WynnStormborn
In the Brooder
- Jul 2, 2019
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I have 2 roosters I bought them both from a breeder at her facility:
1st is a pure Black Ameraucana
2nd is an Easter Egger with a pure White Ameraucana father but with similar color/pattern to a laced Barnevelder or Wyandotte (unknown mother).
My hens:
Easter Egger that looks exactly like the roo and lays blue eggs
pure black Ameraucana lays blue eggs
Crested Cream Legbar x White Leghorn lays blue eggs
Blue Cochin
Barnevelder
Sapphire Blue Plymouth Rock
Blue Marans
Black Cuckoo Marans
Salmon Faverolle
Black Astralorp
Ancona
Rhode Island White
Rhode Island Red
I know black is a hard color to breed out of unless I want to go blue. Even then I think I would just need more variance in color for my Ameraucana hens because I want to still have a purebred bird to breed back to.
The lacing on the Easter Egger though could be fun. Hard to tell what will happen with it since I'm not positive which hen was his mother. I plan on trying to pair him with my blues to see if I can get something that looks like a blue laced red wyandotte that lays pretty eggs. Might be a 1 in 10 chance. Maybe it would be better to cross him with my other laced birds and breed those to my blues?
I have room for more birds if you have any ideas one what I could/should add.
I'll try to take some pictures today, if that's helpful.
Thank you for any help and/or ideas
1st is a pure Black Ameraucana
2nd is an Easter Egger with a pure White Ameraucana father but with similar color/pattern to a laced Barnevelder or Wyandotte (unknown mother).
My hens:
Easter Egger that looks exactly like the roo and lays blue eggs
pure black Ameraucana lays blue eggs
Crested Cream Legbar x White Leghorn lays blue eggs
Blue Cochin
Barnevelder
Sapphire Blue Plymouth Rock
Blue Marans
Black Cuckoo Marans
Salmon Faverolle
Black Astralorp
Ancona
Rhode Island White
Rhode Island Red
I know black is a hard color to breed out of unless I want to go blue. Even then I think I would just need more variance in color for my Ameraucana hens because I want to still have a purebred bird to breed back to.
The lacing on the Easter Egger though could be fun. Hard to tell what will happen with it since I'm not positive which hen was his mother. I plan on trying to pair him with my blues to see if I can get something that looks like a blue laced red wyandotte that lays pretty eggs. Might be a 1 in 10 chance. Maybe it would be better to cross him with my other laced birds and breed those to my blues?
I have room for more birds if you have any ideas one what I could/should add.
I'll try to take some pictures today, if that's helpful.
Thank you for any help and/or ideas