Purebred vs. Crossbred question

[the lemon tree]

Will an Ameraucana, say a Wheaten, when crossed with a Lavender Ameraucana, for example, have offspring that are still considered "purebred" or do they have to be in the same color group?

 

[Ryu]

They will still be pure Ameraucana's, but the offsprings coloring may not be corrrect for one of the recognised colors.

Usually Lavender is on a black background. So it would be essentially Black/Wheaton carrying one copy of Lavender.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

The chicken calculator says that lavendar x Wheaten will give you black offspring. The next generation will be a mix of black, lavender, and wheaten, but might have some mixing.

Remember the magic rules of Ameraucanas- If you cross two pure Ameraucanas, and they aren't an approved color, they are suddenly and inexplicably transformed into horrible mongrel mutt EASTER EGGERS! Oh the horror! (just kidding)

For any other breed, mixing two colors would still give you a bird that is pure for the breed, but not show quality in terms of it's coloration.

I think you would get split lavenders that could be bred back to the lavender parent to make "pure" lavenders.

Are Lavenders a recognized color?

 

[Ryu]

We've done the cross with Black on Wheaton, and sometimes the Wheaton is carrying some extra diluters. We got some blacks, and most had red/gold in the hackels.

 

[the lemon tree]

Yesterday I brought home two "purebred Ameraucanas" but according to the Ameraucana Breeder's Club, they are an unrecognized color (as three week old chicks, they look a lot like some tuffed/bearded EEs I've been seeing on ehre. I asked the individual whom I bought them from what color they are considered and he responded with "either dark brown or light brown Wheaten". Seeing as Wheaten is just Wheaten, with no color gradations, he is still being honest when he claims they are purebred, assuming they are bred from two different colored Ameraucanas? From your responses, it seems like this is true.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Lavenders aren't recognized yet, but from what I've heard the breeders are trying really hard to get it recognized.


While everyone on the thread seems to be correct, to be a good breeder you need to tell your customers EXACTLY how you bred the birds. This way they will know the offsprings color genetics so that if they want to breed it, they are aware.