Angela, I don\'t understand why you are feeling resentful,
I think the egg color is being taken a bit out of prpopration, as all traits are inportant, however None should be ignored.
I feel that the breed is worth perfecting, and constantly striving to make it better, but were it is lacking, I also think it best to be honest and say they have not \"arrived\" yet, and are a work in progress.
We have been working with ours for almost 8 years, 6 that we count as breeding years.
We know we have a long way yet to go, but have made progress.
We tag all of our birds, so unless they are purchased as eggs, theri is no doubt were they come from. We don\'t sell any birds that are great show birds, when we do get some we keep some and trade for better breeding stock. the birds we sell are culls and crosses that are strictly for meat & eggs.
While I don\'t believe anyone has a flock of totaly perfect birds, I have hear from folks that breeders like John and Paul, and I know from first hand experinace with Larry, that they tell buyers right up front what they ar selling. One girl laughed that she ones some of John\'s \"meat birds\", but she couldn\'t find any flaws in them.
True is any situation, one man\'s trash, (Or culls), is another\'s treasure.
but the problems arise when we puff up what we have, or represent it as something it isn\'t
the question at hand was breeding for blue eggs..which IS a trait of an Ameraucana, there for should be the goal of every breeder..the shade of blue is not set in stone, but it should still be a blue egg layer just the same.