Can you explain what you mean when you state "modified pea comb"?
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My original feeling, when I saw OPs pic of her roo, was "... that is not an Ameraucana, he is an Easter Egger (EE)". Or a really poor representative of an Ameraucana - comb not right, wrong coloring (is it really just leakage of either silver or gold?) & also not a good set of muffs or beard. He is GORGEOUS!! If he has 2 blue egg genes and a good disposition/personality, I would use him to produce EEs.
I could be wrong, but feel he has too many things to correct, to use him to produce purebred Ameraucana. But might be better to find an actual Ameraucana breeder to consult with.
Again he is beautiful. He reminds me of a bantam sized LF mixed roo we had. By blood, he should have been a little less then 1/2 Ameraucana, 1/8 Leghorn & about 1/2 ilky. The silkies were black or brown - hatchery special. The Ameraucana came from a couple different lines. One from a "super blue layer" - "Dinner" was a white rooster that was supposed to be 1/2 Ameraucana/Leghorn. The 2 hens he came w/ did lay bright blue eggs. Then I had a couple of "purebed" Blue Ameraucana (from a pen with several splash hens & a black roo from a "breeder". I asked ?s she didnt want to answer. Later, when i wanted to get more chicks from her, she informed me she "got rid of them"...). The 1st mix chicks hatched in 2014 - many were "white", then continued to have a couple hens produce chicks blue & black chicks through 2019. In 2020, 2 clutches were all black chicks (very little color leakage) but the last hen laid all blue eggs. Those last 2 clutches, gave a few away, lost a couple free ranging (along w/ that last hen & OLDER roo), put 5 in freezer.
Edited to add - hit send. Finished above paragraph & added:
"LBR" was a pretty boy. Had mostly silky attributes, but you can't see his small muff or beard in this pic. Pretty sure he didn't sire chicks - just his sire did whom we still had in 2020...
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