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Egg Color
John:
--- Quote ---do you think that your ameraucana customers will be happy with olive green eggs out of pullets they raised from chicks, expecting a blue colored egg,
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No, but I don\'t know of any ABC members that sell chicks guaranteeing blue eggs. It is like expecting chicks to grow into show quality birds. If someone wants a show quality bird or one that lays a blue egg they have to buy an adult bird that is show quality and/or lays a blue egg.
--- Quote ---pink, yellow or purple eggs
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Those colors would all lead to a bird being disqualified, but maybe green is a \"shade\" of blue. I know that a bird that lays a green egg has at least one gene for blue eggs. If she is of excellent type I would no problem crossing her with a male that came from a nice \"blue\" egg.
;)This egg color topic always gets some replys!
Guest:
Common......aren\'t we having fun?
I am!! This is a great diversion for me while I\'m printing out shipping lables for all the green eggs that I\'m selling....LOL
Guest:
My thought on the subject is this.
If we want to be taken seriously we need to police ourselves from within.
If we have a nice bird, we need to decide if it is worth showing, after learning it has obvious flaws.
we teach our 4-Hers that plucking feathers is a no-no in showmanship, the reason is it makes a mockery of the show. if a white bird has a black feahter, or a black bird with a white one, it is a lie to pluck it out to hide a fault that could disqualify the bird, the proper proceidure it to NOT show the bird.
likewise, if the \"ameraucana\" looks nice, but lays kaki eggs, then in reality it is not an Ameraucana, no matter how nice it looks, there for should not be shown either.
I feel the general publick dosen\'t take us serously because we are all to quick to \"cheet\", and cover-up a flaw rather than be honest and say straight out, it\'s a work in progress, we haven\'t arrived yet.
Hiding flaws only brings mistrust on us all.
John:
--- Quote ---I\'m printing out shipping lables for all the green eggs that I\'m selling
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I love it...and am still laughing!
Guest:
John, you know I\'m truly EVIL!
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