do you consider a bird/breed to be pure if?

[User48]

I guess my point is, to clarify, while the resulting splashes may not be "showable," because for whatever reason splashes aren't a recognized color in the Ameraucana breed, surely it should be OK to breed them to blue or black, just like one does with Silkies & Cochins & other breeds...

Edited to add:

I was just perusing the Ameraucana board at the official Ameraucana site. Unfortunately, I'm not registered so I couldn't post a question re: this very interesting discussion. Once I do get registered, I'll ask the same specific question I did here - "If I breed a purebred splash Ameraucana with a purebred blue Ameraucana, will the resulting chick be purebred & (potentially) showable if it is a blue or black?" Meanwhile, I saw this interesting explanation from one of the Ameraucana gurus, which does seem to answer it:


Note the birds don't have to be of a recognized Ameraucana variety to be still considered Ameraucana. Lavender, splash and some other varieties that aren't yet recognized still meet "a variety description or breed true at least 50% of the time", so they are not Easter Eggers by definition.


With that in mind, it seems that my splash guy is still considered an Ameraucana & not an EE, and that his offspring will also be considered to be Ameraucanas.

 

[ksacres]

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Splash is the pure form of what we call blue. If you bred pure (splash) to pure (splash) you get all splash, therefore, if you have the pure form, it does breed true. It is "pure" in its pure form.

A splash is Bl/Bl, a blue is Bl/bl-not pure.

I said the pure form of blue (splash) breeds true.

That being said, blue, black and splash can all be used in the same breeding program yeilding good (and consistant) results.

You wouldn't want to use other varieties in your breeding program, for example-you wouldn't but a wheaton over a black, or a black over a buff.

 

[User48]

Thanks for the follow up, KS Acres.