What's the definition of a new breed?

[Poulets De Cajun]

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On the contrary, there have probably been quite a few. I know of two right off the bat that were recognized in the 80's.... Ameraucanas and Araucanas.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

For a breed to be a breed they have to breed true as far as type and color over a few years. Also there should be more than one person working on it for a good breeding source.
About the time line, if you get an APA standard of perfection it has a time line of when all breeds/varieties were accepted.

 

[amazondoc]

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Except that some of them don't. Like araucanas. Or anything blue (e.g. blue Andalusians).

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Well they are the exceptions, lol. When you breed blue birds you know what you are going to get most of the time. There are also a couple of other exceptions like when breeding a male line and a female line and some other exceptions.