What will they be? BBS ameraucana question

[Emilys3guppies]

Hello all!

I am hoping someone can help me with my chicks. I ordered eggs from a farm and was told they are bantam ameraucanas. The lady said it was a BBS roo over buff hens. I'm wondering what colours I can expect my chicks to be?

My pickle is that like many other backyard enthusiasts I cannot keep a rooster, so I am hoping that understanding what genetics might be at play can help me identify a roo sooner than later.

My chicks are 10 days old. Some are black with lighter bellies and a white spot on the wing. The others are yellow with some gray on their backs. I will post a pic from my computer soon.

Thanks so much!

 

[nicalandia]

Hello all!

I am hoping someone can help me with my chicks. I ordered eggs from a farm and was told they are bantam ameraucanas. The lady said it was a BBS roo over buff hens. I'm wondering what colours I can expect my chicks to be?

My pickle is that like many other backyard enthusiasts I cannot keep a rooster, so I am hoping that understanding what genetics might be at play can help me identify a roo sooner than later.

My chicks are 10 days old. Some are black with lighter bellies and a white spot on the wing. The others are yellow with some gray on their backs. I will post a pic from my computer soon.

Thanks so much!

sorry no sexing this chicks.. the black chicks are going to mature mostly black and the grey chicks will mature mostly blue.

 

[Emilys3guppies]

Thank you so much for replying. I thought that might be the case but I really have a hard time wrapping my head around the bbs genetics. I appreciate your time. Thanks!

 

[nicalandia]

Thank you so much for replying. I thought that might be the case but I really have a hard time wrapping my head around the bbs genetics. I appreciate your time. Thanks!

BBS stands for. Black/Blue/Splash. so your rooster is Blue. when mated to black or none blue hens he will produce 50% blue birds and 50% black birds. self black/blue birds are dominant over other patterns. so when you cross a self black bird to say a silver duckwing or a partridge hens or wheaten hens your chicks will be mostly black or all black depending on the melanizers