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SportTees said:


Would these 3 be considered Americanas or EE? They all have beards/muffs.
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They are Easter Eggers by the definition of Standards of Perfection. Now they actually look very much like the original Quecha birds that the Ameraucana was based on. I don't see any sign of them being bred with broad chested laying machines like Marans or RIR. Of course they may just be young and not grown into that yet. The SOP (Standard of Perfection) for the Ameraucana paints Easter Eggers with a broad brush. If you take a Black Brested Red and breed it with a White, even though they are both pure Ameraucanas, they call that an Easter Egger. They allow exceptions when someone is breeding toward a new color, like they are with Lavender. They are allowed to show under the label, Any Other Color but they must breed true. (There is some hypocracy in this reguarding the Blue/Black/Splash gene, because Blue is approved but doesn't breed true and Splash is not approved but does breed true.
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Now they also call any crossbred Ameraucana/something else Easter Eggers. I find that highly unscientific and confusing that they lump those two together. I like one suggestion I heard for those who have had other egg laying breeds bred into the lines: North American Improved Quetcha. It is a more precise description. This is a landrace breed and just because it doesn't have uniformity doesn't mean that it isn't valuable. There is a really good thread to read on the migrations of chickens from SE Asia to South America and subsequently here to North America. Search for (in BYC) "In Vino Veritas" and the thread will come up. One piece of information that has come out since this was written is that scientist have been using the chicken DNA to document the migrations of people from South East Asia across the islands to Chile. I find this facinating. By marking the changes in the DNA between the chickens from one island to the next they know when and which order the islands were colonized. They also determined that a virus rewrote the DNA code that allowed the hybrid Bekisars (red jungle fowl/green jungle fowl cross) to successfully breed with the Basket Bantams and it was this virus that made the changes that made the eggs turn blue.
 
Penny Hen said:
They are Easter Eggers by the definition of Standards of Perfection. Now they actually look very much like the original Quecha birds that the Ameraucana was based on. I don't see any sign of them being bred with broad chested laying machines like Marans or RIR. Of course they may just be young and not grown into that yet. The SOP (Standard of Perfection) for the Ameraucana paints Easter Eggers with a broad brush. If you take a Black Brested Red and breed it with a White, even though they are both pure Ameraucanas, they call that an Easter Egger. They allow exceptions when someone is breeding toward a new color, like they are with Lavender. They are allowed to show under the label, Any Other Color but they must breed true. (There is some hypocracy in this reguarding the Blue/Black/Splash gene, because Blue is approved but doesn't breed true and Splash is not approved but does breed true.
idunno.gif
Politics
tongue.gif
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Now they also call any crossbred Ameraucana/something else Easter Eggers. I find that highly unscientific and confusing that they lump those two together. I like one suggestion I heard for those who have had other egg laying breeds bred into the lines: North American Improved Quetcha. It is a more precise description. This is a landrace breed and just because it doesn't have uniformity doesn't mean that it isn't valuable. There is a really good thread to read on the migrations of chickens from SE Asia to South America and subsequently here to North America. Search for (in BYC) "In Vino Veritas" and the thread will come up. One piece of information that has come out since this was written is that scientist have been using the chicken DNA to document the migrations of people from South East Asia across the islands to Chile. I find this facinating. By marking the changes in the DNA between the chickens from one island to the next they know when and which order the islands were colonized. They also determined that a virus rewrote the DNA code that allowed the hybrid Bekisars (red jungle fowl/green jungle fowl cross) to successfully breed with the Basket Bantams and it was this virus that made the changes that made the eggs turn blue.
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Thank You that is very informative. Information concerning EE's can be very confusing but you did a great job explaining
 
CityGirlintheCountry said:
I'm hoping for pictures from Chrystal. :)
There is one blue marans and two crele marans in that pen. Along with barred rocks, a buff orp, a couple of welsummers and some blue EEs. The feathered legs are coming from the marans. They are pretty cute. :)
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I will definitely have pictures for you as they grow! The dark one is going to be a character. I can already tell. When I go down to the garage to check on them, he's always sitting on the waterer or the feeder and once I caught him on the brim of the big Rubbermaid I use as a brooder and he jumps down every time like I've caught him doing something he shouldn't be! I'm hoping it warms up soon because they are a messy bunch. Just looking at their combs this morning, I'm thinking there may be 4 roosters in that bunch. I can't wait to see what these babies look like all grown up! I picked up 3 Swedish flowers after I met up with you so I have a lot of surprises ahead.
I also took home a cockerel from cree and he is finally chilling out a little and learning the treat call. I named him Jeffrey and he is a gentleman to his 2 older ladies, even though Red bullies him. He always makes sure they get morning treats first before he has any. This morning I made them a cricket omelet and that went over really well. I need to write a cookbook..."cooking for your chickens with Chrystal and Red"
 

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