EE, Ameraucana, Auracana

[speckledhen]

Actually, Ameraucanas do breed true, or they are not Ameraucanas, but EEs.

 

[cubalaya]

so i guess the 2 silver hens should have 100% silver if bred to a silver roo?

 

[klf73]

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oh, I just LOVE the pic of the basket with the eggs

. My oldest ameraucana are 6 mo and still not laying

Do you have a pen with just black or are they bbs?

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, a silver Ameraucana bred to a silver Ameraucana will breed true if there is nothing else hidden in there. It's possible that an EE could have the general appearance of a Silver Ameraucana, but if you get something out of them that does not qualify as a silver Ameraucana, then there are other color genes in the mix. Hope I worded that right,LOL.
If I breed a black Ameraucana to a black Ameraucana, I should get ONLY black Ameraucanas, not silver duckwing or other color pattern.

 

[klf73]

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silver ameraucana don't look silver
here is a website with all the accepted colors, just because it may look like one does not mean it is pure, especially since you ended up with so many colors
http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

 

[speckledhen]

So true about the silver. The silver color can also be seen in Silver Phoenix, for example. It's not a silvery blue color, as some believe.

 

[cottagegarden]

Well actually I have the Cuckoo Marans and Ameraucanas hanging together for the winter so I am getting the dearest little bearded blue cuckoo Olive Egger chicks-fun with egg color it is!!.(Although kinda funny to be intentionally creating EE's from pure Ameraucanas) I have Roos in both blue and blk but seem to keep them all together b/c its easier. Hang in there it wont be long now -your eggs are coming...maybe a late Easter present? Spring? May Day (0:
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oh, I just LOVE the pic of the basket with the eggs

. My oldest ameraucana are 6 mo and still not laying

Do you have a pen with just black or are they bbs?

 

[cubalaya]

i did look at the pics of standard ameraucana colors and i had a roo that looked just like the blue wheaton, a blue hen and the 2 silver hens all from the blue eggs i was sold.

 

[soonerdog]

Here is a not so good picture of my Silver Ameraucana bantams.

 

[speckledhen]

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They probably have the different colors separated, then. They didn't come from the same parents if they are all standardized colors. Not quite sure what you're saying. If they are really the standard colors, they are from pure lines of each color Ameraucana.