The reason I asked about mixing the black and white is because a friend has a nice white roo and would like to improve egg color, she is not into breeding ameraucanas, but she has some. It is mostly to get bluer eggs for her business.
I guess from a little bit of reading I did this afternoon, you could get some red in your chicks if your blacks carry the red gene; or you could get gold, silver, or any other modifier that is suppressed in the parent bird. Did I read that right?
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I was thinking of breeding a black/white with my buffs to improve egg color, I know it will take several generations to remove the off color and improve the shell color as they are pretty green. Or, I could just get a scouring pad and rub all the brown off til I get to the blue, it might be easier......
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I think someone once told me to use a wheaten, but I only have one pullet and one cockerel and her egg color is not that great. If that is the best cross, (if anyone has an opinion on it) then I will wait until I get some wheatens. I plan to order some hatching eggs this spring and will use them in my improvement project next year.
Jean