Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[abbevilleoz]

I thought Fowl Stuff said be careful about having both blue and Silver, but I can't remember why.

I thought that was where I read it but I couldn't remember. I think he mentioned silver but I didn't remember blue

 

[samouw]

Yes they are recessive . Recessive chick down can vary depending on what it is based on . Smokey down is common when based on black . I have seen a range from smokey to white , Yellow is typical of dominant white .

Well, given that bit of information, it is possible those chicks, from the splash pen, are white.

For the rest of you guys....no one has ever heard the "flagpole expert" term before? I'm feeling very old....

 

[scflock]

Well, given that bit of information, it is possible those chicks, from the splash pen, are white. 

For the rest of you guys....no one has ever heard the "flagpole expert" term before?  I'm feeling very old....

Go back to the frog and I'll tell you about my brother

When all us newbies are here, you are the globe on the pole

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Well, given that bit of information, it is possible those chicks, from the splash pen, are white.

For the rest of you guys....no one has ever heard the "flagpole expert" term before? I'm feeling very old....

I've been around SC too long. I was a little too nervous to google it, and it's not a term I'm familiar with.

 

[samouw]

Yes they are recessive . Recessive chick down can vary depending on what it is based on . Smokey down is common when based on black . I have seen a range from smokey to white , Yellow is typical of dominant white .

Well, given that bit of information, it is possible those chicks, from the splash pen, are white.

For the rest of you guys....no one has ever heard the "flagpole expert" term before? I'm feeling very old....

Go back to the frog and I'll tell you about my brother

When all us newbies are here, you are the globe on the pole

You flatter me. LOL

Ok, I'll give in (I'm soooo easy!). It is an old military term. Basically, anyone that was out of site of the flagpole on his "home" base, was considered an expert. It was also used as a reference to marriage for some "player" types. They were only married as long as they were in sight of that same flagpole.

 

[scflock]

I've been around SC too long. I was a little too nervous to google it, and it's not a term I'm familiar with.

Thread hopping gets confusing

 

[marchick]

Yes they are recessive . Recessive chick down can vary depending on what it is based on . Smokey down is common when based on black . I have seen a range from smokey to white , Yellow is typical of dominant white .

So if I end up with one maybe two white! Can I breed to black?

 

[samouw]

I've been around SC too long. I was a little too nervous to google it, and it's not a term I'm familiar with.

Stick around - there's lot more to learn here...not all of it about Ameraucanas. LOL

 

[marchick]

Thread hopping gets confusing

I have been gone and don't know whats going on!!!

 

[samouw]

So if I end up with one maybe two white! Can I breed to black?

I would. I'd just make sure I kept a record and tagged those chicks so I'd know they were carrying the recessive white. That seems to be hidden away in quite a few of the Ameraucana gene pools.