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Susan Mouw:
At last! The Ameraucana Breeders Club is starting the process to have Large Fowl Self-Blue (aka lavender) Ameraucanas recognized by the APA and would like your assistance.
We are using the name "Self-Blue", instead of the more commonly known "Lavender" to meet the APA naming standards and conventions.

If you have been an APA member and had Large Fowl Self-Blue (aka lavender) Ameraucanas for a minimum of 5 years, you can be a part of an historical event! These will be the first variety accepted by either the APA or the ABA since the Ameraucanas were first admitted to the Standard in 1984!
Please join us in taking this action of historical significance!

Contact us at info@ameraucana.org

Don:
Susan, I am sure you will keep us updated on what needs to be done next and what is lacking during the process.  But what is the process for acceptance of Bantam Lavs, both from the APA and ABA?

Also, for those who hope to help work on other varieties, Splash and Splash Wheaten have been discussed, what should we be doing in these years before the the official application is started?  I understand that larger numbers of the varieties need to be exhibited at some shows each year? 

Another thought, do we ask the Judges to choose Best AOC/AOV at ABC meets?  In my mind this might help folks to bring out the new colors more often.

Susan Mouw:
Right now, the affidavits have gone out to the five breeders and I'm just waiting to get them back.  Once those are back, the paperwork and a check for $300 are sent off to APA to start the process.

On other colors, Sarah Meaders is getting folks together on the splash wheaten front and I'm sure she'll be keeping us updated.  It would be great to have someone leading the charge for Splash, as well.

To get APA approval, we will need 4 cock, 4 hen, 4 pullet, and 4 cockerel shown at one show per year for two years prior to submitting the petition to APA. So, if you have either splash wheaten or splash, get them out to the shows! 

The process is simpler with ABA, but I'm not sure of the details. Maybe Jean will pop in and give us that breakdown.

Temple DaSilva:

--- Quote from: Susan Mouw on January 11, 2016, 08:17:24 AM ---
The process is simpler with ABA, but I'm not sure of the details. Maybe Jean will pop in and give us that breakdown.

--- End quote ---

I would very much like to help with the process for bantams.  I'm certainly too new to try to champion the effort but I'm all in for helping someone lead the charge!

-temple

Ernie Haire:
The 4-4-4-4 requirement is not difficult to achieve if we work together. We have worked with other clubs on gaining acceptance for other breeds and varieties. Once we decide on the breed and/or variety to work with, we let all of the exhibitors in that area that we were planning to use a specific show for a 4-4-4-4 for the breed or variety. Everyone who was working with that breed or variety made it a point to carry their birds to that show.At the completion of the show we had to fill out a form for the APA, have the judge sign it, and mail it in to the APA.

We are working with the Marans Chicken Club USA in gaining recognition for the Blue Wheaten Marans. We were contacted by a member of the club and asked what Blue Wheaten Marans we would be able to enter at the Bluebonnet Classic. We took two cocks, two pullets, and two cockerels. There were other breeders who brought a few birds in different classes. At the show there were 5 cocks, 6 hens, 5 cockerels, and 8 pullets. We finished our first 4-4-4-4 for this variety at the Bluebonnet Classic in College Station.

If we work together on either of the varieties that were mentioned, we can fulfill the 4-4-4-4 requirements at a couple of shows this fall. It is a little late for us here in the south because show season is almost over. I am sure that some of us can make it a point to raise some of this year's hatches for fall shows. Surely someone has enough Cocks, Hens, older Cockerels, and older Pullets to use for a couple of fall shows. I know that we will be able to have a couple of Splash Cocks, Splash Hens,

Be Blessed,
Ernie Haire

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