Breeding blue Ameraucanas

[juspeckinaround]

I bought a blue Ameraucana cockrell & blue Ameraucana pullet from a hatchery and I have some questions. Firstly, my Roo is pure black and his feathers gleam green in the sun. He has black legs and feet with lighter pads. My pullet is still quite young but she is black with a few white feathers (he never had any white feathers). As chicks both looked exactly the same (coloring) yellow & black. I know that blue x blue will produce 25% black. Can anyone help with answers? Tia

 

[juspeckinaround]

I bought a blue Ameraucana cockrell & blue Ameraucana pullet from a hatchery and I have some questions. Firstly, my Roo is pure black and his feathers gleam green in the sun. He has black legs and feet with lighter pads. My pullet is still quite young but she is black with a few white feathers (he never had any white feathers). As chicks both looked exactly the same (coloring) yellow & black. I know that blue x blue will produce 25% black. Can anyone help with answers? Tia

My Roo

 

[juspeckinaround]

Another of my roo

 

[junebuggena]

I'm not sure what you are trying to ask. Do you want to know if it's possible to get black chicks if the parents were blue? Meyer Hatchery is the only hatchery I know of that has pure Ameraucana. They only have blue available, but they do state under the breed description that blues do not breed true and there is a chance you will receive splash or black chicks. If you bred your two black Ameraucana, then the results will be black chicks.
Blue is not a true color, but a gene that dilutes black. Blue birds have one dilute gene. Splash birds have two dilute genes. Since your birds are black, they did not inherit the dilute gene at all.

 

[juspeckinaround]

Can you tell me whether the white feathers on the pullet change or not? Is it normal to have the white feathers?

 

[junebuggena]

The white feathers will molt out in a few more weeks. It's very common for a solid black bird to have a few white feathers as chicks, especially in the wings. It will almost always molt out by about 10 weeks.