Don,
There are several of us in Texas who are working to establish a gene pool of Bantams in this area. The biggest problem that we have all faced is finding nice breeding stock to work with. Because they were so hard to find, we all started with small numbers. We selectively bred what we had last year and were blessed with good hatches. I think that all of us hatched more males than females, but we did add to our breeding flocks. Maybe in a year or two, we will be able to share our genetics with other people who are interested in Bantam Ameraucanas. I know that we have breeders working with Blacks, Blues, Splashes, Whites, Wheatens, Blue Wheatens, Blue Wheaten Splashes, Silvers, and Chocolates in limited numbers. I am happy to see more people working with Bantams because I am afraid that if there aren't more breeders to work with, our birds will start to be too tightly bred.
Max Strawn and his wife had a nice set of Bantams at the show in Gainesville. Peggy Taylor has a nice set of Bantam Ameraucanas as well. She was not able to attend that show, but she will be competitive at the shows later this fall. She started with a nice set of birds, has added to them, and had good hatches this year.
Ernie