Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[sarahkatie]

Hmmmm.....  now I'm confused.  Why would you need a wheaten or blue wheaten from a line other than CGG's?   What am I missing?

Maybe I'm assuming this, due to not wanting inbreeding....????I'm probably applying dog breeding rules to chickens....I guess I would just need to find a hen that isn't directly related to my roo, right??

 

[CarolynF]

Maybe I'm assuming this, due to not wanting inbreeding....????I'm probably applying dog breeding rules to chickens....I guess I would just need to find a hen that isn't directly related to my roo, right??

OHHHHH.... now the light dawns! You were talking about getting another pullet! Doh!

It's a good question and I want to know the answer, too.

 

[heatherscooby77]

OHHHHH.... now the light dawns! You were talking about getting another pullet! Doh!

It's a good question and I want to know the answer, too.

Because you are mixing the varieties, making birds for yourself, as long as there is no way they are related, you can breed the daughters back to the father. You can also do a son to mother breeding. Does that help? If you want to know exactly why its that way, I will have to elaborate later, or someone else can chime in! DD is going to be home soon!

 

[sarahkatie]

as long as there is no way they are related, you can breed the daughters back to the father.  You can also do a son to mother breeding.  Does that help? 

You mean no way they are related OTHER than father/daughter or mother/son? Why is that?

 

[heatherscooby77]

You mean no way they are related OTHER than father/daughter or mother/son? Why is that?

You only want to line breed in a controlled manner. So you want to know the paternity of the two birds in question. So the rooster is a wheaten? hen is black? chances are they are not related closely. So it is safe to assume you can start line breeding these two birds for a hobby purpose. The hen is the one that decides the sex of the chicks. So any problems you would hypothetically have if this was a ie; black to black brother/sister breeding of known parentage, you could potentially get more faults, decreased egg production, loose fertility, loose hatchablility, and chick vigor. You have to line breed very carefully, and keep inpeccable records.

So basically I am saying from a backyard flock perspective you are going to be fine with your current genetics, and shouldn't have to add more. Now if you want to know beyond that, that is a whole other conversation. If you are only looking to make replacement birds for your own flock or sell a couple of chicks as easter eggers on the side you will be fine with what you have for a couple of years.

I always encourage people if possible to have some SOP birds in there flock.

 

[sarahkatie]

You only want to line breed in a controlled manner.  So you want to know the paternity of the two birds in question.  So the rooster is a wheaten?  hen is black?  chances are they are not related closely.  So it is safe to assume you can start line breeding these two birds for a hobby purpose.  The hen is the one that decides the sex of the chicks.  So any problems you would hypothetically have if this was a ie; black to black brother/sister breeding of known parentage, you could potentially get more faults, decreased egg production, loose fertility, loose hatchablility, and chick vigor.  You have to line breed very carefully, and keep inpeccable records.

So basically I am saying from a backyard flock perspective you are going to be fine with your current genetics, and shouldn't have to add more.  Now if you want to know beyond that, that is a whole other conversation.  If you are only looking to make replacement birds for your own flock or sell a couple of chicks as easter eggers on the side you will be fine with what you have for a couple of years.

I always encourage people if possible to have some SOP birds in there flock. 

Yeah... I'm thinking this will probably be fine for right now... the perfectionist in me was getting revved up... Lol thanks for all the great info...

 

[mhimmel1]

 

[CibolaChooks]

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[chicken stalker]

Hey all, I just an FYI
posted an aution for some project lavender wheaten ameraucana eggs https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/758226/auction-lavender-wheaten-project-ameraucana-eggs

 

[larps1234]