Why Are EE really not Considered a Breed to Show ??

[chickbrad24]

I don't have any experience with that color variety of Wyandotte, but I would certainly guess that it is the reason why.

I am sorry I feel like I'm being a pest But I have sow many questions.

 

[keesmom]

Is that why the APA has not recognized the BLRW yet. They don't breed true You get 3 color variants

No, that is not the reason. All (Andalusian) blue breeds do not breed true. Yet numerous blue breeds are accepted - blue Wyandottes, blue Cochins, blue Andalusians, blue silkies, and so on. In those breeds often blue and black are accepted but splash is not.

Getting a variety accepted by the APA is a difficult task. I forget the exact rules but there need to be x number of breeders across the country, they need to be shown at x number of shows for so many years, and so on. The dedicated breeders of BLRW are still trying to improve the breed type and coloring.

 

[chickbrad24]

This is all very fascinating to me. I Love reading the history of chickens / Their SOP's all though most of them are like reading a foreign language. What about Dun Laced Wyandotte's do they breed true ?

 

[Michael OShay]

No, that is not the reason. All (Andalusian) blue breeds do not breed true. Yet numerous blue breeds are accepted - blue Wyandottes, blue Cochins, blue Andalusians, blue silkies, and so on. In those breeds often blue and black are accepted but splash is not.

Getting a variety accepted by the APA is a difficult task. I forget the exact rules but there need to be x number of breeders across the country, they need to be shown at x number of shows for so many years, and so on. The dedicated breeders of BLRW are still trying to improve the breed type and coloring.

Thanks for clarifying that. I have very little experience with show chickens. )

 

[keesmom]

Thanks for clarifying that. I have very little experience with show chickens. )

I don't know that much either. What little I do know came up in a discussion with a fellow Faverolles breeder in maybe getting blue Faverolles accepted.