I think I have an lavender ameraucana rooster but it has a single comb and not a peaceful comb...

[julietta]

I think my rooster is a lavender ameraucana, but it has a single comb instead of a pea comb. What do you think it is?

 

[sourland]

He may be a lavender Ameraucana/Orpington cross - ie, an Easter Egger.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Definitely a mixed cross.

Very pretty bird.

Since he has the single comb, he likely doesn't carry the blue egg gene. Put him over a white layer hen and see what the daughters produce. If they grow up to lay light blue eggs, then you know he had a blue egg shell gene....but you'll have to hatch a few as you've got a 50/50 chance of blue or white shell base....if he has it.

Otherwise he is a very pretty boy and will make for handsome eye candy in the flock.

LofMc

 

[diggstown]

Very pretty bird

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

He is a very pretty boy! Agree that he is a mix, but he can't have pure ameruacana back there because the pea comb is dominant and he's single combed.

 

[BantamLover21]

He may be a lavender Ameraucana/Orpington cross - ie, an Easter Egger.

Agreed

 

[Lady of McCamley]

@TheKindaFarmGal
Wouldn't that depend on the Ameraucana's pea comb genes....

My understanding is the pea comb is PPrr or Pprr

If he is an Orpington/Ameraucana, the Orpington, being single, would be pprr

So technically a cross could be made, if the Ameraucana were Pprr with an Orpington pprr, you could get 50% chicks with pprr (single) and 50% with Pprr (pea comb dominant).

He still has some relatively significant muff, which I find if EE cross drops off pretty fast (although not always).

LofMc

 

[junebuggena]

Ameraucana should be pure for the pea comb gene.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Ameraucana should be pure for the pea comb gene.

Both genes PP then?

LofMc