calling all Ameraucana, Araucana, and EE experts

[pbjmaker]

So now my question is when the purebred Ameraucana's hatch is their color immediately apparent? I have a chick that was hatched from a green egg and is supposed to be from a silver ameraucana roo bred with red/brown ameraucana hens, but based on his chipmunk stripes I am guessing he is an EE. The egg was included in an assorted bunch of "purebreds" from a private breeder.

ETA: I just looked at the pictures she had posted with the listing and the parent chickens do NOT have green legs - they look like a dark slate maybe. There was a second pen it could have come from that had a B/R roo and blue, wheaten and buff hens. Hmmm

 

[sara]

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You have an EE chick. Purebred is same color to same color.

 

[Guitartists]

Ok...here's my Ameraucana question

I am now proud mama to some BBS and Wheaton babies. Actually I have two questions

Can I breed Blue to Wheaton? Is that how you GET Blue Wheaton? Some might already BE Blue Wheaton... I think I might have 2 and 2.

And, I can keep a pen with BBS all together, correct? Without having to worry about the EE thing

OH JEAN!!! Another question for you! Can I use roos from the ones marked BL with the hens from BL/SPL ? And vice versa? Or are they very closely related? I plan on getting more Amer. down the road from other breeders to add to the ones I hatched... but, you know.. it's a long road...LOL If I'm still looking when these guys get big enough to breed.... will it be ok? (I know it's not a big deal either way... but I'm sure you get it

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[amazondoc]

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Not necessarily. For instance, a purebred black orp bred to a purebred splash orp will produce a purebred blue orp -- three different colors, but all purebred!

 

[sara]

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Not necessarily. For instance, a purebred black orp bred to a purebred splash orp will produce a purebred blue orp -- three different colors, but all purebred!

Yes, blue/black/splash can go together. However the poster was clearly not talking about those colors.

 

[amazondoc]

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You made a blanket statement, which was incorrect.

For another example -- if I breed a wheaten rumpless tufted Araucana to a blue rumpless tufted Araucana, I dunno what the color will be -- but the surviving offspring will be purebred, even if they have disqualifications (like lack of tufts or unacceptable color). They don't automatically become cross-breds just because they are disqualified from the standard.

 

[amazondoc]

Here's an interesting, brief-ish article about Araucanas --

http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/2/2-3/Alan_Stanford.html

 

[Anne]

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Agreed. I have lots of non-standard colors in my flock. As long as they have all the right traits, I can still enter them in shows as "AOV" -- All Other Varieties.

 

[pips&peeps]

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I answered the bl/spl on your PM. You only want to breed wheatens and blue wheatens together.

Just think of it this way. All blues, blacks and splashes are technically black, breed them together. Buff to buff, white to white, silver to silver, brown-red to brown-red, and wheatens to blue wheatens. And the new lavender variety to itself.

There are crosses that can be made within the varities, but to a newbie it can be complicated and the resulting offspring generally are considered ee's. The crosses are not shown and are used a resource to improve a variety and usually once the goal is met they are sold as ee.

ETA: In the ABC, AOV showing is for birds that are being bred that meet another color standard. Lavender is not accepted yet, but there is a page on the color lavender in the Standard of Perfection. They have to have a pattern or color accepted in the Standard. We don't show birds that are of mixed colors.

 

[Guitartists]

I understand that with the Araucanas especially due to their rarity and special traits. Do Ameraucana shows have an AOV category?