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Laced Blue Ameraucana
vanalpaca:
MyPetChicken has chicks (hatchery stock), so if my eggs don\'t do anything, I can try there. That judge guy doesn\'t seem to be on the computer, but maybe I can get something worked out before next spring when I will need them.
I will have a blue roo and a black roo this year though, so could I use a blue andalusian hen with them and try to hatch their eggs for starting the project?
Of course, I will have to find a started hen or two.....
Chicklover:
Was talking with a breeder of Araucana\'s that used a andalusion to an araucana to improve the lacing in Araucana and she said that the best laced birds came from a splash to black. What do all you who have traveled this road before us think? Also should I breed an Andalusion Roo to the Ameraucana hen or the other way around? Which will give us the best type in the off springs?
Christie Rhae:
I am curious about this too. In my mind it should not make any difference if the pattern genes are there.
Blue Andalusian breeders only breed blue to blue to perfect the lacing.
I was wondering about blue marans and the lacing that they are also supposed to have. I corresponded with Bev Davis who has been breeding marans for many years and she said that she had heard it was a good idea to use a splash now and then to \"set the lacing\". That does not make any sense to me but I am the one with no actual experience so what the heck do I know?
Sometimes things on paper do not translate to actual tried and true experience. Verrryy interesting...
Chicklover:
What she was telling me is that the splash is going to carry the genes also you just can\'t see what they are like you can in the blues. But if what w are looking for is blues then it makes since to use a splash because we will get all blues but I also know that it has to do with how many copies of the need genes that the splash is carrying that matters also. So I will put it out the all those that have travel this road already and get their advice.
John:
--- Quote ---she had heard it was a good idea to use a splash now and then to \"set the lacing\".
--- End quote ---
There are a lot of old wives\' tales and the chicken fancy has its share. Some may turn out to be true and others really seem off the wall. Bev sounds smart to not make the claim herself, but is just saying this is what she heard.
Some of what we believe about genetics may be outdated in a few decades, but you\'re still father ahead to base your breeding projects on science and experience rather than sayings from the old timers that are just repeating what the old timers told them may moons ago. :)
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