Question about Ameraucanas

[ChickenCrazy1608]

Does anyone know what would happen if I bred a silver Ameraucana hen with a brown red Ameraucana roo? Would the babies be Easter Egger looking (anything under the sun, broken kinda coloring, random) or would they be silver or brown red? I am wondering because they are my only ameraucanas at this time, and the hen is getting older and might not lay next year.

 

[Amer]

Well, those are both Easter Eggers anyway. Not Ameraucanas. The male is red partridge or red duckwing, the female is red silver duckwing. Bred together you'd get sexlinks. Gold/silver heterozygote males (appearing silver as chicks) and red females. The chicks would be duckwing and maybe partridge.

 

[ChickenCrazy1608]

Well, those are both Easter Eggers anyway. Not Ameraucanas. The male is red partridge or red duckwing, the female is red silver duckwing. Bred together you'd get sexlinks. Gold/silver heterozygote males (appearing silver as chicks) and red females. The chicks would be duckwing and maybe partridge.

Thank you for the info!

 

[WhiteWyan]

Hi OP- where'd you get the birds?

I agree the rooster isn't brown red. He would need black wingtips to be brown red. Brown-red is a birchen-based variety.

Your rooster could actually be either partridge, wheaten, or duckwing. (also has black leakage around the hackle feathers, which indicates his parentage might involve something else too)

For the hen, I'm not sure what Amer means by "red silver" ? but I agree that she looks to have somewhat of a "mutt" appearance with the little spangled feathers near her tail and the leakage around her neck.

Either way- they both have pea comb, slate legs, muffs and beards, and you should certainly hatch some chicks! You will get chicks with those traits. Pea comb, muffs and beards are dominant traits so those will be passed down. Same with the blue egg gene.

It will be a surprise what you get, since the rooster could really be anything. (Unless you know the parentage?)

Have you set any yet?