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Laced Blue Ameraucana
Christie Rhae:
lol, yes I actually am fascinated.
In my real life I own a salon and do nails...my alter ego wants to be a chicken geneticist. :rolleyes:
I find the whole subject very daunting. But by taking little chunks and studying a lot about it I am able to actually understand.
grisaboy:
--- Quote from: Christie Rhae --- Here is a link to the breeders site that I am trying to get andalusians from. He has sent me new pics too but I do not have authority to post them.
gg.cochinsrule.com Go to the PRESERVATION BREEDS tab.
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Christie,
Those are very nice blue Andalusians. They should give you a great start. Are you planning to keep a breeding pen of these is addition to using them to improve the Ameraucanas? Notice that the pens are set up blue on blue. I think a lot of Andalusian breeders do this so they can be sure they are setting up their breeding pens with the best lacing. Of course you will get the typical black/blue/splash ratio when the chicks hatch. But probably a good strategy to follow when setting up breeding pens for blue Ameraucanas.
(I really like what i can see of their breeding pen set up.)
Curtis
Mike Gilbert:
Great color on some of those Andalusians. I sure hope we can see that in Ameraucanas some day. By the way, is that Tom Roebuck\'s site? He is a well known breeder of buff in several breeds.
Mike Gilbert:
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I think they could drop the part about \"laced\", since it can\'t be done and still maintain the wheaten pattern...based on what is accepted genetic science as of today.
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Here is another link.
http://www.greenerpasturesfarm.com/ameraucanachickens.html
Check out the cockerel about halfway down the page.
Looks like someone has gotten pretty close to acheiving the impossible (based on accepted genetic science).
Curtis
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I agree with John about lacing on wheaten.
The bird in that pic does not have lacing, it has edging. The only way one might make proper lacing on the blue wheaten males would be to run separate cock breeding & pullet breeding pens. Krys
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I would be in favor of changing the wording in the Standards to reflect the wording \"distinct edging of dark blue\" instead of the present \"lacing\". The picture in the link shows what I had in mind when the standard was first written, but we didn\'t have the advantage of sharing genetic knowledge via the internet in those days.
Christie Rhae:
--- Quote from: Mike Gilbert ---Great color on some of those Andalusians. I sure hope we can see that in Ameraucanas some day. By the way, is that Tom Roebuck\'s site? He is a well known breeder of buff in several breeds.
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Well that is weird. I could have sworn I responded but now I do not see my post anywhere...
Yes that is Tom Roebuck\'s site. He has been very helpful with info about Andalusians and is willing to send me eggs in a live chick box next time.
I thought you guys might know who he is, he seems to have been breeding and showing birds for awhile.
After spending so much time studying andalusians and how hard it is to get them I hope to keep a small flock of pure andalusians. They have grown on me. lol
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