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Both the APA versions of Araucana and Ameraucana were bred from mixed heritage types that now are / were called araucana or easter egg chickens . Somewhere in this B , G , & S section there is a thread in which the OP states that McMurrey's type is close enough to one of the original variaties that it warrants kept as a heritage breed [ not a direct quote , but in so many words ] . He goes into much detail of those birds in S.A. that are blue / green egg layers . But I'm sure , by the appearence , that Ameraucana have been used to create some hatchery strains . As long as one parent has one copy of the gene for blue eggs , there's a 50% chance of the offspring having it .
Both the APA versions of Araucana and Ameraucana were bred from mixed heritage types that now are / were called araucana or easter egg chickens . Somewhere in this B , G , & S section there is a thread in which the OP states that McMurrey's type is close enough to one of the original variaties that it warrants kept as a heritage breed [ not a direct quote , but in so many words ] . He goes into much detail of those birds in S.A. that are blue / green egg layers . But I'm sure , by the appearence , that Ameraucana have been used to create some hatchery strains . As long as one parent has one copy of the gene for blue eggs , there's a 50% chance of the offspring having it .
