Question about this “Ameraucana”

[Floof]

If I may ask, how are they sexlinks?

I have barred hens (barred rocks, CA Grey, and Delaware) bred to my lavendar ameraucana rooster. The barring gene is inherited by the male offspring but not the females so they come out looking like this (male on left and female on right)

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I have barred hens (barred rocks, CA Grey, and Delaware) bred to my lavendar ameraucana rooster. The barring gene is inherited by the male offspring but not the females so they come out looking like this (male on left and female on right)View attachment 2795352

Interesting

 

[Floof]

If I may ask, how are they sexlinks?

Sex links can be created by combining any barred hen with a solid bodied, non barred rooster. Because my rooster is lavendar none of his female offspring have leakage, they are just solid black. The only give away that they are mixed is that their legs and feet are the wrong color and their eggs will be green. They are also a tiny bit bigger bodied than my pure ameraucanas but you can't really tell unless you hold one in each hand

Edit to add: my sex links bred from a barred hen that lays white eggs (CA Grey for example) will still lay blue, albeit a more pale shade of blue.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I'd confidently guess she's an EE. Her beard especially looks very EE-like. But if she ends up pure black and lays blue eggs I may tentatively say black Ameraucana.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Sex links can be created by combining any barred hen with a solid bodied, non barred rooster. Because my rooster is lavendar none of his female offspring have leakage, they are just solid black. The only give away that they are mixed is that their legs and feet are the wrong color and their eggs will be green. They are also a tiny bit bigger bodied than my pure ameraucanas but you can't really tell unless you hold one in each hand

Does this work with cuckoo or just barred?

 

[Floof]

Does this work with cuckoo or just barred?

Cuckoo is the same gene as barring. Some base colors make it harder to distinguish the male chicks head spot but the gene is still present in the male offspring and absent in the females.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I'd confidently guess she's an EE. Her beard especially looks very EE-like. But if she ends up pure black and lays blue eggs I may tentatively say black Ameraucana.

My thoughts too. It starts to cross in a moral grey area of sorts. If it's an EE with Ameraucana traits and of a recognized variety, can it be called an Ameraucana? Same debacle as if non-bearded d'Uccles should be called Booted Bantams. I know everyone has different opinions on these issues but as long as they aren't being used for breeding, I don't see any harm in calling it by the name personally.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

My thoughts too. It starts to cross in a moral grey area of sorts. If it's an EE with Ameraucana traits and of a recognized variety, can it be called an Ameraucana? Same debacle as if non-bearded d'Uccles should be called Booted Bantams. I know everyone has different opinions on these issues but as long as they aren't being used for breeding, I don't see any harm in calling it by the name personally.

I totally agree.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Thank you everyone!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I'd confidently guess she's an EE. Her beard especially looks very EE-like. But if she ends up pure black and lays blue eggs I may tentatively say black Ameraucana.

I agree.... But until that egg, I guess the jury's out. If she's an ameraucana, she's rather poorly bred.