Will it be safe to breed

[Bluegray87]

Hi
I've been keeping a relatively small flock (15 in total) for egg production in order to sell, now I have orders coming in faster than I can handle, with my blue eggs proving popular due to the novelty of not being readily available in supermarkets etc.
So I am going to mate my splash with a Cockerel I purchased today, my question is, Will it be safe to put these 2 together(see images) also what breed is my Cockerel? I was told Araucana, but I have a feeling he is a cross and not full breed, am I correct?
Thanks in advance for any knowledge.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

It should be fine to breed the two, my guess is he is a mixed breed

 

[Bluegray87]

It should be fine to breed the two, my guess is he is a mixed breed

I get nice blue eggs off my splash now so will that continue with the chicks if I breed these two, as he has Araucana genes as he has tufts, have a Lavender EE too just haven't got pics of her yet so hoping he breeds with her too

 

[Poultrybreeder]

As long as he contains the blue egg gene, the chicks should reran it as well

 

[pennyJo1960]

yes if he has the blue egg gene but also may have green tint to it nice looking cockerel but a mix here also, just though of something you said you have a lavender ameracauna
they may produce black green egg layers

 

[Bluegray87]

yes if he has the blue egg gene but also may have green tint to it nice looking cockerel but a mix here also, just though of something you said you have a lavender ameracauna
they may produce black green egg layers

Now that would be nice, as its the novelty factor in the eggs that people are buying so another colour would be nice. Will add a pic of her to the thread tomorrow

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have lavender ameracauna 11 of them but about 2 months from laying bought 10 from a local breeder but 11 in the hatch so he gave me the extra one going to keep a cockerel from the group bu am also going to a few 3 or 4 marans with one being a cockerel I do have three coops with birds in 2 the other is just for cockerel

 

[junebuggena]

Both are U.K. Araucana types, but neither hen nor cockerel are show/breeder quality birds. The rumpless standard calls for tufts and beard. She has neither. The tailed variety must be crested, muffed, and bearded. He's got those features, but he's not the right built and his comb is too big.
For a backyard flock, it's fine. But if you want to produce birds of any real value, keep your rumpless birds separate from your tailed variety birds.

 

[Bluegray87]

Both are U.K. Araucana types, but neither hen nor cockerel are show/breeder quality birds. The rumpless standard calls for tufts and beard. She has neither. The tailed variety must be crested, muffed, and bearded. He's got those features, but he's not the right built and his comb is too big.
For a backyard flock, it's fine. But if you want to produce birds of any real value, keep your rumpless birds separate from your tailed variety birds.

So would I be better off leaving him off the rumpless and just let him go with the tailed Lavender?

 

[junebuggena]

So would I be better off leaving him off the rumpless and just let him go with the tailed Lavender?

Not a good option with the Lavender either. Crossing lavender and bbs lines makes things really confusing and complicated in later generations. They are two very different genes, that both dilute black pigment. You need to figure out what you want to be breeding and build your flock from there. Your current birds are fine for selling as Easter Eggers to backyard flock keepers. But that is all you will ever produce, with your current flock.