placed Reserve of Show in Show 1 and my black bantam cockerel placed Reserve AOCCL in Show 1. My buff cock placed Reserve AOSB in Show 1.

I will post Show II results later, can't remember at the moment, still very tired and have to get the kids off to school.