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Egg Color
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Well I don\'t mean to be offensive, and was not singling out anyone in paticular, but what I do see is an awful lot of puffing, so maybe that is a beter word than deciet, but to me = the same thing.
yes folks can learn to look at a bird to jusde it\'s quality, but when it comes to egg color, the need to know they can trust you to tell them, jsut because it is ok to show a bird not laying the right egg color, the same is true of feather flaws. I can\'t tell you hoe many folks pluck their feathers to \"Make\" them meet the standard...and I suppose if that was your only purpose to win, that may be well and good, but to better your own flock, and to better the breed, it is much better to cull them than to hid the flaw, as it will keep showing up in future generations, and maybe even worsen..minor flaws are ok, especially if that is your best, because as I already stated, one man\'s trash is another\'s treasure.
your cull mayb be far superiour to someone elses starter stock.
Suz:
I discovered something interesting when I viewed the above-mentioned \"unofficial\" Ameraucana Egg Color Chart from another computer screen. The bottom two rows have a green tint. The computer screen that I made the chart with gave all of the colors a blue tint.
I have left the bottom two rows, not knowing how they will show up on other people\'s computers, but added (what I think) are some more blue shades.
Although there are several different shades of standard-bred Ameraucana eggs out there, I, too, would be interested in whether there is some type of consensus among ABC members and/or ruling by the ABC Board of Directors as to what shades of blue we are aiming for, if any, at this point.
Incidentally, this may be unreasonable to do over the internet because of the differences in how computer screens depict the shades.
Susie
P.S. and disclaimer: I can\'t pass the colorblind test for my driver\'s license. :o
Guest:
Well I might as well hang myself now :D,
I have some firm thoughts on egg color. I run an EE egg flock as well as having offical color breeding pens set up. I hatch out of the layer flock only to sell as easter eggers. I will only hatch the eggs in the breed pens that are a shade of blue. I came to this breed primarily because of a blue egg. I have all colors from camo green (amer/dotte) to a light pale blue. I want to have a blue egg chicken and to honestly represent the breed which set in it\'s standard \"blue\" eggs.
I have not sold any \"show\" stock, yet, most of mine go to local egg flocks for pretty eggs. We are going to approach the 4-H and FFA leaders soon so the breed can get more coverage in our area.
Glenna
Guest:
When showing color variations, it is most helpful to include something of a known color in the photo which allows for color comparison and adjustment.( When cataloging flowers, we used crayola crayons in red, yellow, blue). Let me see if I have a photo ...
Guest:
This might help to see those various shades of blue.... ;)
For all of you interested in seeing on your computer screen as close as possible what stuff should look like printed or in real life, you should calibrate your monitor. One of my means of livelihood is digital imaging software for event photographers, so I deal with color profiles and photo prints all the time.
Here are a few quick and easy ways to calibrate your monitor. Here is one of the best calibration tools I\'ve found (and the standard version is free):
http://www.praxisoft.com/pages/support.downloads.html
Just download the WiziWYG application best suited for your particular operating system (Mac, Win 98/2000/ME, or Win XP), unzip and install it. Go through the steps. It will ask you to change your monitor settings for brightness and contrast as well as change out the gamma settings to bring your picture to as close to printed copy as possible.
After you run this and change your monitor, it may seem that it isn\'t right or you\'ve messed up. Give it a few minutes to become accustomed to it (you have been looking at the other way for years probably and this is just totally wrong). If after a little time has elapsed and you feel it\'s still not right, just run it again.
You can do the manual methods, which take a little more time and concentrated effort on your part. If you\'d rather do it all by hand, Google has tons of links to pages explaining color profiles, how to adjust your monitor, etc.
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