Name for this color of Amerucana?

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On the first page the female hen and the cockerel are his offspring. I got them from a local breeder who had many birds from this line all having a very consistent look. I had the 9 month female and 6 month old cockerel first but lost him to a hawk. I went back and ended up getting what used to be the top rooster because he was getting in fights with other roosters there. He had a pretty messed up eye and I assume that is why his beard and muffs are plucked. It has slowly grown in but it’s not normal fluffy feathers it’s like whiskers/pins still. He also went thru a very hard molt this winter.

when I breed him to the Hen I got all yellow chicks with legs that are already at 8 days a slate color. The chicks are feathering in a white wing feathers and light orange near faces. Out of 5 chicks they are all identical colors. Even the cross.

Offspring.

He does look like he is mixed dominant white gold duckwing (aka a messy red pyle). However, he isn’t a purebred ameraucana. If he was a project red pyle, the person you bought him from would’ve told you that. Also, he has green legs, while ameraucanas have slate/blue ones.

His chicks have such a consistent coloring partly because EEs aren’t as genetically random as many people say they are. There’s certain colors and traits which are very common in EEs, they just usually aren’t selectively bred for them, so there’s more variety. For instance, the duckwing pattern is very common in roosters. Most hens have a sort of mixed columbian, duckwing, and/or penciled look to them.
Another reason his chicks are so consistent is because of dominant white. As you can guess from the name, it’s a very dominant color. I’m betting that he has two copies of the gene, so all of his offspring should be either red and white or solid white. That’s just how dominant white works. You’ll notice, though, especially with his female offspring, that their patterns will be different, even though they have the same colors (red and white).

 

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He does look like he is mixed dominant white gold duckwing (aka a messy red pyle). However, he isn’t a purebred ameraucana. If he was a project red pyle, the person you bought him from would’ve told you that. Also, he has green legs, while ameraucanas have slate/blue ones.

His chicks have such a consistent coloring partly because EEs aren’t as genetically random as many people say they are. There’s certain colors and traits which are very common in EEs, they just usually aren’t selectively bred for them, so there’s more variety. For instance, the duckwing pattern is very common in roosters. Most hens have a sort of mixed columbian, duckwing, and/or penciled look to them.
Another reason his chicks are so consistent is because of dominant white. As you can guess from the name, it’s a very dominant color. I’m betting that he has two copies of the gene, so all of his offspring should be either red and white or solid white. That’s just how dominant white works. You’ll notice, though, especially with his female offspring, that their patterns will be different, even though they have the same colors (red and white).

Yeah I mean I don’t really care what he is . I found the person that started the line over ten years ago. The original project breeder used to be active on here and was advertising in an adjacent town. So that is how I found out he was from a project/line. The local woman that started this project calls them chestnut and snow. The breed I purchased from told me they got the line of birds from a local breeder and had many birds of various ages. So little bit more refined than my idea of a EE.

I will keep my four pure chicks. I’m sure he will make very interesting Olive eggers. if I sell extra roos from the pure chicks I’ll just call them blue eggers because I see people use that term often around my area.

I know to get the dominant white gene it had to be mixed with something at some point.

 

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I’ve decided this project must of used an OE Red Pyle game. Looking at pictures I can see the similarities. I don’t think it’s a recent mix because the eggs they lay are huge and a light baby blue laying 5-6 days a week.

I wouldn’t consider this bird an Easter egger. To me an Easter egger is a designer mutt with no standard. This line is obviously one someone put lots of effort and thought into even if it’s not a variety of ameraucana.

I’m not the type to let an association say what is a pure bred and what isn’t just because it’s not in a book somewhere. I was always taught pure bred has more to do with consistency in the line. You can mix breeds to together to take the parts you want and then bred towards those traits until they bred true to goal. That’s how breeds are created. I thought that was especially true in the chicken world because they are not papered like a dog or horse.

I know to get the dominant white gene it had to be mixed with something at some point. View attachment 2686991

Easter eggers could’ve been the ones used in the original red pyle project, since dominant white is common in EEs.

 

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Easter eggers could’ve been the ones used in the original red pyle project, since dominant white is common in EEs.

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Easter eggers could’ve been the ones used in the original red pyle project, since dominant white is common in EEs. View attachment 2687007

I didn’t know that was a common EE color, interesting. I have really only seen brown/gold EEs with wild type chicks. I assumed maybe a red Pyle game bird since those are abundant in the area. he’s a very feisty yet respectful fellow.

 

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I didn’t know that was a common EE color, interesting. I have really only seen brown/gold EEs with wild type chicks. I assumed maybe a red Pyle game bird since those are abundant in the area. he’s a very feisty yet respectful fellow.

He doesn’t look like a game mix to me. Does he get along with other roosters/cockerels?

 

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He doesn’t look like a game mix to me. Does he get along with other roosters/cockerels?

There’s really no telling what was used back in the mix to get the coloring. He has been known to engage in fights with other roosters he was badly injured once leaving him with diminished sight in one eye. He’s fine with young cockerels ignores them. He’s been known to flog dogs and kill snakes. Great guy really respectful of his ladies and people.