The Ameraucana Thread: Where everything and anything about the breed can be discussed (APA, Non-Stan

[jerryse]

Here are some more cuckoo project pics . First is a cockerel with 2 barring genes . His lighter feather and leg color indicates he has 2 barring genes. The second is a lavender cuckoo cockerel . I can not tell if he is single or double barred yet .

 

[jerryse]

Momma and babies out for the first time . 2 lavender and 3 lavender splits . I let them hatch a few at the end of hatching season . I have 4 broodies with chicks now .

 

[Alaskan]

so wonderful!

I just love broody hens!

 

[rbaker0345]

Really, I can't stand them. They are so fickle and so much less reliable than an incubator. Plus you have to make a separate area just for them. And they are so cranky! That being said, I have like three hens with chicks in the yard right now.

 

[tigercreek]

Marking this thread....

 

[jerryse]

Here are some more cuckoo project pics . First is a cockerel with 2 barring genes . His lighter feather and leg color indicates he has 2 barring genes. The second is a lavender cuckoo cockerel . I can not tell if he is single or double barred yet .

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Nice

 

[SunnySky]

I'm new to BYC and hope this is ok to ask. Back in February I hatched some black split to lavender Ameraucanas. Of the 5 that hatched 2 are lavender, 2 are black, and 1 is white. The white is a cockerel and one of the lavs is a cockerel. Does the fact that one hatched white mean the genetics of these birds is flawed and I shouldn't breed them? I purchased the eggs from a breeder. If white is not considered flawed, does it carry the lavender or black gene?

I should clarify that by 'flawed' I simply mean for meeting the SOP and having SQ birds worth breeding. I understand that there's so much more than feather color to meet the SOP I just am curious where white fits in the black/lav split gene pool.

THANK YOU!!!

 

[jerryse]

I'm new to BYC and hope this is ok to ask. Back in February I hatched some black split to lavender Ameraucanas. Of the 5 that hatched 2 are lavender, 2 are black, and 1 is white. The white is a cockerel and one of the lavs is a cockerel. Does the fact that one hatched white mean the genetics of these birds is flawed and I shouldn't breed them? I purchased the eggs from a breeder. If white is not considered flawed, does it carry the lavender or black gene?

I should clarify that by 'flawed' I simply mean for meeting the SOP and having SQ birds worth breeding. I understand that there's so much more than feather color to meet the SOP I just am curious where white fits in the black/lav split gene pool.

THANK YOU!!!

Nothing wrong . It just means recessive white is in the mix . Lavender is a dilution of black . So yes the white carries black and possibly lavender . Depends on what the parents were . If they used a lavender rooster on split hens the yes the white carries lavender also . If the mating was split to split then no way to be sure . Test breeding required to find out .

 

[RoosterLew]

Jerry,
Where did you get the barring gene from?
I have a couple of Cuckoo projects going , one being Lavendar Orps and have been wondering what I should use to get the barring gene?