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recessive white
Guest:
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All the blacks splits not used for my lavenders end up at the auctions so they could be either eaten on enter the infamous backyard type chicken breeders flock for just fun. Good luck cleaning up the mess.
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I\'m obviously missing something here. Wouldn\'t selling them live at auction pretty much assure the genes getting back into the breed, though not directly from you?
Beth C:
--- Quote from: Mike Gilbert ---It is not the barring gene. If these are juvenile feathers, they will probably go away when the adult feathers come in.
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That\'s a relief - thanks, Mike!
@Harry: The really weird thing is the 2 splits I hatched are the only ones w/o it. Totally agree on breeding splits to black -can\'t imagine why anyone would want to. Even if you breed split to split and determine through test mating that a bird isn\'t carrying lavender, the whole point of breeding lavender back to black is improving the lavenders, so it would be highly unlikely that a \"black\" produced from lavender stock would have anything to contribute to blacks.
@Steve: I doubt a serious breeder would buy from a livestock auction, both for bio-security reasons and because they would want to know the genetics of the bird they\'re buying. If anything they\'d end up with the yo-yo who\'s already selling EE mutts as \"thoroughbred Americanas.\" :rolleyes:
John:
--- Quote ---Wouldn\'t selling them live at auction pretty much assure the genes getting back into the breed, though not directly from you?
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When I need or want a black Ameraucana I buy from one of the other ABC members that I personally know to get good stock. There are SQ birds in backyard flocks all around mid Michigan, but most came from me and were my culls...not always because of phenotype but sometimes because of genotype. For instance, any black chicks from my silver X silver/black project may look great but I wouldn\'t want them to breed from. Enough weird traits show up with the numbers that I hatch as it is.
greeneggsandham:
Well I think I know where the leakage came from since both the pullet and cockeral were from a sister and brother respectively. I introduced them this year. They are the common denominator. I was hoping to improve on the eye color with them. Looks like they bring their own problems. :(
John:
--- Quote ---hoping to improve on the eye color
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Maybe it was a good move. Eye color in the LF blacks has been a problem although it is getting better. When ever we do an out-cross some unwanted traits come with the package. Sometimes it is worth it and sometimes it is better to backtrack.
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