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Advise concerning a new ameraucana breed.
Guest:
I would like the advise from this forum concerning a new variety of ameraucana.
What new variety of ameraucana would ameraucana fanciers like to see produced?
Please, no lectures on working on the established varieties.
Rooster
Guest:
Something rare, not found in many breeds would be nice. I have done polls on 3 major poultry sites (privately in email) and have found that the #1 reason people were choosing to breed Ameraucanas was egg color. #2 reason was the unusual colors such as Blue Wheaten and Wheaten. Unless someone breeds pit games, which is illegal in many areas, they are unlikely to find these colors in other breeds (although OEGB has almost every color and is highly popular).
One color I have worked with in the past in my Key West Gypsies was Cuckoo Red Partridge. To my knowledge, it is only found in the Bielefelder of Germany as an established color.
bielefelder hen
barring in male
Some people have also worked on pure orange barred fowls as well. I have crossed a cuckoo red gypsy cock to an ameraucana hen and I am awaiting the first hatch.
I would definetly suggest something rare/unusual. Many gamefowl colors are red based and since many of the standard and developed colors are red based, perhaps one could look to the American Game for colors?
(or color crosses within Ameraucana could work, for a white to a Red of some sort makes Pyle and I have made Crow Winged Red Polish from a White Crested Black cock on a Buff Laced hen)
My cockerel
Guest:
--- Quote from: rooster ---I would like the advise from this forum concerning a new variety of ameraucana.
What new variety of ameraucana would ameraucana fanciers like to see produced?
Please, no lectures on working on the established varieties.
Rooster
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Well forgoing the lectures I would say the best thing would be to breed something that would go with what we have or something that may be will make the breed more appealing to the folks not already raising the breed. The people working with the milky gene are doing this as it goes with Black. You could do Lemon Blue....it would go with Brown Red. One of my favorite colors in Chickens is Salmon as in Salmon Favoroles. I don\'t have them....and probably won\'t get any....but the color is very pleasing. Red as in Red Cochins would be nice.....you don\'t see many chickens that color anymore. Red as in RIR would be nice too....RIR\'s are really getting to be more popular in the showroom.
But I would stick to what is here and work on a breed that is in trouble....I think all of us should pick a breed like that and try to help preserve it....John B is doing that with the Vorworks (sp?).
Happy New Year !!! Thurman
John:
--- Quote ---What new variety of ameraucana would ameraucana fanciers like to see produced?
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I know of four varieties that some of us are working on and could help with. Black gold & lavender in both LF and bantams. The black gold bantams have the most people working on them and are close to being where they need to be, but we just made our first crosses for the other three this past year.
Jim Tuckwood, of WI, has been working on red bantams.
As Mike mentioned, a few were breeding to develop barred LF several years ago but they have given up to the best of my knowledge.
:rolleyes:
Guest:
Really? Barred would be relatively easy to introduce! I cannot believe they gave up on it!!
I also have an F1 AmeraucanaxRIR cross. He is completely Mohogany in all feathers. However, he carries a defect which eliminates the last digits of the middle toes on both feet and I am reluctant to breed him.
I love Lemon Blues! They would be an excellent color.
The rare breed which I raise is (obviously) the Key West Gypsy. I will soon be head of developing the Rose Combed variety and getting it set to standard in the coming years.
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