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[Little Wing]

@Little Wing

When mert was a baby did she look like the ones in my avatar? i think thats the coloring ima get outta mine from the feathers that are starting to show

Yes. She looked just like those. Those are EEs. The ones that look like Mert are not "Brown Red" they are EEs. Some call them "Wild Type" I think.

This is a Brown Red Ameraucana

 

[Little Wing]

Here is a good link for pictures. http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

 

[Kilsharion]

I wish they laid only blue tinted eggs but lots lay blue greens and some heavy on the green and olive. Some of the worst colored Ameraucana eggs I have seen came from an Ameraucana breeder that is said to have some nice birds.

Indeed - this is quite true. My post was simply the table showing the SOP - and, in that, it states "blue eggs"....may have changed in the last while; but...

Technically, if you cross a blue egg layer with a blue egg layer, they should lay only blue eggs. They will not lay eggs of a different colour than blue unless some other breed has been introduced along the way. In the case of blue green, green and olive - a brown egg gene most likely got in the mix somewhere along the line.

 

[Texasmja]

Here is a good link for pictures. http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html

I see they come in blue, is that the gene that dilutes or the self blue gene? In other words, can breeding two blues will you get a splash and blacks or will you always get only blues?

 

[Fentressfarmer]

Go all the way to the bottom of the page and click on mobile version let's you upload pics in a jiffy.
Yes that is sarge lol

I have a iPhone 4 and I don't see how to add pics what button do you push? I'm sorry not that technically advanced.

 

[Little Wing]

Indeed - this is quite true. My post was simply the table showing the SOP - and, in that, it states "blue eggs"....may have changed in the last while; but...

Technically, if you cross a blue egg layer with a blue egg layer, they should lay only blue eggs. They will not lay eggs of a different colour than blue unless some other breed has been introduced along the way. In the case of blue green, green and olive - a brown egg gene most likely got in the mix somewhere along the line.

The breeder she is talking about is known to have some of the best if not the best Blacks available. The roo in my avatar came from him. That being said breeders often breed only to the SOP which doesn't include egg color. They breed for body type and color, not egg color. I think egg color should be included in judging a chicken that is around in part because of it's egg color. Egg color is going to be a big part of my Ameraucana breeding. I'm not an expert but the way I understand it is that there are two copies of the blue egg gene that can be passed on to offspring. If an Ameraucana or EE has both copies she will lay blue eggs. If she gets a one blue and one say tan egg gene, the eggs will be green or olive. One blue gene and one dark brown gene make dark olive eggs.

I see they come in blue, is that the gene that dilutes or the self blue gene? In other words, can breeding two blues will you get a splash and blacks or will you always get only blues?

I'm pretty sure they are like Marans. BBS Two Blues make a Splash

 

[Scoutmedic]

http://www.fancyfeatherstx.org April 13th in San Marcos

Welcome, we're in Selma

Thanks, I'll definately look into this one. San Marcos isn't that far of a drive. Selma is a nice town, unless you like speeding on 35!!!

 

[Scoutmedic]

Here are some of my BLRW chicks that hatched on 2-18-2013. They have all been sold and gone to their new home already. I can't wait for the next group to hatch!




So lucky!!! These are at the top of my list for 2013. I'm waiting for another member's hens to start laying again and hopefully will have some soon!!!

 

[Kilsharion]

I'm not an expert but the way I understand it is that there are two copies of the blue egg gene that can be passed on to offspring. If an Ameraucana or EE has both copies she will lay blue eggs. If she gets a one blue and one say tan egg gene, the eggs will be green or olive. One blue gene and one dark brown gene make dark olive eggs.

From what I've been reading about eggs, this is accurate. I'm not saying the birds aren't excellent....just saying that somewhere down the line, someone got a little on the side, is all.

For some reason, I was always of the understanding that a blue egg is indicative of a pure line. And, seeing the genetics, this is true. If there is anything in the mix that isn't blue, it dilutes it - causing either really light blue eggs (when crossed with a white) or greenish/olive (when crossed with a brown) or even pinks/light purples (when crossed with a plum). Nothing wrong with it - just that there is some other gene lurking about from who knows when that throws the colour of the eggs off of their "true blue". A pure blue to a pure blue will never lay anything but blue. The genetics just don't allow it.

Not trying to be snooty or snarky at all - I'm not dissing the birds in the least. Not saying they aren't top notch in the breed. Not even remotely

Just talking pure genetics. Genetics is a tricky, snarly mess! Especially when a recessive decides to make a sudden appearance.

 

[jockeyeba]

http://www.fancyfeatherstx.org April 13th in San Marcos Welcome, we're in Selma

 Thanks, I'll definately look into this one. San Marcos isn't that far of a drive. Selma is a nice town, unless you like speeding on 35!!!

& don't speed on any of the less traveled roads either