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Yes, they are, and they were developed from EEs, as a matter of fact. Even today, to develop new colors like lavender, other breeds are being bred into the Ameraucana gene pool. That makes them mutts. No judgment from me; ALMOST ALL breeds were developed from intermixing other breeds, but if we're all going to be truthful, then yes, Ameraucanas are technically mutts, too. Maybe the term "mutt" shouldn't be used in such a derogatory fashion.
No, they weren't. Hatcheries took true Ameraucana chickens and crossed them with other egg layers to get a blue egg layer that was a proficient layer. Now, people cross Ameraucana chickens with all sorts of other breeds just for fun or for a pretty chicken.
Then, every breed there has ever been is an inbred mutt, by what you said.
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NO, they most certainly did NOT. I suggest you pay a visit to the Ameraucana website and read up on the history of the breed. Ameraucanas were created from EEs, largely from Quechua stock (which came from McMurray's orginal flock of blue egg layers). You are absolutely, and thoroughly, INCORRECT. And YES, in order to create a new breed, one generally crosses two other breeds, and then breeds to increase the likelihood of certain traits, which results in inbreeding, or in other animals, linebreeding. Do your research!!
Ameraucana chickens were formed using a series of breeds, including Araucanas. As were every other chicken breed on this earth.
<----Well, yeah, that IS indeed my point. However, Araucanas were NOT used to create Ameraucanas. Again, visit the Ameraucana organization website and do yourself a lil' reading on the history of the breed!!!
Yes, they are, and they were developed from EEs, as a matter of fact. Even today, to develop new colors like lavender, other breeds are being bred into the Ameraucana gene pool. That makes them mutts. No judgment from me; ALMOST ALL breeds were developed from intermixing other breeds, but if we're all going to be truthful, then yes, Ameraucanas are technically mutts, too. Maybe the term "mutt" shouldn't be used in such a derogatory fashion.
No, they weren't. Hatcheries took true Ameraucana chickens and crossed them with other egg layers to get a blue egg layer that was a proficient layer. Now, people cross Ameraucana chickens with all sorts of other breeds just for fun or for a pretty chicken.
Then, every breed there has ever been is an inbred mutt, by what you said.
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NO, they most certainly did NOT. I suggest you pay a visit to the Ameraucana website and read up on the history of the breed. Ameraucanas were created from EEs, largely from Quechua stock (which came from McMurray's orginal flock of blue egg layers). You are absolutely, and thoroughly, INCORRECT. And YES, in order to create a new breed, one generally crosses two other breeds, and then breeds to increase the likelihood of certain traits, which results in inbreeding, or in other animals, linebreeding. Do your research!!
Ameraucana chickens were formed using a series of breeds, including Araucanas. As were every other chicken breed on this earth.
<----Well, yeah, that IS indeed my point. However, Araucanas were NOT used to create Ameraucanas. Again, visit the Ameraucana organization website and do yourself a lil' reading on the history of the breed!!!
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