Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[ottbjumper06]

Tan

Wheatans start off with a lighter shade in the legs and it gradually darkens on most.
And I'd guess cockrel.

thank you. And sorry about the multiple posts. My computer has officially lost it's mind lol

 

[jajeanpierre]

That is interesting! Thank you for the information! The breeder who gave me the eggs did not have Sumatra, knew nothing about it other than the breeder that she got her rooster from raised Sumatra, blues if I recall, coincidentally, in times past. Tiny's parents are Ameraucanas, blue egg laying, visually BBS Ameraucanas so she is a good example of how genes can pop up way down the generations. My other Ameraucanas are Cree Farms, but aging now. They are 5 1/2 to 6 years old.

I found that information on an Ameraucana Breeders Club forum discussing getting a project to get better lacing. The woman who started the thread was going to use Blue Andalusian. Others were chiming in on what they had used to try to get better lacing and the pros and cons of using different breeds.

 

[speckledhen]

I found that information on an Ameraucana Breeders Club forum discussing getting a project to get better lacing. The woman who started the thread was going to use Blue Andalusian. Others were chiming in on what they had used to try to get better lacing and the pros and cons of using different breeds.

Well, I appreciate that. Had never heard it before.

 

[pips&peeps]

The problem with your information is that it is not all there. Mike Gilbert only raises bantams, therefore this would not apply to large fowl.

 

[speckledhen]

Even so, Jean, that might explain why the body type of my Amera-Sumatra was so close to the Ameraucana that it took her growing out before we realized she was not a simply beardless Ameraucana with a flaw. There must have been a reason for crossing in Sumatra, the closeness of the type of the two breeds. I doubt it was a purposeful cross that led to our Tiny, but somewhere way back, a Sumatra got in there and though the first chicks may have shown the signs of that, until Tiny, it was hidden for generations. The parent stock didn't show Sumatra traits that I could readily see. Anyway, she is an oddity for sure. She is very small bodied, I doubt she hits 5 lbs.

 

[jajeanpierre]

The problem with your information is that it is not all there. Mike Gilbert only raises bantams, therefore this would not apply to large fowl.

I think I mentioned the winning birds were bantams; but, does that matter?

The discussion on the ABC forum was about what other breeds to use to improve lacing and how to remove the undesirable traits the other breed would introduce. I found it interesting.

For over a decade, I've bred Thoroughbred racehorses that have had a closed registry since the late 1700s. To be included in that original registry from the 1700s, a horse had to trace back to one of three stallions brought from the Middle East and Central Asia. Now that's a purebred.

Ameraucanas trace back only to the 1970s when Araucanas were recognized by APA, so I find it so odd to read the virtual disdain many on this list have for Easter Eggers and even the definition of what is an Easter Egger.

I've also bred show dogs for decades and have bred some pretty gawd-awful looking dogs from beautiful big-winning parents--these offspring did not conform to the standard, but they were very much purebred. Sometimes genes just combine to made things from one breed that have the traits of another, but that doesn't mean that other breed is actually behind it.

Mice and humans have share virtually the same genes. Of the 4000 genes studied, only 10 were not shared. I find that statistic incredible (http://www.genome.gov/10001345). So, I would think that somewhere in the Ameraucana breed there are lots of genes that when combined, produce chickens with very un-Ameraucana traits.

Just some thoughts.

 

[soonerdog]

I'm getting Brown Red Ameraucana Bantams from Mike Gilbert in the morning! I'm very excited!

 

[speckledhen]

I'm getting Brown Red Ameraucana Bantams from Mike Gilbert in the morning! I'm very excited!

How exciting for you! Hiya, friend! Haven't come across you on BYC in awhile!

 

[Angelicisi]

My w/splash pullet is almost all grown up, even bigger than her mother now and she has been sitting in the nestbox off and on for two days. It's making me crazy! She hasn't laid yet but tries to sneak in on my EE and investigate when she is laying. I want her blue egg so bad its just ridiculous lol

 

[upthecreek]

I'm getting Brown Red Ameraucana Bantams from Mike Gilbert in the morning! I'm very excited!

CONGRATS !!!!