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Laced Blue Ameraucana
Mike Gilbert:
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I\'d rather try to fix egg color in my project than try to rid the line of enamel white in the ear lobes. The wheaten and silver varieties still have this issue and how long have they been around???
To each their own.... :)
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Good luck. There are said to be 12 or 13 different genes that cause brown egg shell, some dominant, some recessive. Actually, it is good that different members try different approaches. That way we end up with different strains, spread the gene pool, and help ensure the long term viability of the variety. Plus, we get to see who reaches the end goal first thanks to the internet.
grisaboy:
--- Quote from: Mike Gilbert --- The Wyandottes are laced, but they are based on e^b, not E or E^R.
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If you exchange e^b for E^R, you would not get a blue bird. You would get a blue laced red bird with a laced tail instead of a black tail. (Like the laced polish). I believe the same would be tru for E.
Curtis
heatherscooby77:
Okay, this is one of my 100% Blue Ameraucauna (7 weeks). So just so I have this right, this is lacing and not edging??? I want to make sure I am seeing the right thing, especially if I am going to try to make them better!!!
My next question, do I cull chicks that don\'t seem to have any lacing??? For example my SLW don\'t get there lacing until they are 12-14 weeks???
Another things I want to say about the chicks that are just feathering they look lavender???? but some of them have the darker head???? These are from eggs that I had shipped to me. Could the blacks maybe have been splits bred to blues and now I got semi-blues??? I can\'t call them self-blue or laced blue. I might call them CULL!
Mike Gilbert:
Maybe ten years ago I would have considered that to be lacing. Not any more, but it\'s not too bad edging. Look up the Blue Andalusians on Feathersite.com for a comparisonj. I would give these chicks some time. Not sure what you mean by \"100%\" blue? All true blues are hetero for Bl.
John:
I think it is interesting that everyone is quiet about trying to get true lacing on blue wheatens. :D
As I read the Standard, I guess it doesn\'t\' matter...
--- Quote ---BREAST: Blue, preferably laced with dark blue.
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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.
History shows what is accepted one day is sometimes proved wrong (my disclaimer). :stare:
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