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John:

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Several years ago there was an Araucana club in Australia and they sent complimentary copies of their newsletters to me as Sec. of the Ameraucana club.
The British Araucana club does the same thing.
Both the British and Australian standards for Araucanas are closer to our Ameraucana standard than our Araucana.
I don\'t think the Australian club is still in existence.

Guest:
Just to let you all know, the \'Araucana club of Australia\' still exists. It is run by Bruce Pattinson, and you can gain further info by sending a stamped self addressed envelope to \'PO Box 228 North Richmond NSW 2754\'. I beleive they issue a newsletter quaterly.

Bridget, thankyou for posting the questions about buff araucanas, they are questions I have been trying to find answers for myself! I have so far tracked down two buff araucana breeders in Australia, however they breed the same strain... very large chickens laying greenish eggs, however with other excellent features such as beard and a slight crest.

I am also in the process of creating a partridge/wheaten variety, and from my searching I also know that wheaten is very rare in Australia now.

Saying that, would crossing one of these buff araucanas with a smaller white succeed in bringing down the size and improve the egg colour without ruining the feather colour?

Thanks, Lorraine

John:

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Great!  I found an old Spring Newsletter from September 1999 and Bruce was Sec./Treasurer back then.  

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Recessive white covers or masks a multitude of colors and different patterns.  Using them may be a bad cross, but it\'s been done by others with Ameraucanas.  
The better cross may be using wheaten, since buff and wheaten have recessive wheaten genes in common at the E-locus.
Either way it will take a few years minimum to get back to good buff color.

Jean:
On the buff variety, which is harder (in the opinion of seasoned breeders out there) getting ride of white or black in the tail feathers?

Jean

John:

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I think it is the same, except that black stands out better and then is easier to cull for.
The same goes for breeding for little to no hackle stripping in the wheaten varieties.  The white of a splash wheaten and blue of a blue wheaten blend in better and make it harder to select the best birds.  I prefer to breed from wheaten females for that reason alone.

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