Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

[dstokely]

Will do!

Yeah, I said that... my OH just glared at me...

Some things you do not talk about. He will figure it out when I start on the next pen..........

 

[OneMountainAcres]

You are all talking about white feather genes hiding in your lavs but has anyone ever heard of our found an ameraucana to be hiding a white egg gene? I have a beautiful young pullet who's a total mutt but she almost looks like a lavender ameraucana. Her grandma was a huge hen that was brahma x blue copper marans and laid a super dark egg, darker than my pure Marans at the time. Her mother was 1/4 brahma, 3/4 blue copper marans and still laid that super dark egg. I bred her mother to the lavender ameraucana cockerel that I had at the time expecting an incredible olive egg....she lays a normal colored brown egg. I'm assuming that her dad was carrying a white egg gene. Anyone ever heard of something like this or know how that's possible?

 

[DMRippy]

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If you want to work with them I will be glad to share so we can work together.

 

[DMRippy]

You are all talking about white feather genes hiding in your lavs but has anyone ever heard of our found an ameraucana to be hiding a white egg gene? I have a beautiful young pullet who's a total mutt but she almost looks like a lavender ameraucana. Her grandma was a huge hen that was brahma x blue copper marans and laid a super dark egg, darker than my pure Marans at the time. Her mother was 1/4 brahma, 3/4 blue copper marans and still laid that super dark egg. I bred her mother to the lavender ameraucana cockerel that I had at the time expecting an incredible olive egg....she lays a normal colored brown egg. I'm assuming that her dad was carrying a white egg gene. Anyone ever heard of something like this or know how that's possible?

Marans lay white eggs. Ams COULD carry the white egg gene and blue egg gene since blue is dominate. It takes lots of genes to make those dark eggs so they have just gotten lost.

 

[Ravynscroft]

If you want to work with them I will be glad to share so we can work together. 

I actually do!! That would be awesome! Thanks!

Now to either slip this past him or convince him, lol...

 

[FowlStuff]

...but has anyone ever heard of our found an ameraucana to be hiding a white egg gene? .

Yes. After decades of only hatching blue eggs from a variety of bantam Ameraucanas I had a pullet that laid a white egg. It is more common with LF wheatens though.

 

[DMRippy]

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Well they are not laying so you have some time to work out that stuff!

 

[buddy phoenix]

Got my first lav am egg today! Now wish I could post a pic of it

 

[DMRippy]

Got my first lav am egg today! Now wish I could post a pic of it

Congrats! I need to do some sorting so when mine start they are pure. I have the whites running with the black splits, lavenders and the one EE I have LOL. Spring is coming SOON!

 

[BarrettG]

What's a fair price to sell Lavender Amerucana Chicks ?