Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[jerryse]

ever wonder what an Autosexing Ameraucana would look like?(dont pay much attention to shank color, creast)

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Very nice.I have a few myself.Mine have no crests.I will have to get some new pics.I like the auto-sexing idea.

 

[jerryse]

Fresh picture of my auto-sexing project.First generation.I will call it a EE project for now and hopefully ameraucana later.Leg color could be a issue with the barring gene.Most of these have white legs.So I will wait and see what the second generation produces.Yellow leg crele rooster over slate leg hens.

 

[nicalandia]

Nice.. keep us update it

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Fresh picture of my auto-sexing project.First generation.I will call it a EE project for now and hopefully ameraucana later.Leg color could be a issue with the barring gene.Most of these have white legs.So I will wait and see what the second generation produces.Yellow leg crele rooster over slate leg hens.

Very pretty. How are you coming along on your barred project. I have not started on mine yet. I have yet to get my BR rooster, I am getting him at the end of october.

 

[jerryse]

Very pretty. How are you coming along on your barred project. I have not started on mine yet. I have yet to get my BR rooster, I am getting him at the end of october.

I am making progress.I took a chance posting here.I usually post these projects with barring elsewhere.Some object to barring or the leg color issue it can cause and I do not want to argue the matter.I find it to be a useful gene in sexing chicks and what they are called is yet to be decided.I have slate legs but I fear they will not be good enough for some.I am seeing higher percentages of slate in the 3rd generation chicks.I have devoted a lot of time,pen space and feed to these.Other plans were cut back to make this possible.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I am making progress.I took a chance posting here.I usually post these projects with barring elsewhere.Some object to barring or the leg color issue it can cause and I do not want to argue the matter.I find it to be a useful gene in sexing chicks and what they are called is yet to be decided.I have slate legs but I fear they will not be good enough for some.I am seeing higher percentages of slate in the 3rd generation chicks.I have devoted a lot of time,pen space and feed to these.Other plans were cut back to make this possible.

Good. You are the only person I have seen on here with this project and willing to talk about your progress. You are really the only guide I have on this. The chicks arent auto sexing are they? at least not first generation? I am excitied to get started on this. Are they laying blue eggs? I respect that you have devoted your time and money to this. I am going to start very small on the project. Only one pen. 1 BR rooster and 3-6 black ameraucana hens. Are you breeding the offspring back to your rooster? If you would rather continue this conversation through pm that is perfectly fine with me.

 

[Angelicisi]

I'm learning so humor me...having a BR roo (pure? Or not...) Wouldn't they be "sex-linked EE's" ? Being that leg color change and striping isn't accepted-yet?
Even if the leg color pans out and egg color, having the BR in the mix to do it, automatically makes me think EE- UNIQUE yes, but - based on what I've seen here when so many ameraucana "crosses" are shot down and told they have EE's I'm curious as to what makes this one different?
Is this where "breeding true" comes in? Breeding back until you get what you want then when offspring who "look" correct should breed true, eventually making it an ameraucana standard being the next step?
Sorry so many questions, Imma sponge for knowledge and this stuff challenges what I 'thought' I knew
Don't get me wrong! I'm on the "thought my original birds were ameraucanas" list lol
This one and the splash gene 'non-recognized but used for breeding is ok', confuse me still!

I am making progress.I took a chance posting here.I usually post these projects with barring elsewhere.Some object to barring or the leg color issue it  can cause and I do not want to argue the matter.I find it to be a useful gene in sexing chicks and  what they are called is yet to be decided.I have slate legs but I fear they will not be good enough for some.I am seeing higher percentages of slate in the 3rd generation chicks.I have devoted a lot of time,pen space and feed to these.Other plans were cut back to make this possible.

 

[Hinotori]

I'm learning so humor me...having a BR roo (pure? Or not...) Wouldn't they be "sex-linked EE's" ? Being that leg color change and striping isn't accepted-yet?
Even if the leg color pans out and egg color, having the BR in the mix to do it, automatically makes me think EE- UNIQUE yes, but - based on what I've seen here when so many ameraucana "crosses" are shot down and told they have EE's I'm curious as to what makes this one different?
Is this where "breeding true" comes in? Breeding back until you get what you want then when offspring who "look" correct should breed true, eventually making it an ameraucana standard being the next step?
Sorry so many questions, Imma sponge for knowledge and this stuff challenges what I 'thought' I knew

Don't get me wrong! I'm on the "thought my original birds were ameraucanas" list lol
This one and the splash gene 'non-recognized but used for breeding is ok', confuse me still!
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Splash should be accepted. There is no good reason for it not to be. It's acceptable in silkies. Blue is accepted and to have blue, they just have one copy of the gene, splash is two copies. So the easiest way to have 100% blue offspring is to breed a black and a splash.

They are working on making a new variety of ameraucana. It's a long process to get to the breeding true, then getting it accepted.

 

[ChickNmamma]

I'm learning so humor me...having a BR roo (pure? Or not...) Wouldn't they be "sex-linked EE's" ? Being that leg color change and striping isn't accepted-yet?
Even if the leg color pans out and egg color, having the BR in the mix to do it, automatically makes me think EE- UNIQUE yes, but - based on what I've seen here when so many ameraucana "crosses" are shot down and told they have EE's I'm curious as to what makes this one different?
Is this where "breeding true" comes in? Breeding back until you get what you want then when offspring who "look" correct should breed true, eventually making it an ameraucana standard being the next step?
Sorry so many questions, Imma sponge for knowledge and this stuff challenges what I 'thought' I knew

Don't get me wrong! I'm on the "thought my original birds were ameraucanas" list lol
This one and the splash gene 'non-recognized but used for breeding is ok', confuse me still!
Quote: You are correct, the birds would be EE until such time as he had returned to the Ameraucana standards and gotten them passed as the breed. As he stated, these are a project still in the works. He is a serious breeder and he will be breeding them until they breed true as required by the AM standard. That's what makes it different from any other EE mixes..

The Splash is not a recognized color, but is accepted as a breeding group under the B/B/S breeding - and can be used to make Blue, which is an accepted color. Perhaps Splash can be recognized one day, once there are enough Splash recognized in other breeds so the SOP doesn't require the color to be placed on specific areas of the body - and will recognize that white and black or blue splashes randomly placed is a color...

 

[dak]

Not only do they have to breed true, but there must be 5 breeders who have each bred the variety for 5 years, AND an acceptance meet with 50 birds entered among other requirements.

Still waiting for Lavs to be accepted, and I am in my 4th year of breeding these. Splash should be feasible soon also.